by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jun 20, 2026 | American Expat Tax Lifecycle, South America Digital Nomad Tax Map
The short version Ecuador tax residency is not the same thing as getting comfortable in Cuenca, opening a bank account, or receiving a residency visa. The tax-residence analysis starts with Ecuador’s own statute. Under Ecuador’s income-tax law, an...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jun 20, 2026 | American Expat Tax Lifecycle, South America Digital Nomad Tax Map
The short version Ecuador is different from much of South America because a U.S. retiree or remote worker is not moving into a local-currency budgeting problem. Ecuador adopted the U.S. dollar as official currency in 2000, so Social Security, pensions, consulting...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jun 20, 2026 | American Expat Tax Lifecycle, South America Digital Nomad Tax Map
The short version The two Colombia issues that surprise Americans are not usually the visa form or the rent budget. They are patrimony and succession. The first landmine is Colombia’s wealth tax. As of this gate, Colombia’s permanent individual and...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jun 20, 2026 | American Expat Tax Lifecycle, South America Digital Nomad Tax Map
The short version Colombia’s visa system matters for tax planning, but it is not the tax answer by itself. The immigration framework in Colombia’s Resolution 5477 of 2022 uses three main visa types: Visitor, Migrant, and Permanent Resident. The Visitor...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jun 20, 2026 | American Expat Tax Lifecycle, South America Digital Nomad Tax Map
The short version Colombia has a special household-goods import path for a person who lived abroad long enough and is entering Colombia to establish residence. That path can be useful, but it is not a free-for-all and it is not the same thing as shipping a normal...
by Noah Green CPA CFE | Jun 20, 2026 | American Expat Tax Lifecycle, South America Digital Nomad Tax Map
The short version Colombia does not wait for a calendar year to ask the tax-residence question. The core day-count rule looks at whether an individual remains in Colombia for more than 183 calendar days, continuous or discontinuous, including arrival and departure...
