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Panama Publishes Law Amending Multinational Enterprises Headquarters Regime

31 October 2018

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Panama

Panama has published Law No. 57 of 24 October 2018 in the Official Gazette, which provides for the amendment of the country's Multinational Enterprises Headquarters regime (Sedes de Empresas Multinacionales - SEM) to improve the regime and comply with BEPS Action 5 (Harmful Tax Practices). The measures of the law include: New requirements to obtain an SEM license, with the commission for licensing companies to establish exact requirements (original draft included a minimum of 5 full-time employees and annual operating expense in Panama of at least PAB 500,000 (USD 500,000), but this is not included in the law as published);...