Services · Corporate tax
Pay what is due. With support. Without surprises.
Corporate income tax, VAT, withholding, municipal ICA, information returns and transfer pricing, planned before the year closes rather than reconstructed after it. Directed by a Public Accountant with a postgraduate specialization in Tax Management.
Three things worth knowing before you start.
35%
Corporate income tax rate on profit.
The ordinary regime taxes company profit at 35%. What actually changes your bill is which costs are deductible and documented, not the rate itself.
$524.000
Minimum penalty for filing late in 2026.
Ten tax units, rounded to the nearest thousand pesos. It applies even when the delay is days and the tax due is zero, and it doubles once the authority has issued a formal demand.
Real time
Filings are cross-checked against each other.
Electronic invoices, electronic payroll and supporting documents are matched with analytics. A position that is not documented when it is taken is very hard to defend later.
Scope
What the engagement covers.
Annual tax planning
Projected close and the decisions that change it, taken before December.
Corporate income tax
Prepared, reviewed and filed, with the reconciliation to the books.
VAT, withholding and ICA
Monthly and bimonthly filings on the calendar your tax ID sets.
Information returns
National and municipal reporting, prepared from reconciled data.
Tax authority notices
Files assembled and technical answers filed within the deadline.
Transfer pricing
Documentation where transactions with related parties abroad require it.
How it works
The tax year, on one line.
VAT, withholding and electronic payroll run monthly or bimonthly depending on your tax ID. These are the fixed points that shape the year.
- January01
Leaving the SIMPLE
The second-to-last business day to return to the ordinary regime.
You receiveRegime decision documented.
- February02
Electing the SIMPLE
The last business day to opt into the regime for the year.
You receiveElection filed or ruled out with numbers.
- April03
Corporate income tax
Company income tax return and the municipal ICA filing in Medellín.
You receiveReturn filed with its reconciliation.
- May to June04
Information returns
National information reporting, by the last digits of the tax ID.
You receiveReports filed from reconciled data.
- December05
Projected close
Estimated tax position and the decisions still available before the 31st.
You receiveWritten projection and recommendations.
In short
The essentials, in three lines.
- 01Colombian corporate tax compliance covers income tax on profit, VAT, withholding at source, municipal industry and commerce tax (ICA), information returns and, where related parties abroad are involved, transfer pricing documentation.
- 02The ordinary regime taxes company profit at 35%; the SIMPLE regime taxes gross income at a consolidated rate and must be elected by the last business day of February.
- 03The minimum penalty for filing a return late in 2026 is $524.000 COP, and it applies even when no tax is due.
Who answers
A licensed Colombian Public Accountant, not a filing agent.
Kathiuska Villegas Padilla is a Contadora Pública with a postgraduate specialization in Tax Management and IFRS certification. She has been a statutory auditor, a finance and accounting director and a group controller before directing the firm. She sets the technical position on every engagement and signs what leaves the office.
We work inside your company's software
QuickBooks
- Zeus
Questions
What people ask before they start.
Planning is not a large-company product; it is the difference between a deduction you documented and one you lost. The most common finding on a first review of a small foreign-owned company is deductible cost that was never supported properly, and therefore never deducted.
The clock starts on the notification date and the response window is short, so the first thing we do is calculate the deadline. Then we assemble the file, prepare the technical answer and file it. Clients on a monthly engagement have the supporting documentation already in order, which is most of the work.
Yes, where transactions with related parties abroad cross the thresholds that trigger documentation. This is common for a Colombian subsidiary that buys services from, or invoices, its parent company, and it is frequently missed until an information return makes the relationship visible.
Yes. A review of prior filings is usually the first engagement for a company changing accountants, and it is the point at which unclaimed credits, wrongly assigned tax responsibilities on the RUT and undocumented positions come to light.
Often needed alongside this.
Accounting and IFRS reporting
Full-cycle bookkeeping in your software, monthly IFRS statements and a management report in English.
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The independent statutory auditor Colombian law requires above certain thresholds.
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Free initial call
Start with a call, not a contract.
Thirty minutes to understand what you are trying to do in Colombia, what already exists and what the sequence should be. You leave with a written next step whether or not you engage us.
What arrives after the call
24 hours
A written proposal within 24 hours, with scope, deliverables, owners and fees. Third-party costs are itemised separately and paid at cost.
Request a tax review.
Free initial call. Written proposal. We reply the same business day.
Talk to the firm
Two ways to start. Both answer today.
Free initial call
Thirty minutes that order the year.
- TodayWe write back to confirm a time.
- 30 minA call with the director, in English.
- 24 hA written proposal with scope and fees.
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Message us now. The firm replies, not a bot.
A specific question, a deadline this week or a letter from the tax office. We reply the same business day.
+57 316 664 6068
Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 18:00 Colombia time