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Accounting, tax and finance · Medellín, Colombia

A licensed Colombian accountant who answers in English.

Open a company, register your investment with the central bank, resolve your tax residency and keep the books, under one firm directed by a Public Accountant with a postgraduate specialization in Tax Management. For investors, founders and people building a life here.

Contadora Pública
Licensed Colombian Public Accountant, registered with the national board.
9+ years
Directing accounting, tax and finance for companies and groups.
English and Spanish
Reporting in English. Filings in Spanish, as the law requires.

What most people learn too late

Three rules that decide what Colombia costs you.

  1. 183 days

    In any 365, and Colombia taxes your worldwide income.

    Continuous or not. Article 10 of the Tax Statute counts days present, not your visa. No visa category, including the digital nomad visa, creates an exemption.

  2. Registered

    Unregistered capital is hard to take back out.

    Foreign investment has to be channelled through the exchange market and registered with Banco de la República. That registration is what supports repatriating profits and capital later.

  3. 1 shareholder

    Is enough to incorporate, with no minimum capital.

    Colombia's S.A.S. lets a single foreign shareholder own and legally represent a company. The structure is easy. The tax regime you attach to it is the decision that matters.

Visas and residency

Most investor visas rest on a number an accountant has to prove.

Registered capital, an investment traced to its source, income you can evidence month after month. That is the firm’s work, and it is the part applications fail on. The immigration filing is prepared with the firm’s immigration counsel, briefed and supervised by us.

Visas and residency

How it works

A practical route, with owners and dates.

The same sequence for a founder, an investor and a resident. What changes is what sits inside each step.

  1. Call01

    Free initial call

    Thirty minutes on your plan, your timeline and what already exists.

    You receiveA first read on your position.

  2. 48 h02

    Written roadmap

    Corporate, tax, exchange and accounting steps, with owners and dates.

    You receiveRoadmap in English.

  3. Setup03

    Registrations

    Company, RUT, investment registration, banking file and invoicing.

    You receiveA company that can operate.

  4. Monthly04

    Ongoing

    Bookkeeping, taxes, payroll and a results call in English.

    You receiveManagement report each month.

Kathiuska Villegas Padilla, Colombian Public Accountant

Who answers

You deal with the accountant who signs the work, not an account manager.

Kathiuska Villegas Padilla is a Colombian Contadora Pública with a postgraduate specialization in Tax Management and IFRS certification. Before directing the firm she was a statutory auditor, a finance and accounting director, and a controller for hospitality and investment groups, which means she has defended numbers to boards, banks and the tax authority rather than only filing them.

  • Licensed Public Accountant
  • Tax Management specialist
  • IFRS (NIIF, NIC) certified
  • Reporting in English and Spanish
About the firm

Questions

Before the first call.

Calls, proposals, financial statements and monthly management reports are delivered in English. Filings to Colombian authorities are prepared and submitted in Spanish because the law requires it, and each one is explained to you in English before it is filed.

Almost all of it. Most clients abroad never visit the office: incorporation runs on an apostilled power of attorney, filings are electronic and reporting happens by email and on calls. Opening a corporate bank account is the one step where some banks still ask for a video call or an in-person visit.

No. This is the most common piece of misinformation we correct. Tax residency depends on physical presence under article 10 of the Tax Statute, not on visa category. Anyone present 183 days or more in any 365-day window becomes a Colombian tax resident, digital nomad visa included.

We are an accounting, tax and finance firm. Accounting, tax, payroll, foreign investment registration and incorporation filings are done and signed by the firm. Immigration filings are prepared with the firm's immigration counsel, briefed and supervised by us, so the financial evidence a visa rests on and the application itself stay in one file.

A written proposal after a free 30-minute call. Fees depend on transaction volume, headcount, entities and reporting cadence, so we do not publish a price list. Government, notary and apostille costs are itemised separately and paid at cost.

Medellín, Colombia, with clients across the country and abroad. In-person meetings in Medellín are available; everything else runs remotely on your timezone where we can.

Free initial call

Tell us what you plan to do in Colombia.

Thirty minutes to understand your plan, your timeline and what already exists. You leave with a written next step whether or not you engage us.

What most people get wrong

183 days

Tax residency starts at 183 days of presence in any 365-day window, whatever visa you hold. Planned in advance it is manageable; discovered afterwards it is expensive.

Free initial call

Start with a conversation, not a contract.

  1. TodayWe reply to agree a time that works in your timezone.
  2. 30 minA call with the director, in English.
  3. 24 hA written roadmap with scope, owners and fees.

Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 18:00 Colombia time. We reply the same business day.

kathivillegasp19@gmail.com · +57 316 664 6068

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Free initial call

Thirty minutes that order the year.

  1. TodayWe write back to confirm a time.
  2. 30 minA call with the director, in English.
  3. 24 hA written proposal with scope and fees.

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+57 316 664 6068

Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 18:00 Colombia time