Analysis and guides on residency, tax residency, asset protection, succession and companies in Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay — with official sources cited.https://globalnco.com/enhttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/buceo-montevideo/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/buceo-montevideo/A marina, the World Trade Center, the first shopping centre in the country and a bay of its own. Buceo now leads Montevideo demand for rented houses.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/carmelo-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/carmelo-uruguay/Founded by Artigas in 1816, it has the only human-powered swing bridge in South America and the oldest historic wine-growing zone in Uruguay.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/carrasco-montevideo/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/carrasco-montevideo/A garden neighbourhood designed by a French landscape architect in 1912, with a white-sand beach, embassies and the main international schools of the capital.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/ciudad-de-la-costa/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/ciudad-de-la-costa/116,501 residents, 18 km of beach and the second largest city in Uruguay, created in 1994 out of seaside resorts. This is where the capital lost people to.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/colonia-del-sacramento/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/colonia-del-sacramento/Founded by the Portuguese in 1680, it is the only urban layout in the region that escaped the Spanish grid. And the city that grew most in 30 years.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/cost-family-of-four-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/cost-family-of-four-uruguay/Every family budget published about Uruguay mixes official data with guesswork. We separate the two — and show the three lines nobody can verify.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/country-decision-matrix/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/country-decision-matrix/Comparing countries by tax or cost of living is the costliest mistake in a move abroad. The eight criteria that decide, and how to weigh each one.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/family-and-tax-residency-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/family-and-tax-residency-uruguay/Uruguayan law presumes tax residency when a spouse and minor children live in the country. The criterion that most surprises anyone planning by days alone.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/first-year-in-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/first-year-in-uruguay/From the silence of the first weeks to the day you stop checking the mirror at a red light. The real arc of a first year in Uruguay for a foreign family.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/growing-old-in-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/growing-old-in-uruguay/Life expectancy above the average for the Americas and a national care system created by law in 2015. The oldest country in the region is the best organised.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/healthcare-in-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/healthcare-in-uruguay/No health charge in Uruguay can exceed $ 1,138 and the paediatric consultation is free. How the system works — and what it does not solve.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/jose-ignacio/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/jose-ignacio/A two-kilometre peninsula where nothing may rise above seven metres. How José Ignacio became the most exclusive address in the South Atlantic.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/la-barra-manantiales/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/la-barra-manantiales/A 1965 bridge that gave the world a new technique, inspired Neruda and became a National Monument. And the two resorts that grew around it.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/maldonado-city/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/maldonado-city/102,000 residents, founded in 1757, an Olympic pool and life all year round fifteen minutes from the peninsula. The city almost no newcomer notices.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/malvin-montevideo/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/malvin-montevideo/The beach where Gardel spent his summers, the Isla de las Gaviotas on the horizon and low houses with gardens. Malvín leads demand for houses in Montevideo.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/moving-country-with-teenagers/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/moving-country-with-teenagers/With young children a move is easy; with university-age children, irrelevant. Between 12 and 17 the decision has a real cost — and Uruguay has advantages.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/mutualistas-and-private-health-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/mutualistas-and-private-health-uruguay/The State sets the maximum price of every consultation and medicine, and publishes indicators for all providers. That is what makes it predictable.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/parque-rodo-cordon/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/parque-rodo-cordon/A 42-hectare park designed by the landscaper behind Carrasco, the oldest neighbourhood outside the walls and the most expensive square metre, all on foot.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/piriapolis/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/piriapolis/Francisco Piria bought 2,700 hectares in 1890, named the place the resort of the future and built a castle, a rambla and the largest hotel in South America.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/pocitos-montevideo/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/pocitos-montevideo/Two kilometres of beach, the busiest rambla in the country and everything within walking distance. Pocitos draws 20% of all apartment searches in the capital.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/punta-del-este-for-families/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/punta-del-este-for-families/Cambridge and International Baccalaureate schools, 200,000 people in the conurbation, and Punta del Este as an address, not a holiday.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/punta-carretas-montevideo/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/punta-carretas-montevideo/An 1876 lighthouse at the southern tip of Uruguay, a golf course inside the city and a neighbourhood that gets the whole day done on foot.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/punta-del-este-off-season/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/punta-del-este-off-season/Whales from July to November, empty beaches, museums open and a table without booking. The nine-month Punta del Este is the one residents chose.