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Entity types, registration process, required documents, costs, and official registries.

Companies register with the local Chamber of Commerce (recorded in the unified business registry, RUES) and obtain a tax ID (NIT/RUT) from the tax authority (DIAN); the SAS is the dominant form.

• The SAS (simplified shares company) is by far the most common form.
• Registration is done through the Chamber of Commerce and recorded in RUES.
• A NIT/RUT from DIAN is required to operate and invoice.

Official authorities

• RUES (unified business registry)

  Unified business registry.

• DIAN

  Tax ID (NIT/RUT) and tax registration.

Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.

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