Bolivia

On 31 August 2026, Bolivia’s National Tax Service (Servicio de Impuestos Nacionales) conducted an educational outreach program in Santa Cruz targeting primary school students. The initiative forms part of the tax administration’s broader strategy to foster a culture of tax compliance from an early age, emphasizing civic responsibility and the role of taxation in funding […]

On 28 August 2026, the National Tax Service inaugurated a “Sala Lúdica” (Interactive Learning Room) in La Paz, designed as a gamified educational space where students learn about tax obligations through play-based methodologies. This innovative pedagogical approach reflects the tax administration’s commitment to modernizing taxpayer education under Law No. 2492 (General Tax Law) provisions for

On 27 August 2026, the National Tax Service convened the First Interinstitutional Substantive Update Workshop in La Paz, bringing together representatives from the Ministry of Economy, Prosecutor’s Office, Judiciary, and municipal governments. The workshop focused on harmonizing interpretative criteria for recent amendments to the Tax Code (Law No. 2492) and its implementing regulations, particularly regarding

On 26 August 2026, the National Tax Service concluded an intensive taxpayer training cycle in Cochabamba, delivering 21 specialized courses to 840 participants including individual taxpayers, accounting professionals, and corporate tax managers. The curriculum covered 2026 regulatory updates to Value Added Tax (VAT) withholding regimes, simplified taxation for small enterprises (Régimen Simplificado), and new electronic

On 25 August 2026, the National Tax Service conducted a specialized training session in La Paz targeting entrepreneurs and Micro and Small Enterprises (MyPEs) on tax incentives available for export-oriented businesses. The session detailed benefits under Supreme Decree No. 4872 (Export Promotion Regime) including VAT zero-rating on exported goods, accelerated depreciation for export-related assets, and

On 25 August 2026, the National Tax Service delivered a targeted capacity-building workshop for authorities and technical staff of the Departmental Legislative Assembly in La Paz. The training covered constitutional tax competences distribution between national and subnational levels, recent jurisprudence on municipal tax autonomy (Autonomy Law No. 031), and the technical aspects of departmental tax

On 24 August 2026, the National Tax Service released a comprehensive impact assessment of Law No. 1522 (Tax Relief Law) enacted in March 2026, highlighting its transformative effects on taxpayers previously subject to enforced collection measures. The law provides for conditional debt restructuring, penalty waivers up to 100% for timely adherence, and automatic suspension of

On 21 August 2026, the National Tax Service established a comprehensive taxpayer service pavilion at FEXPO Sucre, Bolivia’s premier agricultural and industrial trade fair in the constitutional capital. The mobile office provided real-time tax status certificates, electronic invoicing registration assistance, and interactive demonstrations of the new “Oficina Virtual” mobile application. Over 3,200 visitors received personalized

On 21 August 2026, the Servicio de Impuestos Nacionales (SIN) of the Plurinational State of Bolivia issued an official directive unfreezing bank accounts belonging to qualified beneficiaries of the Alivio Tributario National Tax Relief Program. The unfreezing measure constitutes the latest operational step in a comprehensive fiscal stimulus package enacted earlier in 2026, specifically designed

On 20 August 2026, the Bolivian government officially declared the full operational launch of the Alivio Tributario (Tax Relief) Law, a landmark fiscal measure aimed at delivering widespread economic reactivation and financial respite to the nation’s taxpayers confronting persistent inflationary pressures, stagnant real income growth, and the protracted fiscal aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic. The