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/punta-gorda-carrasco-norte/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/punta-gorda-carrasco-norte/Cliffs over the Río de la Plata, an 1840 watermill and the lowest price per square metre on the prime coast: the two Carrasco neighbours that cost less.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/raising-children-in-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/raising-children-in-uruguay/Uruguay has 1.27 children per woman and school enrolment has fallen for five years. What that means for a foreign family arriving with children.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/remote-work-in-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/remote-work-in-uruguay/Uruguay created an immigration category for people working remotely for companies abroad — with no requirement to register with Uruguayan social security.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/remote-work-infrastructure-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/remote-work-infrastructure-uruguay/Fibre in every locality of more than 500 inhabitants, 98% renewable electricity and the same time zone as São Paulo. The network behind remote work.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/retiring-in-punta-del-este/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/retiring-in-punta-del-este/Healthcare with a price ceiling fixed by decree, the sea every day and an international community formed over generations. What changes on the Uruguayan coast.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/rivera-brazil-border/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/rivera-brazil-border/No river, no bridge, no border post. Rivera and Santana do Livramento are divided by an imaginary line down the avenue — and a square since 1943.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/rocha-atlantic-coast/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/rocha-atlantic-coast/Cabo Polonio has 128 residents. La Pedrera, 315. Punta del Diablo, 2,014. The emptiest coastal department in the country grew 9.8% between censuses.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/schools-in-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/schools-in-uruguay/Bilingual schools over a century old, three diplomas in one curriculum and the best maths results in the region. What Uruguayan education offers newcomers.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/starting-over-in-a-calm-country/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/starting-over-in-a-calm-country/Not about immigration. About the life that fits back into your day when the country changes scale, and about when that stops being a fantasy.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-destination-families-wealth/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-destination-families-wealth/Investment grade affirmed by every agency, the lowest country risk in the region and the only full democracy in South America. What is being bought.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-hot-springs/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-hot-springs/In 1957, ANCAP technicians drilled the north of the country looking for oil. Out came water at 39 degrees. Today it is the thermal region, mapped by science.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-pros-and-cons/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-pros-and-cons/Twelve advantages and ten disadvantages of Uruguay, each with the official figure behind it — including the ones that argue against moving.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-regions-map/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-regions-map/The country is moving east. Maldonado grew 23.7% and Montevideo shrank 5.3%: the map of the Uruguayan regions and the life each one delivers.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-vs-portugal/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-vs-portugal/Portugal tightened immigration, extended citizenship to seven years and saw housing rise 17.6% in a year. What that changes in the comparison with Uruguay.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-vs-brazil/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-vs-brazil/Investment grade at seven agencies against BB, 73 transparency points against 35 and half the rate of violent deaths. The comparison on 2026 data.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/is-uruguay-safe/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/is-uruguay-safe/Homicides rose 6.6% in the first half of 2026 and thefts fell 7.5%. The full picture from the Ministerio del Interior, and what it says about your street.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/living-in-montevideo-neighbourhoods/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/living-in-montevideo-neighbourhoods/Carrasco, Pocitos, Punta Carretas, Malvín, Cordón: each neighbourhood serves a different plan. The 2026 prices and the real profile of each area.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/living-in-punta-del-este/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/living-in-punta-del-este/18,193 permanent residents, 1.3 million tourists in season and 65.6% of homes empty outside it. What the census says about living there all year.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/what-living-in-uruguay-is-like/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/what-living-in-uruguay-is-like/A country of 3.5 million people that leads the region in peace, democracy and transparency — and charges dearly for it. Official data, no brochure.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/cost-of-living-in-uruguay-2026/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/cost-of-living-in-uruguay-2026/Almost every figure quoted about Uruguay is an estimate with no source. Here are the official 2026 data — income, inflation, energy, exchange rate.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/chile-three-year-tax-regime/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/chile-three-year-tax-regime/Discover the 3-year tax benefit available to new residents in Chile — how it works, who qualifies, and how to request an extension.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/3-declarations-assets-held-abroad/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/3-declarations-assets-held-abroad/Three distinct obligations, each with its own deadlines, forms and penalties, requiring separate attention from anyone holding assets outside their country.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/brazil-chile-retirement-pension-taxation/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/brazil-chile-retirement-pension-taxation/Where your Brazilian-source retirement or pension is taxed once you live in Chile: what the bilateral treaty says and how to avoid paying tax twice.