Expat taxes in Colombia

davidharry wrote:

I have been talking to several accountants and tax lawyers in Colombia and they all have different views on (these) topics.

Different views from different tax pros is the norm in Colombia.

The beauty is that you can theoretically choose to employ the pro whose tax opinion would benefit you the most.

I say theoretically because you will have to 'guesstimate' whether the tax opinion would hold up in any subsequent challenge by La DIAN, the taxing authority.  In other words, you have to have confidence that your tax pro knows the tax law as well as possible .. and would offer to represent you before La DIAN if that ever became necessary.

Not that the boys and girls at La DIAN are necessarily up to the task of challenging a well-prepared tax return. 

It's a game .. and I personally support the concept of gaming the system .. within the law.

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That's the key: finding the right tax pro that will give me peace of mind to get a good night sleep.

I was kind of hoping to hear from someone who knows someone that has done this before