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OpenAccountants is a trading name of Glimpse Ltd, a company registered in Malta. Professional work is done by licensed accountants in each country, under their own licence and a separate written engagement. US returns are signed by a US CPA or enrolled agent named in that engagement. Our free skills and automated outputs are general reference material; using them does not create an engagement or submit a filing.

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Formalizing Small Informal Businesses In Colombia

ColombiaVAT / GSTTax year 2026

Step-by-step path for taking an informal business in Colombia (a street stall, an unregistered point of sale, several informal points run by one owner) into a formal structure with the DIAN and the Chamber of Commerce, for 2026. Covers the choice of legal form (persona natural comerciante or SAS), RUT registration and the CIIU code, the choice between the ordinary regime and the Régimen Simple de Tributación (SIMPLE, ET arts. 903 to 916) with its 100,000 UVT limit, exclusions and 2026 rates (art. 908), the opt-in deadline (last business day of February, art. 909), electronic invoicing within two months (art. 915), commercial registration, and the opening balance checklist. UVT 2026 COP 52,374.

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VAT Return in Colombia

ColombiaVAT / GSTTax year 2026

Colombian VAT (IVA, impuesto sobre las ventas) for 2026: who must register as responsable de IVA (the 3,500 UVT tests in ET art. 437 par. 3, 4,000 UVT for State contractors), what is taxed (art. 420), the 19% general rate (art. 468), the 5% goods and services (arts. 468-1, 468-3), excluded goods and services with no credit (arts. 424, 476: health, education, public transport and freight, utilities, residential rent, interest, hosting and cloud) and exempt supplies with credit and refund (arts. 477, 478, 481: fresh meat, milk, eggs, rice, exports of goods and services), the base and tax point, input IVA and its limits (arts. 485, 488, 490, 491, 496), IVA withholding at 15% (arts. 437-1, 437-2), bimonthly or four-monthly periods at 92,000 UVT (art. 600), Form 300 boxes, 2026 deadlines by NIT and penalties. UVT 2026 COP 52,374.

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