Uruguayan Executive Power grants tax incentives to telecommunications entities

  • The Executive Power of Uruguay has approved new tax benefits for investments made by telecommunication entities that meet certain conditions.
 

Decree No. 281/024, published in the Official Gazette on 31 October 2024, states that telecommunication entities that perform electronic surveillance activities for the investigation of crimes will benefit from a series of tax exemptions applicable to investments in electronic data processing equipment and software, made from the date of the decree until 30 June 2025. These exemptions include:

  • Corporate Income Tax exemptions, not to exceed 12,000,000 Indexed Units (approximately US$1.84m), with a period of three fiscal years to use the benefit
  • Net Wealth Tax exemptions for the investments in electronic data processing and surveillance equipment

Affected multinational entities with interests in Uruguay should become familiar with Decree No. 281/024, which can be accessed here (only in Spanish).

For additional information concerning this Alert, please contact:

EY Uruguay, Montevideo
  • Rodrigo Barrios
  • 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

Published by NTD’s Tax Technical Knowledge Services group; Carolyn Wright, legal editor

For a full listing of contacts and email addresses, please click on the Tax News Update: Global Edition (GTNU) version of this Alert.