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/brazil-tax-exit-2026-changes/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/brazil-tax-exit-2026-changes/Leaving physically is not leaving fiscally. Law 14,754 taxes your offshore structures every 31 December — and inheritance tax abroad now has a legal basis.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/buying-a-car-in-chile-without-residency/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/buying-a-car-in-chile-without-residency/The investor RUT lets you buy and register a vehicle in Chile. What it does not let you do is import the car you already own.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/can-i-work-in-chile-tourist-visa/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/can-i-work-in-chile-tourist-visa/What Chilean law allows, what it prohibits, and the concrete risks of carrying out paid work in Chile while in the country on a tourist entry.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/buying-vehicle-chile-without-residency/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/buying-vehicle-chile-without-residency/A step-by-step guide to buying and registering a vehicle in Chile with the foreign investor RUT, and why importing the car you already own is prohibited.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/chile-investor-rentier-visa-guide/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/chile-investor-rentier-visa-guide/Buying an apartment does not qualify, and remote work is not passive income. What the Investor and Rentier/Retiree routes actually require in 2026.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/chile-immigration-reform-legal-residents/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/chile-immigration-reform-legal-residents/The headlines are about irregular migration. But one reform — doubling the naturalisation period from 5 to 10 years — reaches people already in full compliance.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/chile-tax-treaty-network/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/chile-tax-treaty-network/Chile has close to 30 double taxation treaties in force. Find out whether your country is on the list and how it affects your move.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/chile-tax-residency-certificate/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/chile-tax-residency-certificate/What the Chilean tax residency certificate is for, how to request it from the SII, and the situations where it is what prevents double taxation.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/chile-uruguay-paraguay-where-to-open-a-company/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/chile-uruguay-paraguay-where-to-open-a-company/We compare taxes, timelines, and treaty networks in Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay for anyone weighing where to open a company in South America in 2026.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/cost-of-living-healthcare-schools-chile-families/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/cost-of-living-healthcare-schools-chile-families/How much it costs to live in Chile with a family, with 2026 reference figures for housing, Isapre, and international schools.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/days-brazil-without-becoming-tax-resident-again/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/days-brazil-without-becoming-tax-resident-again/Frequent trips to Brazil can reactivate your tax residency even after moving to Chile. The day limit, and what the tax authority looks at beyond it.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/digital-nomads-in-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/digital-nomads-in-chile/Working remotely from Chile, or for a Chilean company from abroad? Where each scenario is taxed, and when Chilean tax residency is actually established.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/domicile-vs-tax-residency-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/domicile-vs-tax-residency-chile/Understand why confusing domicile and tax residency in Chile can be costly — and how each criterion affects your worldwide income taxation.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/education-in-santiago-chile-schools/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/education-in-santiago-chile-schools/Bilingual and international schools in Santiago, 2026 fee ranges, validation of foreign school records, and how the enrolment calendar actually works.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/dual-tax-residency-brazil-chile-tie-breaker/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/dual-tax-residency-brazil-chile-tie-breaker/If both Brazil and Chile consider you a resident at the same time, the bilateral tax treaty has tie-breaker rules to resolve it.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/family-reunification-residency-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/family-reunification-residency-chile/The only Chilean temporary residency you can apply for from inside the country — who qualifies, which civil documents SERMIG requires, and the usual mistakes.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/fiscal-exit-from-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/fiscal-exit-from-chile/Anyone leaving Chile must properly close out their resident or domiciled status. The procedure, the deadlines, and what the SII checks before accepting it.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/foreign-investor-chile-without-residency/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/foreign-investor-chile-without-residency/Three types of RUT that get confused with each other, what each one permits, and why a Chilean bank account is rarely opened from abroad.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/foreign-investor-rut-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/foreign-investor-rut-chile/The SII’s investor RUT resolves tax identification, not immigration status. Exactly what it permits, and what it does not.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/foreign-wealth-8-warning-signs/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/foreign-wealth-8-warning-signs/Trust, holding company or tax exit set up before 2024? Eight concrete signs your structure needs reviewing in light of the 2024 to 2026 rule changes.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/holding-companies-shareholder-residency-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/holding-companies-shareholder-residency-chile/Understand how a shareholder's or controller's tax residency affects the taxation of a Chilean holding company or business.