Jorge Guillermo Medina Hernández
Tax Consulting Director
Tax Director for RSM Guatemala with more than 20 years of experience in tax consulting. Jorge is a local qualified speaker in tax matters, he has taught seminars to the public and private companies for several years. Also, Jorge has given conferences in the Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Industry of Guatemala. Additionally, he adds his experience to several conferences in tax matters in the Professional Excellence forums.
Jorge began his professional career as assistant for the Tax Division at Arthur Andersen Guatemala for 2 years and later as Senior Tax in the Fiscal Consulting Division of Deloitte Guatemala for 2 more years. For the next years he worked in public accounting and auditing firms such as Global Financial Consulting and Díaz Reyes y Asociados, S.C.; until 2009 when he joined the team of Orellana Sánchez, Sazo y Asociados, S.C.
Activities Carried Out
- Compliance with tax obligations.
- Fiscal Audits (Diagnostics).
- Income Tax calculation reviews.
- Tax Litigation at the Administrative level Defense.
- Requests for tax refunds before the Tax Authorities (SAT) and the Bank of Guatemala (BANGUAT)
- Implementation and continuous operation in companies dedicated to foreign trade (exporters, free zones, maquilas, ZOLIC)
- Fiscal Due Diligence
- Implementation and operational monitoring for Offshore companies.
- Strategic tax planning
- Consulting under liquidity repatriation scenarios abroad.
- Merger of companies
Significant projects
He has participated in different projects and carried out consultancies for non-profit organizations (Associations and Foundations), as well as transnational and local companies in different sectors such as:
- Oil and Gas
- Renewable energy
- Banks and financial groups
- Insurance companies
- Pharmaceuticals
- Farming
- Real estate
- Steel, Aluminum and PVC
- Outsourcing companies
- Food products
- Hospitality
- Textiles
- Education