LLC × residence calculator · Edition 2026.09

If you lived in Uruguay: how much tax you would pay on your LLC profit

Territorial system for active income: what the LLC earns from services rendered outside Uruguay is not taxed. Foreign passive income is taxed (12%), with a tax-holiday option for new residents.

Isaac Cubero · Checked on 14 September 2026 · territorial

At $100,000 of profit

You would pay
$0
Effective rate
0%
You would keep
$100,000

On $100,000 of LLC profit, living in Uruguay, you would pay $0 income tax (territorial regime), with conditions.

territorial

Income tax on active foreign-source income$0
Estimated total$0

Sources: Titles 4 and 7 of the 2023 Consolidated Text (corporate and personal income tax), Decree 101/024 · Law 19,904 (tax holiday) and Law 20,446 (Budget 2025-2029) · Fixed exchange rate 40.3 UYU/USD.

Rank 1 of 38 residences by effective rate at this profit.

What we assume
  • The profit is foreign-source (service rendered outside Uruguay) and untaxed: that is the 0% on the ladder.
  • No tax holiday applied to dividends.
What can change it
  • 'Working from Uruguay' is a question of fact: laptop, clients and hours in Montevideo make the DGI see Uruguayan-source income (work income tax, up to 36%).
  • Interest or dividends the LLC generates for you are taxed at 12% unless you use the tax holiday or the 7% rate.
  • From 1 Jan 2026 (Law 20,446) the tax holiday requires, if you do not reach 183 days of presence, a real estate or approved-fund investment; without it, the 0% on dividends is out of reach.
Sources
  • Titles 4 and 7 of the 2023 Consolidated Text (corporate and personal income tax), Decree 101/024
  • Law 19,904 (tax holiday) and Law 20,446 (Budget 2025-2029)
  • Fixed exchange rate 40.3 UYU/USD.

At three profit levels

What you would pay in Uruguay depending on what your LLC earns.

Annual profitEstimated taxEffective rateYou would keep
$50,000$00%$50,000
$100,000$00%$100,000
$250,000$00%$250,000

And if it were not an LLC

The five cheapest structures from Uruguay, distributing all the profit.

StructureCorporateWithholdingYou, in UruguayTotal
US LLC$0$0$00%$0
UAE free zone$0$0$12,00012%$12,000
Hong Kong Ltd$8,250$0$11,01019.3%$19,260
Bulgarian EOOD$10,000$4,500$6,30020.8%$20,800
Georgian LLC$15,000$4,250$5,95025.2%$25,200

Compare all nine structures from Uruguay

Frequently asked questions

Does a US LLC pay tax if I live in Uruguay?

The LLC pays no US federal tax if it has no US activity. Territorial system for active income: what the LLC earns from services rendered outside Uruguay is not taxed. Foreign passive income is taxed (12%), with a tax-holiday option for new residents.

How much would I pay in Uruguay on $100,000 of profit?

On $100,000 of LLC profit, living in Uruguay, you would pay $0 income tax (territorial regime), with conditions. 'Working from Uruguay' is a question of fact: laptop, clients and hours in Montevideo make the DGI see Uruguayan-source income (work income tax, up to 36%).

Is Uruguay a territorial country?

Yes: it only taxes local-source income. The profit of an LLC operated from abroad is not taxed, provided the work is rendered outside Uruguay.

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To see Uruguay against the other 37 residences: the full ladder.