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/immigration-chile-under-kast-what-changed/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/immigration-chile-under-kast-what-changed/Chile has tightened border controls, naturalisation and birthright citizenship under President Kast. What actually changed, and what it means for residents.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/immigration-enforcement-chile-employers/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/immigration-enforcement-chile-employers/Joint PDI, SERMIG and Labour Directorate inspections arrive unannounced. The 15% rule, the fines per irregular worker, and how to stay compliant in 2026.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/investor-residency-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/investor-residency-chile/The US$500,000 threshold, the InvestChile sponsorship letter, and the alternative route for executives sent by a company that has already invested.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/losing-tax-residency-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/losing-tax-residency-chile/The 184-day absence test, what the SII requires to recognise the exit, and the concrete risks of closing Chilean tax residency without planning it first.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/living-in-santiago-neighborhoods-health-transit/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/living-in-santiago-neighborhoods-health-transit/Quality of life in Santiago, Chile: the best districts by family profile, access to private healthcare, public transit and everyday services.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/mercosur-temporary-residency-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/mercosur-temporary-residency-chile/No job offer, no minimum income — but the first application must be filed from outside Chile. The 2026 rules, costs and documents under the Mercosur Agreement.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/offshore-wealth-and-moving-to-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/offshore-wealth-and-moving-to-chile/How Brazil’s offshore law and the new inheritance tax rules affect anyone planning to live in Chile, and why sequence decides what you end up paying.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/open-company-chile-foreigner/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/open-company-chile-foreigner/Investor RUT, SpA or branch office, a legal representative domiciled in Chile, and every stage of the process, from SII registration to the bank account.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/permanent-residency-chile-2026/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/permanent-residency-chile-2026/Who can apply after 12, 24 or more than 24 months of residency, the documents required, the real timelines, and what can revoke residency once granted.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/providencia-las-condes-nunoa-which-comuna/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/providencia-las-condes-nunoa-which-comuna/Comparing rent, safety and metro coverage across Santiago’s three most recommended districts, using market figures rather than weekend impressions.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/rentier-retiree-residency-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/rentier-retiree-residency-chile/SERMIG publishes no minimum income for this route — the rule is qualitative. What the law actually requires, and how to build a file that holds up.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/rentier-retiree-visa-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/rentier-retiree-visa-chile/The income requirements, the documents required and the complete step-by-step process for obtaining the rentier or retiree visa in Chile in 2026.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/rentier-visa-chile-retirees/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/rentier-visa-chile-retirees/Passive income or a pension, with no work contract and no legal minimum. But the visa is only half the plan — the three-year tax window is the other half.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/rentier-visa-chile-what-is-official/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/rentier-visa-chile-what-is-official/How Chile’s residency for rentiers and retirees works in 2026: what the official text actually requires, and what circulates online without any basis.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/rut-bank-account-chile-foreigners/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/rut-bank-account-chile-foreigners/How to obtain the RUT and the foreigner ID card and open a bank account in Chile, and why the order between those three steps decides how long it takes.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/student-residency-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/student-residency-chile/Chile’s student residency lets you work up to 30 hours a week with no extra permit — who qualifies, what SERMIG requires, and what happens after graduation.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/tax-residency-chile-brazil/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/tax-residency-chile-brazil/Moving does not end Brazilian tax residency, and Chile grants a three-year territorial window most guides ignore. What the 2026 protocol changed.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/territorial-taxation-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/territorial-taxation-chile/Chile’s three-year rule for foreign-source income, what happens when that window closes, and the exception that applies to inherited assets.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/temporary-stay-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/temporary-stay-chile/Temporary Stay, Seasonal Workers and Multiple-Entry Business permits in Chile — what each one allows, and what it does not.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/where-to-live-in-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/where-to-live-in-chile/We compare Santiago, Valparaíso and Viña del Mar on safety, cost of living, schooling and the international community, using official 2026 data.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/work-contract-residency-chile/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/work-contract-residency-chile/A signed contract, a job offer and a services agreement are three distinct processes with distinct deadlines. One of them expires in 45 days.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/183-day-rule-uruguay-brazil/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/183-day-rule-uruguay-brazil/Uruguay and Brazil use the same number — 183 days — to measure different things. Confusing them is the most common calendar error in a move.