RE:RE:RE:Royalties at Fruta del NorteYou are wrong.
The windfall tax was eliminated by the government of Ecuador. And also the 50% profit share is not in place anymore.
So what taxation do we have in Ecuador:
- 5% production taxes (royality) + 1% third party royality
- 3% profit sharing (employees, part of the cash costs)
- 12% profit sharing (governmen, based on EBIT)
- 22% income tax (based on EBIT, 12% profit sharing tax is deductable)
So all in all pretty good conditions in terms of taxation. And also pretty competitive to other countries.
Looking good and great things to come.