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Guatemala Social Contributions (IGSS) & Payroll Income Tax (ISR)

Asked about Guatemala social-security contributions (IGSS) and payroll income-tax withholding (ISR sobre rentas del trabajo) for employees and employers.

GuatemalaTax year 2026Draft — not yet signed off· Last reviewed Jun 4, 2026

What this covers — Guatemala, 2026

  • Required inputs and refusal catalogue
  • Payment pattern library
  • Worked examples
  • Tier 1 rules
  • Tier 2 catalogue
  • Excel working paper template
  • Bank statement reading guide
  • Onboarding fallback

This is a research-grade draft — figures aren't shown as fact until a licensed accountant signs it off. The full, packaged rules load through the connector.

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Connect once and your AI follows Guatemala Social Contributions (IGSS) & Payroll Income Tax (ISR) automatically — it stays current when a rate changes, and hands you to a licensed accountant when you need one. A copied file goes stale the day the law moves.

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Using Claude Code, Cursor or Codex? Install these rules in one command:

$ npx openaccountants add GT

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The open, research-grade drafts are on GitHub. The accountant-verified version is delivered through the connector.

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Use this skill whenever asked about Guatemala social-security contributions (IGSS) and payroll income-tax withholding (ISR sobre rentas del trabajo) for employees and employers. Trigger on phrases like "how much IGSS do I pay", "cuota laboral", "cuota patronal", "IGSS employee rate", "IGSS employer rate", "INTECAP IRTRA", "Guatemala payroll deductions", "ISR retencion empleados", "ISR planilla", "salario minimo Guatemala", "bonificacion incentivo", "Q250 bono", "constancia de retencion", "SAT-1331", "crédito por IVA planilla", or any question about Guatemalan payroll, social contributions, or employee income-tax withholding. Also trigger when classifying bank statement transactions that relate to IGSS debits, INTECAP/IRTRA levies, or SAT income-tax payments from Banco Industrial, Banrural, BAM, G&T Continental, or other Guatemalan banks. This skill covers the 15.50% combined IGSS split (4.83% employee / 10.67% employer + 2% parafiscal), the Q250 bonificación incentivo, the 2026 minimum wage, ISR brackets and deductions (including the Decreto 13-2026 reform), forms, deadlines, penalties, bank-statement classification, and edge cases. ALWAYS read this skill before touching any Guatemalan payroll or IGSS work.

GuatemalaTax year 2026

The full rule

The complete, step-by-step rules for Guatemala Social Contributions (IGSS) & Payroll Income Tax (ISR) the research-grade draft — load directly into your AI agent through the OpenAccountants connector. Connect once and your agent applies these rules automatically, with dependency resolution, conservative defaults, and a handoff to a licensed accountant when you need one.

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