Remote’s guide to employing in

Ecuador
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  • Capital City

    Quito

  • Currency

    United States Dollar ($, USD)

  • Languages

    Spanish

  • Population size

    17,300,000

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Taxes in Ecuador

Learn how employment taxes and statutory fees affect your payroll and your employees’ paychecks in Ecuador.

VAT

VAT is known as impuesto al valor agregado (or IVA) in Ecuador and calculated at a rate of 12%. This applies to all transfers of ownership or imports of corporeal personal property, copyright, industrial property and related rights, and the provision of services.

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