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Cover of Colombia Fees & Taxes: what to pay, what to avoid, and how to pay lessWhat does buying a home in Colombia cost on top of the price? About 3% of the price: COP 9.9M ($3,100) on a COP 300 million flat, COP 123M ($39,000) on a COP 4 billion villa.What does owning a home in Colombia cost each year? Property tax stays under 1% of the price; building fees and upkeep do the rest: about COP 7.3M ($2,300) a year for a COP 300 million flat, COP 141M for a COP 4 billion villa.How much do you lose taking your money out when you sell in Colombia? Bought COP 600M, sold COP 700M: about COP 36M stays behind.How much of your rent goes to tax in Colombia? Living abroad, about $23 of every $100 of rent goes to tax on a long lease, $8 on Airbnb, where costs eat more of the rent first.What tax do you pay when you sell a home in Colombia? Sold for COP 620 million, a flat bought in 2020 shows a COP 191M gain.Agent, lawyer, notary: who does what in Colombia, and what do they charge? The seller pays the agent.
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Colombia Fees & Taxes: what to pay, what to avoid, and how to pay less

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  • Every fee you’ll pay, line by line
  • Who pays what: buyer or seller
  • Where you can legally pay less
  • The costs nobody mentions upfront
  • What owning costs you every year
  • How much tax you’ll owe on rent
  • What you’ll pay when you sell
  • How to move your money in cheaply
  • Who does what, and what they charge
  • The tax traps foreigners fall into
  • What’s changed in the last 12 months
  • What could go wrong, and how to avoid it
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