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Colombian Tax Reform Insights: Tax Planning Strategies for Uncertain Times

Greenberg Traurig Shareholder, Erika Litvak, hosted a luncheon presentation on “Colombian Tax Reform Insights: Tax Planning Strategies for Uncertain Times” presented by Juan David Velasco, partner at Colombian law firm Posse Herrera Ruiz on Thursday, March 5 from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. 

Presentation topics covered:

- Indirect disposition of assets.
- Income taxation of individuals and wealth.
- Tax on wealth and third version of the Voluntary (likely to be mandatory) disclosure program. What is new?
- Updated rules of transparency of offshore trusts, private foundations and insurance solutions for income tax purposes.
- Passive income and Colombian CFC rules.
- Dual residence issues and solutions.
- Criminal actions derived from tax unreported our undervalued assets.
- Compliance with substance-over-the form doctrine.