Trade and Till
Starting up
MEI
Simples Nacional
CNPJ registration
alvara
RFC
simplified trust regime
operating licence
monotributo
inscripcion AFIP
habilitacion municipal
RUT
Camara de Comercio
regimen simple
inicio de actividades
RUC
patente municipal
Choosing a legal structure
Registering a trade name
Uruguay: single tax scheme and social security registration
Costa Rica: tax registration and social security enrolment
Ecuador: taxpayer number and the simplified regime
Bolivia, Paraguay and Panama basics
Dominican Republic
sole trader
single member company
limited company
INPI in Brazil
IMPI in Mexico
SIC in Colombia
INAPI in Chile
Partnership agreements between founders
Domain name and social handle registration
Money
Pricing your product or service
Cash flow for a small shop
Invoicing and electronic invoices (nota fiscal, CFDI, factura electron
PIX
SPEI
transferencia
cash
Card machines and processing fees
Microcredit and small business lending
Separating personal and business money
Registering an instant payment key in the business name
Cash handling, float and counterfeit notes
Refunds, chargebacks and disputes
The true cost of advancing card receivables
Pricing under high inflation
Pricing in United States dollars and when it is legal
Basic bookkeeping for a micro business
Separating owner pay from business cash
Setting aside money for tax
Running it
Hiring your first employee
Payroll and labour law by country
Informal vs formal employment
Suppliers and buying stock
Renting premises
Insurance
Security and theft
Contracts with clients and suppliers
Workplace safety obligations
Dismissal, notice and severance by country
Apprentices and interns
Family members working in the business
Brazil LGPD
Mexico data protection law
Colombia law 1581
Procon
Profeco
SIC
SERNAC
INDECOPI
Opening hours and holiday trading rules
Waste, recycling and packaging obligations
Growing
WhatsApp Business for sales
Instagram and local social selling
iFood
Rappi
PedidosYa
Google Business Profile
Loyalty for a local customer base
Opening a second location
Franchising
Selling on Mercado Libre
Selling on Shopee and Amazon in the region
Building a simple online store
Paid ads on Meta for a local business
Local search and Google Maps listings
Selling wholesale to other shops
Becoming a government supplier
First steps in exporting
Working with influencers locally
Loyalty and referral schemes that work offline
Business types
Shop and retail
restaurant
lanchonete
food truck
bar
salon
barbershop
nails
mechanic
welder
carpenter
cleaning
tutoring
accounting
freelance
Market stall and street trade
Home-based production
News
Tax and filing calendar
monthly DAS payment for MEI
annual DASN-SIMEI declaration
Simples Nacional monthly filing
DEFIS
monthly and annual declarations to SAT
RESICO obligations
Argentina: monotributo monthly payment and twice yearly recategorisati
VAT filing periods
annual income declaration
regimen simple advance payments
Chile: monthly form 29 and the annual income return
Peru: monthly SUNAT declaration by regime
What happens if you miss a filing, and the penalty structure
How to fix a late or wrong filing
Keeping receipts and how long to keep them
Instalment plans for tax arrears
Banking and credit
Opening a business bank account by country and what documents are need
Digital banks for small firms: Nubank, Banco Inter, Mercado Pago, Ualá
Government backed credit lines for micro and small firms
Working capital, overdraft and revolving credit
Invoice and receivable advances and their real cost
Credit bureaus and how they score a small business: Serasa, Buro de Cr
Guarantees, collateral and personal liability
What a bank asks for before lending to a two year old business
SIC in Colombia
SIC in Colombia coverage on Trade and Till.
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