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/183-days-rarely-decide-tax-residency/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/183-days-rarely-decide-tax-residency/The “183-day rule” gets repeated as a universal counter. For someone leaving Brazil, it is not even the applicable criterion.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/bank-accounts-in-paraguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/bank-accounts-in-paraguay/The Paraguayan identity card is the real requirement, not a passport. And bank secrecy is not the same thing as the absence of automatic information exchange.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/brazil-tax-exit-checklist/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/brazil-tax-exit-checklist/Two documents, two deadlines, and a window that closes sooner than most expect. The points where high-net-worth families most often get it wrong.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/brazil-tax-exit-to-paraguay-checklist/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/brazil-tax-exit-to-paraguay-checklist/Notice by February, return by May, and the costliest oversight for anyone holding a company, a private pension or undeclared assets abroad.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/buying-land-in-paraguay-border-zone/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/buying-land-in-paraguay-border-zone/Paraguay is open to foreign buyers — except in a 50 km strip, where the restriction turns on your nationality, not on the property.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/company-in-paraguay-sa-eas-taxation/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/company-in-paraguay-sa-eas-taxation/The EAS cut incorporation from months to 24 hours, but the four taxes that make up the system rarely appear together in one place.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/dividends-non-resident-shareholder-paraguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/dividends-non-resident-shareholder-paraguay/Brazil’s Law 15,270/2025 withholds 10% on dividends sent abroad, with no minimum. Three worked scenarios show what changes in the corporate design.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/dividends-non-resident-shareholders-2026/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/dividends-non-resident-shareholders-2026/From 2026, Brazilian dividends remitted abroad face 10% withholding with no minimum threshold. What that demands of corporate design.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/international-succession-progressive-estate-tax-2026/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/international-succession-progressive-estate-tax-2026/Brazil’s mandatory progressive ITCMD, and its new express legal basis over foreign assets, make reviewing the succession design urgent.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/international-succession-uruguay-no-estate-tax/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/international-succession-uruguay-no-estate-tax/Uruguay levies no inheritance tax. But no tax is not the same as freedom to will, and assets at home still follow their own rules.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/offshore-accounts-fully-declared-diversification/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/offshore-accounts-fully-declared-diversification/Reporting assets to the central bank and reporting income to the tax authority are two distinct obligations over the same money. Confusing them is costly.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/opening-a-company-in-paraguay-2026/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/opening-a-company-in-paraguay-2026/The country has no “SAS” — it has the EAS. And the 10% Paraguay hides a second tax most articles omit: the IDU. What that does to the final figure.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-maquila-law-7547-2025/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-maquila-law-7547-2025/The law that governed maquila for nearly 30 years was replaced in September 2025. What changed, and what became possible — including service maquila.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-residency-and-citizenship-2026/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-residency-and-citizenship-2026/The US$5,000 deposit has not existed since 2022, yet still appears on dozens of sites. The Investor Pass changed the picture in April 2026.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-residency-documents-2026-changes/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-residency-documents-2026-changes/Law 6984/2022 redesigned every stage. The updated map of documents, timelines and real costs, with the fee schedule in force since July 2026.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-maquila-regime-2026/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-maquila-regime-2026/A single 1% tax, no dividends tax and no withholding on remittances — but the regime gained a maximum term and now formally recognises service maquila.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-tax-residency-and-exemptions-2026/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-tax-residency-and-exemptions-2026/The 120-day myth, the Law 60/90 that ceased to exist in 2025, and what the DNIT actually requires for the tax residency certificate — with the rules cited.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/punta-del-este-jose-ignacio-investor-guide/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/punta-del-este-jose-ignacio-investor-guide/Over USD 12 billion invested in seven years. What the market numbers mean for families seeking wealth preservation rather than short-term speculation.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/sa-sas-srl-uruguay-family-holding/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/sa-sas-srl-uruguay-family-holding/For a multi-generational holding, speed of incorporation is not the relevant variable. Where the SAS needs more care than the generic guides suggest.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/sa-sas-srl-uruguay-which-to-choose/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/sa-sas-srl-uruguay-which-to-choose/The SAS has made the SRL nearly obsolete since 2019, but it does not replace the SA in every case. A decision matrix by objective, not by feature list.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/succession-and-inheritance-in-paraguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/succession-and-inheritance-in-paraguay/Paraguay levies no inheritance tax — but one rule subjects property located there to Paraguayan law, whatever your will says at home.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/tax-secrecy-or-compliance-paraguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/tax-secrecy-or-compliance-paraguay/Part of the market still sells “tax secrecy” as the country’s appeal. Paraguay has already committed to automatic exchange of information from 2027.