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Cover of Uruguay Fees & Taxes: what to pay, what to avoid, and how to pay less

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What does buying a home in Uruguay cost on top of the price? About 9% of the price, whatever you buy, because the buyer pays the agent too: $9,100 on a $100,000 flat, $175,000 on a $2M villa.

What does owning a home in Uruguay cost each year? Building fees weigh most on a flat, upkeep on a house: about $2,900 a year for a $100,000 flat (UYU 116k), $29,000 for a $2M villa.

How much do you lose when you sell a home in Uruguay? Bought $250,000, sold $300,000: about $19,000 stays behind.

How much of your rent goes to tax in Uruguay? About $10 of every $100 of rent goes to tax on a long lease, $6 on Airbnb, whether you live in Uruguay or abroad: the rate is 12% for both.

How much tax do you pay when you sell a home in Uruguay? A flat bought for $200,000 and sold now for $260,000 pays from $0 to about $1,300, depending on the year you bought: the gain is counted in pesos, after inflation.

Agent, escribano, transfer tax: who charges what in Uruguay? Here the buyer pays an agent too, and the escribano does the legal work.

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Uruguay Fees & Taxes: what to pay, what to avoid, and how to pay less

INSIDE THE GUIDE

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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Verified data with sourcesUpdated in November 2026