Failure to comply with business-to-government regulations in Latin America can impact critical business functions, not only resulting in millions of dollars in fines and penalties, but also shipping delays and operational shut-downs. In the most complex regulatory environments, such as Brazil, these mandates even affect sales, procurement and HR functions.
Though the end goal of these regulations – increased tax revenues – is the same, each country in Latin America varies significantly in terms of specific requirements and risks of compliance errors. With strict government regulations that can change almost overnight, companies are struggling to keep up with how these requirements differ by country. Here we have outlined the fines and penalties per country