Founding partner · CCEAU 61148
Fernando Zurbriggen
Businesses, tax and payroll matters. In practice since 1990; founded the firm in 1993.
About the firm
Accounting in Uruguay · In English
English-speaking accountants in Uruguay for expats and foreign business owners
Uruguayan public accountants working in English. We handle the Uruguayan side of your case, from tax residency and company setup to DGI, BPS and international income; nothing is treated as automatic.
Uruguayan public accountants working in English, from tax residency to DGI and BPS.
- Since 1993Over 30 years in professional practice
- CCEAU 61148 · 225636CCEAU-registered public accountants
- La Barra, MaldonadoOffice visits by appointment
- Anywhere in UruguayRemote service nationwide
What we can help with
The four things foreign clients ask us about.
Foreign residents, remote professionals and service exporters with tax or accounting matters in Uruguay. Pick the one that looks like yours.
-
Tax residency
Where you stand in Uruguay, which regimes exist and what applies once you become resident. The regime often called the Tax Holiday is reviewed case by case; it is not granted automatically.
-
Setup and registration
Choosing the structure you will operate through and completing the DGI and BPS registrations it requires.
-
Ongoing accounting
Monthly bookkeeping, tax and social security obligations, invoicing and the deadlines that come with them, handled directly by the accountants doing the work.
-
International services
How work billed to clients abroad should be invoiced, documented and treated for tax purposes in Uruguay. If your work involves software, a specific regime may apply.
The Uruguayan side of your case
What we take on, and what stays with your adviser at home.
What we handle in Uruguay
- DGI and BPS registrations
- Uruguayan bookkeeping and filings
- Invoicing and supporting records
- Review of the Uruguayan tax treatment
- Ongoing accounting where agreed
What remains with your home-country adviser
- Tax returns filed outside Uruguay
- Advice on your home country’s own rules
- Citizenship, domicile or treaty questions beyond Uruguay
- Reporting duties owed to another country
If it helps, we can prepare the information your adviser abroad needs from Uruguay.
Cross-border payment records
How a client pays you does not determine how the income is taxed. What matters is the work performed, the contract and invoice, the currency and the records behind the payment.
Bank transfer, Wise or Rise?We use the available statements and payment records to match the gross amount, platform fees, currency conversion and net amount received with the contract and invoice. Availability, account eligibility and transaction terms are set by each provider.
-
Client agreement
Who the work is for, what it covers and how it is priced.
-
Invoice
Issued from Uruguay, in the currency agreed, matching the work performed.
-
Payment record
Gross amount, fees, conversion and the net you actually received.
-
Uruguayan accounting
Everything reconciled and filed on this side, on time.
How the engagement works
Three steps before anything is committed.
-
Tell us where things stand
Where you live, how you earn, the structure you use and what you need to resolve.
-
Agree what the work covers
A focused diagnostic, a setup project or ongoing accounting. No prices or outcomes promised before we have seen the facts.
-
Get it in writing
Who does what, the information we will need, what you receive and what it costs, confirmed before we begin.
Who reviews your case
A family accounting firm, established in 1993.
Two generations of Uruguayan public accountants registered with the CCEAU. In-person meetings in La Barra by appointment; everything else remotely, and in writing in English.
Partner · CCEAU 225636
Matías Zurbriggen
Tax residency, services and software exports, and technology applied to running the firm.
About the firmQuestions we hear first
Frequently asked questions
Can you handle my Uruguayan accounting in English?
Yes. We work mainly in writing: WhatsApp messages, email and written reports are all in English. Calls are also possible.
What about my accountant or tax adviser abroad?
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.
Can you work with income received through Wise or Rise?
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.
Do I need to be in La Barra?
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.
Do you also work with companies, not only individuals?
This page focuses on individual cases. For companies, subsidiaries and professional firms, see our dedicated page: Accounting Firm in Uruguay.
Read the guides
Start with the question you have.
- Working remotelyHow your taxes work when your clients or employer stay abroad.
- Tax residencyThe three routes, the new tax holiday and why the 6% is not automatic.
- SAS vs sole proprietorshipWhich structure fits your case, and why the quicker one is not the answer.
- Company setupThe order of the steps once the decision is made.
- Software taxWhat actually qualifies for the exemption, and what does not.
Is your question about a company rather than a person? Our accounting firm in Uruguay page is for subsidiaries, local companies and professional firms abroad. To find the page for your activity, see who we advise.
Sources and scope
What this page is based on
Reference date, sources reviewed and what this page is not.
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.
Getting started
Tell us what brings you to Uruguay.
Send us a short message with your situation: where you live, how you earn and what you need to resolve. We will tell you whether it is something we can take on and what the next step would be.