Title 12, Autonomous Agencies

No resident employee of a Beneficiary shall be paid at less than the prevailing wage rate nor shall such employee be laid off work nor have his or her workweek reduced to less than forty (40) hours in order to create employment for employees who are not United States citizens or …

For purposes of the employee percentages of § 58117 of this Chapter, a Beneficiary may include among its employees “trainees” as that term is defined by the Authority’s regulations. For good cause shown, the Authority may grant specific and limited exemptions to the percentage em…

Every Qualifying Certificate which covers the operation of a hotel or restaurant shall require its Beneficiary to participate in (a) the Hotel/Restaurant Industry Apprenticeship Training Program administered by the Guam Community College or other subsequent and similar programs a…

A Qualifying Certificate or the benefits thereunder may not be transferred, assigned or conveyed to another person, firm, partnership, or corporation without the written permission of the Authority. For the purpose of this Section, a transfer of benefits shall have occurred at an…

Applications for Qualifying Certificates shall be filed on forms prescribed and furnished by the Authority and shall require such disclosures as the Authority shall deem appropriate.

The Beneficiary of a Qualifying Certificate must furnish monthly written reports to the Authority beginning thirty (30) days after the date of the issuance of the Qualifying Certificate. Said reports must include, but are not limited to, financial, employment and payroll data. Al…

The Authority shall cause to be published, at the applicant’s expense, in a Guam newspaper of general circulation, a brief résumé of an application for a Qualifying Certificate, said publication to be made no later than seven (7) days following submission of an application. The r…

A notice of the public hearing required by § 58124 of this Chapter shall be published at the applicant’s expense in a Guam newspaper of general circulation in a form prescribed by the Authority at least five (5) days but no more than ten (10) days before the scheduled public hear…

All recommendations of the Authority for issuance, modification, renovation and suspension of Qualifying Certificates shall be forwarded to I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan, together with a memorandum of the Authority’s findings in support of its recommendations. Any recommendation…

Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi is authorized to issue a Qualifying Certificate abating the following taxes on the following terms: 2025 NOTE: Reference to the “Governor” replaced with I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi pursuant to 5 GCA § 1510.

All taxes now levied by virtue of Chapter 24, Title 11, Guam Code Annotated, known as the Real Property Tax Law, shall be abated for a period up to ten (10) years from the effective date of the Qualifying Certificate therefor, and as long as said Certificate is in force and effec…

All taxes now levied on income derived from the lease of land, buildings, machinery or equipment by virtue of Article 2, Chapter 26, Title 11, Guam Code Annotated, known as business privilege taxes, shall be abated for a period up to ten (10) years, from the effective date of a Q…

All taxes now levied by virtue of Article 2, Chapter 26, Title 11, Guam Code Annotated, known as business privilege taxes, shall be abated for a period up to ten (10) years from the effective date of a Qualifying Certificate therefor, and as long as said Certificate is in force a…

All taxes levied or paid by virtue of Article 2, Chapter 26, Title 11, Guam Code Annotated, known as business privilege taxes, shall be abated or rebated for a period up to ten (10) years from the effective date of the Qualifying Certificate therefor, for those gross receipts der…

All taxes now levied by virtue of Article 2, Chapter 26, Title 11, Guam Code Annotated, known as business privilege taxes, shall be abated for a period of up to twenty (20) years from the effective date of the Qualifying Certificates therefor, for those gross receipts derived fro…

All taxes levied by virtue of Article 2, Chapter 26, Title 11, Guam Code Annotated, known as business privilege taxes, shall be abated for a period up to twenty (20) years from the effective date of the Qualifying Certificate therefor, for those gross receipts derived from the co…

Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi is authorized to issue a Qualifying Certificate which establishes the following tax rebate: 2025 NOTE: Reference to the “Governor” replaced with I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi pursuant to 5 GCA § 1510.

A rebate of up to seventy-five percent (75%) of all income tax paid to the government of Guam by a Beneficiary on income received from those activities identified in the Qualifying Certificate may be issued for a period not to exceed twenty (20) consecutive years from the effecti…

The percentage of rebate may be made variable by the Authority so as to permit higher or lower percentages in earlier or later years of the period. In determining the periods up to twenty (20) years and the percentages up to seventy-five (75%) the Authority shall take into consid…

For the purposes of this Section, the term “income tax paid” shall mean income taxes paid on income received on or after the effective date of the applicable Qualifying Certificate. The Director of Revenue and Taxation of the government of Guam shall have authority to determine a…

(a) One Hundred Percent Rebate on Certain Insurance Income. A rebate of one hundred percent (100%) of all income tax paid to the government of Guam by a Beneficiary on all income received from insurance underwriting either inside or outside of Guam, including all income derived f…

A rebate of one hundred percent (100%) of all income tax paid to the government of Guam by a Beneficiary on income received from the construction of affordable housing in Guam may be issued for a period not to exceed twenty (20) consecutive years from the effective date of a Qual…

(a) One Hundred Percent Rebate on Certain Trust Income. A rebate of one hundred percent (100%) of all income tax paid to the government of Guam by a Guam-based trust on all its earnings from either inside or outside of Guam, including all income derived from investing funds on Gu…