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/trust-or-uruguayan-holding-succession-structure/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/trust-or-uruguayan-holding-succession-structure/With trusts treated as transparent structures, a regional holding has become the more predictable vehicle. When each one fits.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/trusts-fideicomisos-holdings-paraguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/trusts-fideicomisos-holdings-paraguay/The trust stopped being opaque to the home tax authority. Paraguay has its own vehicle, the fideicomiso — but it solves a different problem. What each one does.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/trusts-and-brazilian-tax-transparency/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/trusts-and-brazilian-tax-transparency/Law 14,754/2023 closed the grey zone around trusts. Indefinite deferral ended — and the structure still works, for different reasons.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-territorial-taxation-traps/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-territorial-taxation-traps/Territorial does not mean exempt. What changes between resident and non-resident, income category by category, and what widened in 2026.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguayan-holding-exemption-substance/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguayan-holding-exemption-substance/A pure Uruguayan holding sits outside IRAE and wealth tax. But the design changed in 2021 under European pressure, and again in 2026.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/wealth-protection-five-structures-compared/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/wealth-protection-five-structures-compared/Holding company, trust, foundation, whole-of-life policy and prenuptial agreement are not interchangeable. What each solves and where each stops working.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/bioceanic-corridor-chaco-investment-paraguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/bioceanic-corridor-chaco-investment-paraguay/The real construction timeline, lot by lot, and the border-strip restriction almost no content mentions before selling land in the region.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/cost-of-living-paraguay-2026/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/cost-of-living-paraguay-2026/One source says US$800 a month, another says US$3,200. Both can be right — real ranges by neighbourhood, city and standard of living, with what each includes.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/driving-into-paraguay-border-rules/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/driving-into-paraguay-border-rules/Carta Verde insurance, vehicle and driver documents, and the entry registration most people skip — the one that later matters in a residency application.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/freelancing-in-paraguay-ruc-vat/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/freelancing-in-paraguay-ruc-vat/An active RUC triggers the VAT obligation the same day, even with no invoices issued. General regime, RESIMPLE, and where the service is deemed performed.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/how-long-paraguay-residency-takes/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/how-long-paraguay-residency-takes/From temporary to permanent: the official timelines, the month 21–24 conversion window, and the investment route that skips the first stage entirely.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/investing-in-paraguay-2026-new-legal-package/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/investing-in-paraguay-2026-new-legal-package/Three new laws in 2025 rewrote maquila, incentives and assembly. The 1997 Maquila Law is repealed in full in September 2026.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/investor-pass-paraguay-residency-by-investment/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/investor-pass-paraguay-residency-by-investment/Since April 2026 there are four investment routes to direct permanent residency, from US$70,000. The classic SUACE programme is only one of them.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/living-in-paraguay-the-right-sequence/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/living-in-paraguay-the-right-sequence/Identity card before bank, residency before identity card. Getting the order wrong is the most common reason people lose months on the move.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-digital-nomad-visa-myth/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-digital-nomad-visa-myth/No visa exists under that name. What exists is simpler — and since July 2026 it has a dedicated remote-work category under DNM Resolution 407/2026.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-holding-active-income-test/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-holding-active-income-test/The rule that decides whether your holding falls into home-country tax transparency — and why a purely passive holding almost always fails it.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-residency-documents-checklist/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-residency-documents-checklist/What Migraciones actually requires, the official 2026 fees, and the two translation and apostille mistakes that stall most applications before they start.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-tax-residency-120-day-myth/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-tax-residency-120-day-myth/There is no statutory minimum number of days for Paraguayan tax residency. What the DNIT actually assesses before issuing the certificate, under RG 65/2020.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-residency-temporary-to-permanent/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguay-residency-temporary-to-permanent/The real process, and the minimum-days myth that confuses even people already living there. Immigration residency and tax residency are not the same thing.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguayan-citizenship-by-naturalisation/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/paraguayan-citizenship-by-naturalisation/Not three years of any presence — three years of permanent settlement. Who decides the application, what it requires, and the costliest timing error.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/permanent-residency-paraguay-2026/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/permanent-residency-paraguay-2026/In July 2026 the financial-means rules changed again. The updated map of the route to the Paraguayan identity card, with the 12 documentary categories.