A Uruguayan accounting firm handling tax residency, company setup, DGI and BPS, international income and ongoing compliance, explained in plain English.
The four areas we’re asked about most by foreign residents, remote professionals and service exporters with tax or accounting matters in Uruguay.
Where you stand in Uruguay, which regimes exist and what applies when you become resident. The residency tax regime, often called the Tax Holiday, is reviewed case by case and is not granted automatically. The framework in English is set out in Uruguay tax residency in 2026, and the full technical analysis in Spanish.
Choosing the structure you’ll operate through and completing the DGI and BPS registrations it requires. The two options are compared in SAS vs sole proprietorship, and the order the process follows in setting up as a foreigner.
Monthly bookkeeping, tax and social security obligations, invoicing and the deadlines that come with them.
How work billed to clients abroad should be invoiced, documented and treated for tax purposes in Uruguay. If you are still weighing the move, start with moving to Uruguay and working remotely. If your work involves software, a specific regime may apply: see the software tax exemption.
Living in Uruguay, running a Uruguayan company and earning from abroad are related questions, but they are not the same one. Here’s what we take on and what stays with your adviser at home.
If it helps, we can prepare the information your adviser abroad needs from Uruguay.
How a client pays you doesn’t determine how the income is taxed. What matters is the work performed, the contract and invoice, the currency used and the records that support the payment.
Three steps before anything is committed: understanding your case, agreeing what the work covers and putting it in writing.
Where you live, how you earn, the structure you use and what you need to resolve.
We confirm whether the next step is a focused diagnostic, a setup project or ongoing accounting.
We set out who does what, the information we’ll need, what you receive and what it costs.
Estudio Zurbriggen is a two-generation Uruguayan accounting firm. Cases are reviewed by Fernando Zurbriggen and Matías Zurbriggen, Uruguayan public accountants registered with CCEAU under numbers 61148 and 225636.
We work in English for messages, meetings and written summaries.
Yes. WhatsApp messages, email and written reports are all in English, and meetings can be held in English with a written summary afterwards.
Yes. We handle the Uruguayan part of your case and can share the information your adviser needs from here; filings and advice under your home country’s law stay with them.
Yes, when the statements and payment records are available. We match each payment against the contract, invoice, currency, fees and net amount received. The platform itself doesn’t determine the Uruguayan tax treatment.
No. In-person meetings are held at our office in La Barra, by appointment, but most of the engagement, from the first message to ongoing accounting, works remotely.
Sources and scope. This page reflects Uruguay’s general tax and accounting framework as of August 2026, reviewed against IMPO, DGI and BPS. It is information, not advice on a particular case: eligibility for any regime and the tax treatment of specific income depend on documentation reviewed case by case. References to Wise and Rise describe how we work with the records each platform provides; availability, features and eligibility are set by each provider, and the firm is not affiliated with either company.
Send us a short message with your situation. We’ll tell you whether it’s something we can take on and what the next step would be.