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15. Exiting: Paraguay

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

Exiting Paraguay: how a foreign owner takes profits out as dividends, sells Paraguayan shares, reports the transfer, dissolves and liquidates an EAS and closes down with employees, with the tax due at each step tied to the official text. Where the buyer or holder is in Argentina, this section notes only that no comprehensive double tax treaty applies; the Argentine side is in The Argentine Thread guide.

Investor view. No exchange controls, a flat 15 percent on dividends and a share sale tax capped at 4.5 percent of the price make Paraguay one of the region's easiest places to take capital back out, which is a strong reason to put it in.

Exiting Paraguay: dividends out, selling your shares and closing the companyGetting money and ownership out of Paraguay is simple and cheap by regional standards: there is no exchange control, profits paid to a foreign shareholder bear a single 15 percent dividend tax (IDU) w