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/retiring-in-paraguay-rentista-category/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/retiring-in-paraguay-rentista-category/The reference income figure for retirees is not fixed in law. Where the number comes from, and what changed under DNM Resolution 407/2026.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/dividends-abroad-non-residents/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/dividends-abroad-non-residents/Ceasing to be resident does not always lighten dividends from a company at home. Withholding at source tends to stay, and treaties do not erase it.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/end-of-portugal-nhr-new-ifici/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/end-of-portugal-nhr-new-ifici/The NHR ended and the IFICI replaced it with a 20% rate and exemption on foreign income — but left pensions and retirees out. For whom does it still pay?Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/exit-tax-formalising-end-of-residence/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/exit-tax-formalising-end-of-residence/You can live abroad for years and still be a tax resident at home, taxed on worldwide income. The difference is not the move — it is formalising it.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/golden-visa-europe-what-remains/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/golden-visa-europe-what-remains/Spain ended its golden visa in April 2025 and Portugal had already dropped real estate. Europe's residency-by-investment map has shifted — and it's confusing.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/great-wealth-transfer/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/great-wealth-transfer/Trillions will pass to the next generations — and most is lost. For families with international assets, planning early is no longer optional.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/inheritance-tax-on-foreign-assets/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/inheritance-tax-on-foreign-assets/For decades many countries barely taxed inheritances of foreign assets. That tolerance is ending across the region — and moving assets abroad is no shield.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/investing-in-the-us-non-resident/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/investing-in-the-us-non-resident/As a non-resident you pay 30% on US dividends but almost nothing on capital gains. Spending too much time in the US flips the whole picture.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/method-continuity-when-the-law-changes/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/method-continuity-when-the-law-changes/A structure built once and forgotten became a liability: almost everything changed between 2024 and 2026. Why the fourth step of our method protects most.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/new-york-pied-a-terre-tax/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/new-york-pied-a-terre-tax/New York created, in 2026, an annual surcharge on non-residents' second homes. It stacks on FIRPTA and the estate tax — and targets the foreign owner.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/offshore-company-opaque-or-transparent/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/offshore-company-opaque-or-transparent/The region adopted tax-transparency rules: your controlled foreign company is taxed every year, distributed or not. And the regime choice is irreversible.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/offshore-company-what-it-does-today/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/offshore-company-what-it-does-today/The offshore company is not illegal and did not die — but it stopped being secrecy and tax deferral for the resident. What it actually does today.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/panama-substance-law-526/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/panama-substance-law-526/Panama's Law 526 of 2026 now requires substance to keep passive income untaxed. But for the resident, Panama never deferred their own country's tax.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/regularising-foreign-assets-after-amnesty/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/regularising-foreign-assets-after-amnesty/Brazil’s REARP amnesty closed in February 2026. With automatic exchange of financial information, waiting is no longer a strategy — it is pure exposure.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/reporting-foreign-assets/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/reporting-foreign-assets/Many countries require reporting foreign assets to a central bank or tax authority, separate from income tax. Confusing the two obligations costs penalties.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/us-company-balance-sheet-not-enough/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/us-company-balance-sheet-not-enough/Your country may treat a transparent US LLC as a controlled entity: annual tax on the profit, in local-standard accounts. The US balance sheet will not do.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/us-property-llc-penalty-and-estate-tax/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/us-property-llc-penalty-and-estate-tax/An LLC solves liability, but creates a US$25,000 annual penalty and does not shield you from US estate tax — up to 40% above just US$60,000.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/usufruct-in-the-bahamas/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/usufruct-in-the-bahamas/The Bahamas created, in 2026, a statutory usufruct regime — a concept familiar to civil-law families — to attract them. Does it serve your case?Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/buying-property-uruguay-real-costs/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/buying-property-uruguay-real-costs/Between the listed value and what leaves your account there is an 8% to 12% gap. This is the map of every stage, every tax and every fee.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/buying-property-uruguay-personal-or-company/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/buying-property-uruguay-personal-or-company/The answer changed. What used to be solved with an offshore company now costs double in annual tax — and the right structure depends on three questions.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/choosing-a-real-estate-agent-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/choosing-a-real-estate-agent-uruguay/The estate-agent commission in Uruguay is market practice, not a legal obligation, and it is negotiable. What a good agent does, and what you must verify.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/currency-and-taxes-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/currency-and-taxes-uruguay/The Uruguayan economy is dollarized in some places and indexed in others. Understanding where the exchange rate enters avoids surprises on tax and on purchases.