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February 11, 2021
2021-0312

Uruguayan tax authorities update list of low- or no-taxation countries and jurisdictions

Taxpayers should be aware of the countries and jurisdictions on the low- or no-taxation list.

Through Resolution No. 2440/2020 (dated December 22, 2020), the Uruguayan tax authorities updated the list of low-or no-taxation (LONT) countries, which applies for income taxes (corporate, personal and nonresident), net wealth tax, and the transfer pricing regime (see Tax Alert 2020-0247 dated January 31, 2020)

The updated LONT list includes 39 countries and went into effect January 1, 2021. The only country removed from the previous list is Grenada.

Countries or jurisdictions may be removed from the Uruguayan LONT list when certain conditions are met:

  1. The exchange of information on request fully applies.
  2. The automatic exchange of information on financial accounts for tax purposes is activated bilaterally by Uruguay's Ministry of Economy and Finance.

The following 39 countries and jurisdictions are on the LONT list:

Angola

French Polynesia

Maldives Island

Saint Martin (Former member of the Netherlands Antilles)

Antigua and Barbuda

Niue

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Ascension

Guam

Norfolk Island

Solomon Islands

Brunei

Guyana

Oman

Svalbard

Christmas Islands

Honduras

Pacific Islands

Swaziland

Cocos Island (Keeling Island)

Jamaica

Palau Island

Tokelau

Commonwealth of Dominica

Jordan

Pitcairn Island

Tristan da Cunha

Djibouti

Kiribati

Puerto Rico

Tuvalu

Falkland Island

Labuan

Kingdom of Tonga

US Virgin Islands

Fiji Island

Liberia

Saint Helena Island

Yemen

 

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Contact Information
For additional information concerning this Alert, please contact:
 
EY Uruguay
   • Martha Roca (martha.roca@uy.ey.com)
   • María Inés Eibe (ines.eibe@uy.ey.com)
   • Nadine Bruck (nadine.bruck@uy.ey.com)
Latin American Business Center, New York
   • Ana Mingramm (ana.mingramm@ey.com)
   • Enrique Perez Grovas (enrique.perezgrovas@ey.com)
   • Pablo Wejcman (pablo.wejcman@ey.com)