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15. Exiting: Uruguay

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Exiting Uruguay: selling a Uruguayan company or a foreign holding that owns one, taking profits and capital out while keeping the company, and dissolving, liquidating and closing it with the DGI, the BPS and the registry, with the tax cost and legal steps of each route tied to the official text. For Argentine side questions on FX, trade or the Uruguay Argentina tax agreement see The Argentine Thread guide.

Investor view. Uruguay guarantees by law that capital and profits leave freely in convertible currency, and its modest 7 percent dividend tax and clear liquidation procedure make exit costs predictable, which supports investing in the first place.

Exiting Uruguay: selling the company, taking profits and capital out, and winding downA foreign owner can leave Uruguay by selling the shares, by taking profits and capital out while keeping the company, or by dissolving and liquidating it, and Ley Nº 16.906 guarantees the free transfe