By Resolution No. NAC-DGERCGC25-00000014 dated June 27, 2025, the Tax Authority (SRI) amended the provisions regarding the cancellation and transmission of sales and withholding receipts, and supplementary documents.
The Law on Public Integrity (“LOIP”), published in the Official Register Third Supplement No. 68 on June 26, 2025, amends several legal frameworks. Below is a summary of the reforms in tax, financial, and public procurement matters.
The Board of Directors of the Mining Regulation and Control Agency (“ARCOM”), through Resolutions No. ARCOM-002/25, No. ARCOM-004/25, and No. ARCOM-005/25 has amended the regulations governing control and oversight in the mining sector.
The Organic Law of National Solidarity (the Law) was published in the Official Registry Supplement No. 56 on June 10, 2025. Its purpose is to establish a special legal framework in the context of the internal armed conflict, ensuring the continuity and stability of the country’s economic and productive activities.
By means of Executive Decree No. 32 of June 15, 2025 (the “Decree”), published on June 18, 2025, in the Official Register No. 62, the General Regulations to the Law on Public Electricity Service (“RGLOSPEE”) were amended. The Decree entered into force on June 18, 2025.
On June 13, 2025, the Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (“MAATE”), through the Undersecretariat of Environmental Quality, issued Circular No. MAATE-SCA-2025-0010-C (“Circular”), addressed to companies in the hydrocarbons, mining, electricity, telecommunications and other activities subject to environmental control.
Through Official Register No. 56, Sixth Supplement, dated June 11, 2025, the Law of National Solidarity was published. This law introduces financial, tax, and security reforms aimed at ensuring national economic stability and promoting economic recovery.
On May 15, 2025, the “Ministerial Agreement MDT-2025-053 (hereinafter the “Agreement”)” was published in the fourth supplement of the Official Registry No. 39, it amends Ministerial Agreement MDT-2023-140 “General Rules Applicable to the Control of Employer's Obligations and Inspection Procedures”. We highlight the following:
Through Resolutions NAC-DGERCGC25-00000010 and NAC-DGERCGC25-00000011, the Internal Revenue Service (SRI) updated the lists of taxpayers designated as withholding agents and special taxpayers, respectively.
On May 19, 2025, through Ministerial Agreement No. MEM-MEM-2025-0012-AM, the Minister of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (“MEM”) issued the Guidelines for the Loading, Packaging, Transportation, and Unloading of Copper Mineral Concentrate from Medium-Scale and Large-Scale Mining Operations (hereinafter, the “Guidelines”).
On May 14, 2025, the “Organic Law on Amendments Related to Age Discrimination in the Work Environment” (hereinafter the “Law”) was published in the seventh supplement of Official Register No. 38. We highlight the following:
Trough Resolution NAC-DGERCGC25-00000009, the Tax Authority amended the provisions related to the Outflow Tax (ISD) applicable to payments abroad made through the use of credit cards.
Taxpayers who exceed the annual exemption threshold (USD 5,188.26) for the use of credit or debit cards for purchases or cash withdrawals abroad
Taxpayers who exceed the annual exemption threshold (USD 5,188.26) for the use of credit or debit cards for purchases or cash withdrawals abroad