Colombia takes in $14 billion in tax revenue so far in 2014, 19% growth on 2013
Colombia recorded $14 billion in tax revenues in the first quarter of this year, up 19% on the same period last year, local media reported late on Tuesday.
Colombia recorded $14 billion in tax revenues in the first quarter of this year, up 19% on the same period last year, local media reported late on Tuesday.
The chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission in Colombia has praised the country’s economic policy and predicted a 4.3% growth in GDP this year.
Colombia’s top tax authority has defended the roll-out of a recent payroll tax, claiming that two million Colombian laborers have been included in the formal employment sector because of the…
A year-old tax reform aimed at making it cheaper to hire people is helping to drive Colombia’s “promising” economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.
More than half of Colombia’s economy is informal which leaves the majority of workers untaxed and without pensions — a government-sponsored program is fighting back by training workers, investing in…
New reforms that lower tax rates on foreign investors’ profits to 14% from 33% stir up mixed feelings regarding the benefits reaped by Colombia. “Increased flow of foreign resources will…
Colombians, allegedly without political agenda but held together through social networks, are holding a “cacerolazo,” a colloquial term meaning banging pots and pans in protest, against the government of President…
Colombia is the seventh most unequal country in the world. Inequality here is very similar to countries such as Haiti, Angola and South Africa. The administration of President Juan Manuel…
Colombia’s finance minister on Tuesday said the country’s new tax reform restricts Colombians’ access to offshore tax havens. According to Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas, the current administration is studying ways…