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Following Decree N°319/022, issued last September (See EY Global Tax Alert, Uruguay’s Executive Branch approves conditions for employees of Free Trade Zone users to work remotely, dated 14 October 2022), the NDFTZ, issued Resolution N°77/022 to clarify and formalize the conditions under which remote work should be performed.
Such resolution emphasizes that the remote work agreement should be in writing, that the employees must perform the tasks specifically from their home address in national territory and that the rest of the conditions established by the abovementioned Decree should be met.
The Resolution highlights that it will be the NDFTZ who has the competence to control the implementation of the remote work and that the Free Trade Zone (FTZ) developers should keep the records where the FTZ user evidences that all requirements are met, throughout the following worksheet:
| Employee´s work template | ||||||||||
| Free Trade Zone | Company Name (User) | User´s Fiscal ID number (RUT) | ||||||||
| Number | Employee's full name | Remote work address | Starting date | Finishing date | Weekly hours performed | Remote Work Modality | Remote Work Days | Total amount of Remote work weekly hours |
Month |
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| Address according to the signed employment agreement | Department | Partial - Total – Office Work | Mo,Tu,We,Th, Fr,Sa,Su | |||||||
These documents should be kept for at least two calendar years and be provided to the NDFZ when requested.
The resolution, issued on 14 October 2022, has not been published yet on the official webpage and will become effective 60 calendar days after publication in the Official Gazette of Decree N°319/022 (published on 5 October 2022) which may be postponed by the NDFTZ for up to 30 days.
For additional information with respect to this Alert, please contact the following:
EY Uruguay, Montevideo
- Martha Roca
- María Inés Eibe
- Piero de los Santos
- Lucia Giagnacovo
Ernst & Young LLP (United States), Latin American Business Center, New York
- Lucas Moreno
- Ana Mingramm
- Pablo Wejcman
- Enrique Perez Grovas
Ernst & Young LLP (United Kingdom), Latin American Business Center, London
- Lourdes Libreros
Ernst & Young Tax Co., Latin American Business Center, Japan & Asia Pacific
- Raul Moreno, Tokyo
- Luis Coronado, Singapore
For a full listing of contacts and email addresses, please click on the Tax News Update: Global Edition (GTNU) version of this Alert.
