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Diagnostic of the tax situation
We review the entity, activities, flows, and obligations: which tax it pays, where, and with what support. Income, VAT, withholding, net worth, and local taxes.
Tax Advisory · Companies in Colombia
Tax advisor for companies in Colombia.
Strategy and defense, with former DIAN judgment.
A corporate tax advisor sets the fiscal criterion before filing and defends it if the DIAN asks. At Ligal that advisory is led by Juan Santiago Rodríguez Prieto, a tax attorney and former DIAN official, based in Bogotá and serving companies across Colombia.
Companies and SMEsStrategy + defenseColombia · BogotáFormer DIAN leadership
Also on WhatsApp: +57 319 272 9164. Bogotá · Calle 99 7A-51, Office 206. Companies across Colombia.
What it is
The company's fiscal criterion, decided and defended.
A company's tax advisor is the one who decides, with the statute in hand, how the business is taxed: which interpretation to hold, which regimes and benefits apply, how to document every decision, and what to answer if an audit arrives. It is not filling out forms: it is legal criterion applied to the real operation.
At Ligal this advisory is led by a former DIAN tax attorney, Juan Santiago Rodríguez Prieto. The difference is the angle: every position is designed knowing how the DIAN will look at it later, and every piece of advice comes with its support in writing.
Signs your company needs one
- The effective tax burden went up and nobody explains why.
- You are about to reorganize partners, assets, or operations.
- The accountant files on time, but nobody discusses the criterion.
- A DIAN requirement or summons has arrived.
- An investor is coming in, or there are cross-border operations.
- The reform moved the statute and the scheme needs review.
What Ligal does
Strategy all year, defense when it counts. The same firm.
The director is Juan Santiago Rodríguez Prieto, a tax attorney and former DIAN official. Advisory is designed knowing how the audit looks at it, not in a theoretical vacuum.
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Criterion and strategy within the statute
Applicable regimes and benefits, formalizing the criterion, and an obligations calendar. No structures without economic substance and no brochure savings percentages.
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Documentation that holds up
Every decision with its own file: contracts, supporting documents, and a memo of the criterion. What is documented can be defended; what is not ends up in a statement of charges.
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Defense and ongoing counsel
If the DIAN asks, the same firm answers: requirements, appeals and, if needed, litigation. And throughout the year, a point of consultation before every decision with tax impact.
What we do not do
There are limits. Saying them is part of the craft.
We do not promise savings percentages
Every company has its own figures, activity, and applicable statute. The proposal comes out of the diagnostic, not out of a marketing average.
We do not replace your accountant
Day-to-day accounting keeps running with your trusted accountant, or with LIGAL Auditores if the case calls for it. We define and defend the fiscal criterion.
We do not leave defense out of the engagement
Advisory that only works while everything is fine is incomplete. Strategy and defense travel together in the same firm.
Strategy and operations, separate
The attorney sets the criterion. The accountant keeps the books.
Tax strategy is defined and defended by LIGAL Abogados. The day-to-day accounting operation (books, payroll, routine returns, statutory audit) can be run by LIGAL Auditores, our independent public accounting practice under Law 43 of 1990. Two practices, coordinated, each with its own professional rules.
Already have a trusted accountant? They stay. We work with them, not against them.
Director
Juan Santiago Rodríguez Prieto
Tax attorney · Former DIAN
- Calle 99 7A-51, Office 206, Bogotá
- +57 319 272 9164
- Free diagnostic within 48 business hours
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How it starts
Diagnostic. Free. Within 48 business hours.
Requesting it is free. Within 48 business hours you get the tax map and the proposal. Use the form on this page or open the diagnostic.
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TodayRequest the diagnostic
NIT, activity, current structure, and the decision ahead (reorganize, grow, sell, bring in investors). Free.
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48 business hoursTax map
Where the burden sits, which regime applies, which obligations are running, and which criteria lack documentation. Within 48 business hours.
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After the diagnosticProposal and advisory plan
Scope, priorities, and a closed fee. If day-to-day accounting is involved, it is coordinated with your accountant or with LIGAL Auditores.
FAQ
Corporate tax advisor, without small print
They set the business's fiscal criterion with the statute in hand: which interpretation to hold, which regimes and benefits apply, how to document decisions, and what to answer in an audit. It is standing legal judgment over the real operation, not a form-filling service.
The accountant and the outsourcer operate: books, payroll, and routine returns. The tax advisor solves the criterion questions: which position to hold and why, and defends it if the DIAN disputes it. They are complementary roles, not interchangeable ones.
Income tax, VAT, withholding at source, net worth tax, ICA, and other levies that apply by activity and municipality, plus formal and reporting obligations. The exact scope is defined in the diagnostic according to the company's real operations.
Yes. If a requirement or an assessment arrives, the same firm answers: reply, appeals and, when the case demands it, tax litigation. Advisory that does not think about the later audit is incomplete.
When the structure changes or partners or investors come in, when the effective burden jumps without explanation, when the reform moved the statute, or when the accountant files on time but nobody discusses the criterion. If a requirement is already on top of you, the case is defended first.
Yes, and that is the recommended setup. Your accountant keeps the operation and we keep the criterion: we deliver documented positions and coordinate the calendar. If you do not have an accountant, the operation can be run by LIGAL Auditores.
It depends on the size of the operation and the scope: a one-off consultation, ongoing counsel, or defense. We do not publish price lists or average savings. The fee is closed in writing after the diagnostic.
Yes. The office is at Calle 99 7A-51, Office 206, Bogotá, and the published phone is +57 319 272 9164 (Juan Santiago Rodríguez Prieto, director). We advise companies across Colombia, in person and remotely.
Diagnostic
Tell us about the operation. The map comes after.
Free. Reply within 48 business hours. Attach the activity, the NIT, and the decision ahead for the company. You can also write on WhatsApp or book with the director.