EXPERTGUIDEST HE WORLD’S FINEST ADVISERS CHOSEN BY THEIR PEERSL AT I N A M E R I C A A N D T H E C A R I B B E A NQ&A with:Ricardo González Orta of Deloitte Mexico 73Argentina 75Bermuda 75Bolivia 75Brazil 75Chile 77Colombia 78Costa Rica 79Curaçao 79Dominican Republic 79Ecuador 79El Salvador 79Honduras 79Mexico 79Paraguay 80Peru 80Uruguay 81Venezuela 8170 EXPERTGUIDES TAX
REGIONAL PROFILE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEANL AT I N A M E R I C A A N D T H E C A R I B B E A NDeloitte LATAM Regional ProfilePaseo de la Reforma 505, Colonia CuauhtémocCiudad de México CP 06500MéxicoTel: +52 (55) 5080 6000Email: almiranda@deloittemx.comTwitter: @DeloitteWebsite: Deloitte.com/taxOffices: 80Number of professionals: 5,730Our broad network allows us to deploy the right local and regionalteams quickly. The Latin America and Caribbean tax teams consistof over 5,730 professionalsbacked by approximately 115,000 and264,000 regional and global professionals, respectively, across allbusinesses. Regional Deloitte Tax & Legal teams are present acrossthe globe to deliver services locally, while coordinating engagementsfrom a central location. In addition, Deloitte capabilities andstrengths of all businesses – Audit & Assurance, Consulting, andRisk & Financial Advisory – deliver broad-scale tax aligned businesssolutions.Tax and Legal services in the region have consistently grown overthe years, triggered by the largest economies – Brazil, Mexico, Colombia,Chile, Argentina and Central America. Corporate business tax remainsthe dominant service in the region followed by Tax Compliance& Reporting, Transfer Pricing, Indirect Taxes, Legal services and Employerservices.Deloitte is heavily investing in tax technology and analytics capabilitiesas well as our alignment with the broader firm’s global platforms.The practice offers highly effective, flexible tools that helpclients comply with rules such as the Foreign Account Tax ComplianceAct, Common Reporting Standard, Local Country tax complianceincluding meeting local electronic books and recordsrequirements, and consistent advisory and compliance services suchas transfer pricing on both regional and global basis.Present in Latin American and Caribbean helping clients refineand update their tax procedures and compliance & reporting systems.Deloitte is working with them to assess their tax teams, current processes,and technologies to respond to the changing demands of electronicfiling, e-invoicing, and e-audits in the region, as local taxauthorities continue to leverage technology in their collection and administrativeefforts.Latin America and the Caribbean are emerging markets where Deloitteis well-positioned as a leader in the largest metropolitan areas.Size and scale in each location supports both, global and local marketgrowth. The firm s largest tax and legal practices in the Latin America/Caribbeanregion include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, andMexico. Market presence further reaches across the region with strongpractices in Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, theCayman Islands, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay,Peru, St. Maarten, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, and theVirgin Islands (British & US).Our key service offerings• Business Tax (Tax Compliance and Reporting; Tax Controversy;Tax Implications of Business Change; Business, High Net Worth,and International Tax Consulting)• Business Process Solutions• Global Employer Services• Global Investments and Innovation Incentives• Indirect Tax (including Global Trade Advisory)• Mergers & Acquisitions• Tax Management Consulting• Transfer Pricing• Deloitte LegalRecent wins:• Three-year global compliance and transfer pricing documentationengagement for a Latin America’s leading flat steel producer,with operations in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia,the southern United States and Central America through regionalmanufacturing facilities, service centers and distributionnetworks. The proposal includes preparing the transfer pricingdocumentation for 29 legal entities distributed in 11 countries• Payroll process automation solution through robotics technologyfor more than 100 clients that reduces processing time, increasestime for analysis and approval, helps deliver deadlinesand most importantly, completes payroll taxes calculations tomeet compliance obligations• Tax Technology Consulting (within Tax Management Consulting)engagement to support the S4 HANA Tax engine for a companythrough collaboration with Deloitte Consulting and thebroader regional network including Colombia, Brazil, Mexico,and the US• Compliance reporting engagement with a large manufacturingclient to provide services over five years related to Indirect TaxVAT, and withholding tax with thirteen Latin America countriesin scope including Argentina, Guatemala , Colombia, Peru, Honduras,Venezuela, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Panama, ElSalvador, Chile and Mexico plus Canada• Two-Year regional Engagement for Expatriate Tax Assistance tosupport a Large Consulting Company in designing a Policy andimplementation of technology for trailing mobile employeesthrough collaboration with Immigration team and the broaderregional network in Latin America including: Argentina, Colombia,Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala and Mexico.TAX EXPERTGUIDES 71
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