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15. Exiting: Colombia

Argentina. For full detail on Argentina, go to The Argentine Thread.

Exiting Colombia: selling a Colombian company or an offshore holding that owns one, winding a company down through dissolution and liquidation, returning capital and paying out profits, and cancelling the foreign investment registration at Banco de la República, with the tax cost and filings of each route tied to the official text. For Argentina's own rules, see The Argentine Thread.

Investor view. Colombia guarantees by decree that registered foreign investors can remit sale, liquidation and capital reduction proceeds in convertible currency, and its 15 percent capital gains rate and online registration cancellation keep the cost and friction of exit predictable.

Exiting Colombia: selling the company, liquidating it and taking capital and profits outA foreign owner can leave Colombia by selling the shares, by winding the company down, or by taking profits and capital out while keeping it, and once the investment is registered with Banco de la Rep