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/farmland-in-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/farmland-in-uruguay/Rural land ownership has its own rule, the tax regime differs from urban property — and holding a Uruguayan company does not exempt you from tax back home.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/hiring-in-uruguay-real-cost/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/hiring-in-uruguay-real-cost/Salary is only part of the bill. Employer contributions, the aguinaldo, leave and holiday pay raise the real cost of hiring in Uruguay.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/information-exchange-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/information-exchange-uruguay/Since 2018 financial accounts cross the border automatically. In 2026 Uruguay widened the scope to crypto-assets. What that changes in your planning.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/legal-and-tax-residency-uruguay-2026/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/legal-and-tax-residency-uruguay-2026/Law 20.446 redesigned the tax benefit, the immigration process went digital, and the criterion for accessing the regime is no longer the one circulating online.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/retirees-in-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/retirees-in-uruguay/There is a residency path specific to retirees, with a minimum income and its own benefits — but taxing the pension requires attention to both countries.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/starting-a-company-in-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/starting-a-company-in-uruguay/Since 2019 the SAS has been the standard vehicle, but it does not fit every case. What each type requires, what it costs to keep, and the director risk.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/tech-professionals-uruguay-2026/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/tech-professionals-uruguay-2026/The regime that attracted IT talent expired in 2025. Law 20.446 recreated it, broader, with an option to be taxed at 12% and a delicate pension choice.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/transfer-pricing-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/transfer-pricing-uruguay/Operating with a related company abroad or in a low-tax jurisdiction triggers transfer-pricing rules — even without giant billing.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-free-trade-zones/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-free-trade-zones/Full exemption from national taxes is real — but it comes with a Uruguayan-staff requirement, a local-billing limit and a fixed cost not every company covers.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguayan-citizenship-and-passport/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguayan-citizenship-and-passport/Three or five years of residency give a right to the citizenship charter — but the six-month rule is miscounted, and citizenship is not nationality in Uruguay.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/wills-in-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/wills-in-uruguay/A handwritten will valid in your home country generally does not govern Uruguayan assets — and the law reserves half or more of the estate to forced heirs.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/working-in-uruguay-as-a-foreigner/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/working-in-uruguay-as-a-foreigner/Uruguay does not issue a "work permit" — residency is what enables you to work. And the employer can hire before the ID card is even ready.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/how-many-days-uruguay-tax-residency/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/how-many-days-uruguay-tax-residency/The day count is only one of the tests — and anyone planning around it alone tends to find out too late that they were wrong.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/inheritance-and-succession-in-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/inheritance-and-succession-in-uruguay/Succession of foreign assets follows the law of the country where they sit — and the rules on transferring wealth held abroad have changed.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/legal-vs-tax-residency-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/legal-vs-tax-residency-uruguay/Two different things, with different authorities, requirements and consequences. Confusing them is the most frequent error — and the most expensive.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/maintaining-uruguayan-residency/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/maintaining-uruguayan-residency/Approval is not the end of the process — it is the start of a status that has to be maintained. What still demands attention once the document arrives.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/tax-exit-to-uruguay-costly-errors/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/tax-exit-to-uruguay-costly-errors/Moving country is not the same as changing tax residency. What is at stake, why the order of decisions defines the outcome, and which errors are irreversible.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/tax-regime-new-residents-2026/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/tax-regime-new-residents-2026/Law 20,446 redesigned the tax benefit for anyone becoming a Uruguayan tax resident. What changed, what the benefit does not do, and why sequence matters.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-holding-when-it-makes-sense/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-holding-when-it-makes-sense/Not every family needs an offshore holding, and not every holding protects what it promises. The objective criteria for when the structure pays off.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-or-paraguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-or-paraguay/Two neighboring countries, two completely different logics. Which suits your profile — and why the most common answer online tends to be incomplete.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-residency-definitive-guide-2026/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/uruguay-residency-definitive-guide-2026/What actually changes when a family establishes residency in Uruguay — the available routes, the real timeline, and the errors that cost years.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://globalnco.com/en/insights/why-families-choose-uruguay/https://globalnco.com/en/insights/why-families-choose-uruguay/Not the cheapest country, nor the lowest-tax one. It is the most predictable — and predictability is worth more than a promise.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT