Derf123
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Taxation in Colombia by m07801
Hello All, Im considering to retire in Medellin next year. I visited the city this past February and enjoyed the city. i was very impressed. Im 61 years old from the USA. I would be living on my pension from my job, ...
Thanks, it’s all I’ve got other than the original one which like I said is never going to be certified. Sooo, hopefully it can be certified if need be by the state Dept as they’re the ones who issued the certified copy which was ... Read More
Taxation in Colombia by m07801
Hello All, Im considering to retire in Medellin next year. I visited the city this past February and enjoyed the city. i was very impressed. Im 61 years old from the USA. I would be living on my pension from my job, ...
Do you know of people who have been coming and going on the 90 day stamp that have been asked to pay taxes because of this? A lawyer told me that this one isn’t being enforced. Again, he was talking about the 90 day entry stamp and not an ... Read More
Taxation in Colombia by m07801
Hello All, Im considering to retire in Medellin next year. I visited the city this past February and enjoyed the city. i was very impressed. Im 61 years old from the USA. I would be living on my pension from my job, ...
I was born in Iran and haven’t been there in quite a long time. My mother says I have a certificate of live birth issued by the State Dept in Washington DC so hopefully that can be certified. Read More
Taxation in Colombia by m07801
Hello All, Im considering to retire in Medellin next year. I visited the city this past February and enjoyed the city. i was very impressed. Im 61 years old from the USA. I would be living on my pension from my job, ...
So the clock on th 183 days is Jan1-Dec31? If I spend four months in Colombia at the end of 2018 then leave say end of Dec or early Jan and return in 2019 I’d have another 180 days kminus any I spent in Colombia in 2019 before the trip out and ... Read More
Taxation in Colombia by m07801
Hello All, Im considering to retire in Medellin next year. I visited the city this past February and enjoyed the city. i was very impressed. Im 61 years old from the USA. I would be living on my pension from my job, ...
I was born abroad and having the locality certify it won’t be possible.. Read More
Taxation in Colombia by m07801
Hello All, Im considering to retire in Medellin next year. I visited the city this past February and enjoyed the city. i was very impressed. Im 61 years old from the USA. I would be living on my pension from my job, ...
Yes!!! Read More
Taxation in Colombia by m07801
Hello All, Im considering to retire in Medellin next year. I visited the city this past February and enjoyed the city. i was very impressed. Im 61 years old from the USA. I would be living on my pension from my job, ...
Hahahah, yes my spelling can be a doozy.. So that’s interesting. Nowhere have I read the the 1 year Rentista visa is no longer. It’s now 3 years? Read More
Taxation in Colombia by m07801
Hello All, Im considering to retire in Medellin next year. I visited the city this past February and enjoyed the city. i was very impressed. Im 61 years old from the USA. I would be living on my pension from my job, ...
Also wondering if colombia will tax me on a piece of land I own in Costa Rica? Costa Rican land taxes are very very low so if they do then the Colombian tax might be higher and leave me with exposure here. Thanks for the welcome and all the great ... Read More
Taxation in Colombia by m07801
Hello All, Im considering to retire in Medellin next year. I visited the city this past February and enjoyed the city. i was very impressed. Im 61 years old from the USA. I would be living on my pension from my job, ...
For your year long Rentista visa did you need to provide an aposlalized birth certificate. I know I’ll need a certified letter from my financial institution showing enough monthly income from annuities and good standing. Read More
Taxation in Colombia by m07801
Hello All, Im considering to retire in Medellin next year. I visited the city this past February and enjoyed the city. i was very impressed. Im 61 years old from the USA. I would be living on my pension from my job, ...
Hi again! I’m just thinking in terms of if I’m paying taxes.. the not letting foreigners work part I totally get. I’ve just never seen it where you can’t work and still get taxed. Read More
Taxation in Colombia by m07801
Hello All, Im considering to retire in Medellin next year. I visited the city this past February and enjoyed the city. i was very impressed. Im 61 years old from the USA. I would be living on my pension from my job, ...
Thanks again! Yes, your wording is correct that it would be type of income not type of visa that would affect taxes. I’m thinking of dividends and capital gains most specifically. So say I pay 15% capital gains in the US. In Colombia I think ... Read More
Taxation in Colombia by m07801
Hello All, Im considering to retire in Medellin next year. I visited the city this past February and enjoyed the city. i was very impressed. Im 61 years old from the USA. I would be living on my pension from my job, ...
Thanks for all the responses. I guess I’ll reply one by one. Spoke w a tax lawyer about this and evidently there is no enforcement with regard to people on a tourist visa. Either way I’m going to step up the time frame of my planning for ... Read More
Taxation in Colombia by m07801
Hello All, Im considering to retire in Medellin next year. I visited the city this past February and enjoyed the city. i was very impressed. Im 61 years old from the USA. I would be living on my pension from my job, ...
Wow.. read all of this and it's putting a damper on my plans. For one if I were to be here Nov/Dec2018 and I leave late 2018 or early 2019 then return shortly thereafter in 2019 for the remainder of the 180 days I'm allowed in 2019 I ... Read More