The Tax Identification Number (NIT) is the numerical expression eminently taxable or fiscal that identifies taxpayers and tax filers before national taxes, as well as before other public and private entities.
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The Tax Identification Number (NIT) is the numerical expression eminently taxable or fiscal that identifies taxpayers and tax filers before national taxes, as well as before other public and private entities.
The execution of the process must be carried out within the same period of validity assigned for your stay within the country and before departing from national territory.
It is recommended that the process for receiving a VAT refund be completed prior to departing the country because the format and purchased goods must be validated prior to luggage check-in.
You can only submit electronic invoices from DIAN to be eligible for this benefit. Therefore, any other document type will not be valid for requesting VAT refunds.
In such cases, you should consult the customs regulations of the destination country to learn about specific restrictions and requirements regarding the import of goods.
When conducted at one of the DIAN offices, the refund process may take up to one calendar month from the requested date. However, if the request is made at self-service kiosks available at airports operated by the company responsible for the process, the refund time will be approximately ten (10) calendar days.
The maximum amount to be refunded to the requesting foreigner is 200 (UVT). This means that, for 2023, the maximum amount that can be returned is $8,482,400 COP (approximately $2,120 USD at a reference rate of 4,000 COP/USD).
If you are a tax resident in Colombia and a pensioner in the USA or another country abroad. Consequently, you must file your income tax return, and, starting in 2023, the monthly value of your pension will be considered tax-exempt, which means that you will not necessarily have to pay taxes on it.
Only if it exceeds the top on deposits (1,400 UVT), which for 2025 is $69,718,600 COP.
When filing taxes in Colombia, you must consider whether you are a tax resident because it is independent of whether you have a visa.
If you have a digital nomad visa for one year but stay less than 183 days, you would not be considered a tax resident. In this case, you only declare the income tax on national source income and wealth obtained in Colombia.
Otherwise, if, with the visa, you stay for more than 183 days in the country, you declare income tax for the national and foreign source income and patrimony possessed inside and outside the country.
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