(a) A rebate of up to one hundred percent (100%) of all income tax paid to the government of Guam by a Beneficiary on income received from the construction of affordable housing in Guam may be issued for a period not to exceed twenty (20) consecutive years from the effective date…

(a) Title. This Section shall be known and may be cited as the “Guam Medicaid Access Enhancement Act.” (b) Definitions. For purposes of this Section: (1) “Healthcare provider” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity that is licensed, certified…

It is the intent of I Liheslatura that the abatement or rebate of taxes to Beneficiaries pursuant to §§ 58127, § 58128, § 58129, § 58130 and § 58131 of this Chapter shall be abatements or rebates on the taxes owed on the eligible activities identified in the Qualifying Certificat…

A rebate of up to seventy-five percent (75%) of the income tax paid by the shareholders of a corporation on the dividends of that corporation may be granted for a period not to exceed five (5) consecutive years; provided, however, that the corporation paying the dividends is the …

Limited Liability Partnership and Limited Liability Company. (a) A rebate of up to seventy-five percent (75%) of all income tax paid by the shareholders of a corporation which has elected to be taxed as a “Subchapter S” corporation, as defined at §1361, Title 26, United States Co…

In the event that a Beneficiary proposes to substantially expand or add to its activities and desires to obtain a modification of its original Qualifying Certificate to include its proposed additional activities, then upon findings and recommendations of the Authority, I Maga’håg…

In lieu of the percentage of tax abatements and rebates authorized in this Chapter, the Authority may recommend and I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi may grant fifty percent (50%) of said abatements and rebates for a period of double the term authorized by this Chapter. 2025 NOTE: Reference …

When the Authority forwards its recommendations to I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi on the issuance of a Qualifying Certificate, it shall transmit a copy of such recommendations to the Tax Commissioner of Guam for his information. The Tax Commissioner shall forthwith acknowledge in writing …

The Authority shall monitor the activities of the Beneficiary and its compliance with all of the terms and conditions of the Qualifying Certificate, this Chapter and the regulations of the Authority and it shall, if justified, issue annually its certificate of compliance by the B…

When the return for the abated tax is accompanied by a corresponding certificate of compliance for the previous year or part thereof then the actual payment of the tax in question to the government of Guam shall not be required, and upon review of the tax return, the Tax Commissi…

In the case of an income tax rebate, where the taxpayer’s tax return is accompanied by a certificate of compliance, the amount of a tax due prior to rebate shall be deposited with the government of Guam at the time of filing the income tax return. The Tax Commissioner of Guam sha…

Deposits for income tax made with the government of Guam pursuant to this Chapter shall be covered and deposited into a separate, special account in the Treasury of Guam, to be designated the Income Tax Rebate Fund. 2022 NOTE: Reference to “territory” omitted pursuant to 1 GCA § …

In the case of any Beneficiary that, in accordance with the applicable laws of Guam, shall have applied for and been granted a redetermination of tax liability or taxes payable or in the case of a redetermination of tax liability made by the Department of Revenue and Taxation, th…

The Tax Commissioner of Guam is hereby authorized to issue such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to implement the procedures outlined in this Chapter.

All abatements and rebates herein established and authorized shall apply only to the taxes due the government of Guam.

Each Qualifying Certificate, except for a Qualifying Certificate issued to an insurer pursuant to the provisions of §§ 58127 and 58128 of this Article, shall require a Beneficiary to invest within Guam no less than fifty percent (50%) of any taxes rebated or abated under §§ 58127…

On the effective date of this Chapter, and until modified pursuant to § 58145 of this Chapter, the following fees shall be assessed against each applicant or Beneficiary of a Qualifying Certificate: ANNUAL FILING SURVEILLANCE FEES FEES Agriculture, aquaculture, and mariculture: $…

In addition to the filing and surveillance fees, the Authority may also assess against an applicant or Beneficiary any extraordinary costs and expenses incurred to process the application or monitor the Beneficiary’s performance of the terms and conditions of the Qualifying Certi…

The Authority is authorized to adjust the fees listed in § 58143 of this Chapter on an annual basis, at the beginning of each calendar year, upon demonstration to the Authority by the Administrator that the cost of performing the services covered by the fees is greater than the a…

In accordance with the Administrative Adjudication Law the Authority shall adopt rules and regulations consistent with this Chapter which provide for, but are not limited to the following: Eligibility, minimum investment levels for different industries, the applications process, …

Regulations, Criteria and Measurable Goals. No later than sixty (60) days from the date of enactment of this Act, the Guam Economic Development Authority shall submit to I Liheslaturan Guåhan proposed industry specific policy, criteria and measurable goals; and which shall not in…

(a) In order to promote a circular economy in Guam, as well as to encourage the reduction of waste and the expansion of recycling, remanufacturing and refurbishment of recyclable materials in Guam, the Board of Directors of the Guam Economic Development Authority is authorized to…

There shall be allowed to each beneficiary issued a Qualifying Certificate, pursuant to § 58147 of this Article, a tax rebate, abatement, and exemption for the following taxes: (a) One hundred percent (100%) Corporate Income Tax rebate for a period not to exceed ten (10) years; (…