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Individual income tax: Since 2007 [1] there is a progressive scale of taxation, with a non-taxable minimum. The payroll tax is part of the same tax scheme. Wealth tax: There is a non-taxable minimum [7] which leaves the big majority of Uruguayans out of this duty. A progressive scale of taxation ranges from 0.7% to 2.75%.
VAT = Valued Added Tax; BTW = Belasting op toegevoegde waarde South Korea 10% 0% (essential foodstuffs) VAT = bugagachise (Korean: 부가가치세; Hanja: 附加價値稅) Sri Lanka [155] 18% 0% VAT = Valued Added Tax has been in effect in Sri Lanka since 2001. On the 2001 budget, the rates have been revised to 12% and 0% from the previous 20% ...
Tourism: Several seaside resorts, like Punta del Este or Punta del Diablo in the south-eastern departments of Maldonado and Rocha, regarded as a jet-set resort in South America, are main attractions of Uruguay. International cruises call at Montevideo from October to March every year. Also, Uruguay hosts many year-round international conferences.
With 176,214 km 2 (68,037 sq mi) of continental land and 142,199 km 2 (54,903 sq mi) of jurisdictional water and small river islands, [67] Uruguay is the second smallest sovereign nation in South America (after Suriname) and the third smallest territory (French Guiana is the smallest). [68]
In April 2024 over 400,000 signatures from citizens were brought to the consideration of the Electoral Court for a plebiscite to be authorized. [3] Originally conceived by its advocates with the purpose of overhauling the social security system, if approved by more than 50% of voters, the US$23 billion scheme backed by the country's powerful leftist unions would lower the retirement age, boost ...
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Uruguay was suffering from a high inflation rate of around 100% at the time of the referendum. [2] It was held after a petition was submitted by pensioner organisations with the required signatures of 10% of the number of registered voters. [1] In order to pass, the referendum had to be approved by a 50% of those voting and 35% of registered ...
The FIAB held its General Assembly in Uruguay twice, in 1988 and 2008. It is also a member of the Americas' Central Securities Depositories Association (Asociación de Depósitos Centrales de Valores de América, ACSDA), a non-profit organization based in Lima , Peru , consisting of securities depositories and clearing houses in the Americas.