RUC registration
- Your RUC number, issued by the DNIT
- In person at the DNIT, with us
- Needs your cédula
- Starts the filing history banks look at
- +$50 on top of the cost; the DNIT publishes no registration fee
Register your RUC in Paraguay
Your RUC (Paraguay tax ID), a tax residency certificate when you need one, and Migraciones' record of your entries and exits. Each is $50 on top of its cost. You need your cédula for the RUC.
+$50
each, on top of the cost
Costs
passed through at cost
Your cédula
first, for the RUC
What a RUC is for
Your tax ID
The RUC is your taxpayer number with the DNIT, Paraguay's tax authority (formerly the SET). You can register once you have your cédula.
Banking
Paraguayan banks ask for a cédula before they open an account. Practitioners say about six months of RUC filings is what moves a basic account to a fuller one. A bank can still say no.
Permanent residency later
When you apply for permanent residency, Migraciones checks your documents against the profession you declared for temporary residency (DNM Resolution 407/2026). One practitioner says your constancia de RUC is the easiest way to show that profession.
A tax residency certificate
You can ask the DNIT for a tax residency certificate. With a RUC, it must be active and up to date; without one, you apply with your ID and a record of your entries and exits. Practitioners report the DNIT sometimes asks for more.
Paraguay taxes income by source, and for work that means where you do the work. Paraguay generally does not tax income from work done entirely outside Paraguay for a client who isn't a Paraguayan taxpayer. Work done outside Paraguay for a Paraguayan taxpayer (a company or person who pays IRE or IRP) can still count as Paraguayan income (Ley 6380/2019, Art. 48, numeral 3). Work you do in Paraguay pays personal income tax of up to 10% plus 10% VAT (Ley 6380/2019). A RUC or a certificate doesn't by itself end your tax residency at home.
General information, not legal or tax advice.
RUC, certificate and entry-exit record
Add them to your list with your residency.
Tax residency certificate
- Issued by the DNIT
- For the tax year and purpose you name
- We request it with your active, up-to-date RUC
- +$50 on top of the cost; General Resolution 65/2020 sets no DNIT fee
A certificate supports your Paraguayan residency in front of banks and other tax authorities. On its own it doesn't end your tax residency at home.
Certificado de movimiento migratorio
- Migraciones' record of your entries and exits
- You need it for a tax residency certificate if you have no RUC
- Migraciones also issues it online; we can get it for you
- +$50 on top of Migraciones' fee
How it works
Four steps from your cédula to an active RUC.
Get your cédula first
You can register a RUC once you have your cédula. Add the RUC to your list with your residency and we plan both.
In person
You come to the DNIT in Asunción with us. Our fee is $50 on top of the cost, and the DNIT publishes no registration fee.
Registration
We register your RUC with the DNIT, Paraguay's tax authority (formerly the SET).
Keep it active
An active RUC needs a VAT return every month, even at zero, and an income-tax return each March. Ask us about monthly filings.
You need your cédula first
A RUC needs your cédula, the ID card Paraguay gives residents. Adding the RUC to your list with your residency means one plan and one set of appointments.
Good to know
Filing at zero keeps your RUC active. It does not show the turnover that the self-employed and professional categories of DNM Resolution 407/2026 require for permanent residency. Other categories use different documents, and Migraciones can deny the application.
Add your RUC
Add it to your list with your residency.
Questions about your RUC? We reply on WhatsApp within 4 hours during business hours.