Guides

IRPF is Uruguay's personal income tax. Explained simply and in full: the two categories, the 2026 progressive scale in BPC and pesos, from what income you start paying, the deductions, and how you pay as an employee or self-employed. With official quotes.

What Uruguay's telework law (Ley 19.978) says, in plain words: who it covers, voluntariness, the written agreement, working hours and the 8-hour minimum rest, the right to disconnect, who pays for equipment, and health & safety — with the official quotes.

Short answer: if you have no employees, no. Your BPS contribution falls due on the same day as everyone else's, whatever your digit. The digit rule is for companies with employees. Here are both 2026 calendar columns, with official sources.

What you really pay each month as a sole trader: the fixed BPS contribution, the DGI part by regime, the due dates (and why they shift), and how monthly advances settle against the annual return. With official sources.

An expat guide: the difference between legal and tax residency, how to get each, the cédula, the tax holiday for new residents, and how to start working — with official sources.

Registering a sole trader with BPS and DGI is a single procedure, almost entirely online. What you need, the steps, when to do it, what it costs, and what comes next — with official sources.

Every legal form (sole trader, SRL, SA, SAS…) and every tax regime (monotributo, Literal E, IRAE ficto and real, IRPF, IVA…) in Uruguay, with comparative tables, scales and official sources.