Dmitri Mihhailov
Managing Partner
Leads Prifinance and personally oversees complex multi-jurisdiction structures. Your Bolivian setup gets partner-level review before anything is filed.
Register a company in Bolivia, the turning point.
Set up a Bolivian SRL at the hinge of the country's story - the 2025 election ended two decades of one movement's rule, the world's largest lithium resource waits under the Uyuni salt, and Santa Cruz runs a private agro economy that never stopped working. The hinge, both sides: the treasury the new government inherited is nearly empty, the boliviano's peg and the street rate live in different worlds, dollars leave through structure rather than wire, and the 3% tax on gross transactions bites every thin margin.The hinge of the country's story: a two-decade era ended in 2025, the world's largest lithium resource waits under the salt, and Santa Cruz never stopped working. The hinge: the treasury is nearly empty, the peg and the street disagree, dollars exit by structure not wire - and 3% of gross goes to the transactions tax.
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Bolivia · at a glance
Legal formSRL via SEPREC
Time to set up2-4 weeks
Corporate tax (IUE)25%
VAT + transactions tax13% + 3% gross
FX realityPeg under pressure - planned around
Remote setupYes - by POA
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Bolivia in brief
The turning point, both scenarios.
Bolivia is mid-pivot. The 2025 elections closed a twenty-year political era and installed a government talking to markets, multilaterals and investors its predecessors kept at arm's length - with the lithium contracts under the Uyuni salt flats, the world's largest resource of the metal, first in the review queue. Beneath the politics sits a two-speed country: the state-heavy altiplano economy strained by the crisis, and Santa Cruz - the lowland business capital whose soy, beef and commerce kept growing through every squall and where most of our clients actually land. Registration itself modernised quietly: SEPREC files an SRL in weeks, foreign ownership is unrestricted, and since 2024 crypto payments are legal - a detail that matters more here than almost anywhere.
The terms. The crisis is real: reserves near empty, fuel queues, and a official peg at 6.96 that the street prices very differently - the gap is the country's true exchange rate, and any plan pretending otherwise fails. Getting profits out through official channels is a queue with no promises; working structures earn abroad, keep hard currency offshore, and use the legal crypto rails the central bank opened when it lifted the ban. The tax stack is heavier than the headline: 25% IUE plus a 3% transactions tax on gross revenue - a second income tax for thin margins - plus rigid MAS-era labour law with a thirteenth salary and dismissal rules that reward careful contracts. Bolivia today is an option on its own turning point: cheap to enter, demanding to operate, and priced accordingly. We structure it for both scenarios - the opening and the grind.
Mid-pivot: a market-facing government reviewing the lithium contracts, multilaterals back at the table, SEPREC filing SRLs in weeks, crypto rails legal since 2024 - and the two-speed truth that Santa Cruz's agro economy grew through every squall.
The terms: reserves near empty, the 6.96 peg versus a parallel street rate, official exit channels queued without promises, 25% IUE plus the 3% gross IT, rigid labour law with a thirteenth salary. An option on the turning point - cheap to enter, demanding to operate, structured for both scenarios.
Packages & pricing
Two ways to start.
01 - SRL · BOLIVIA
Company
from$2,900USD · all-in
Registration of a Bolivian SRL - SEPREC incorporation, tax registrations and the first year of the registered address included.
✓Sector strategy first - Santa Cruz agro, mining, trade✓SEPREC incorporation with statutes✓NIT registration with the SIN✓Municipal licence & employer files✓Registered address in Santa Cruz - first year✓Free pre-incorporation consultation
Optional add-ons: FX & treasury structuring - from $1,500 · crypto-rail setup (legal since 2024) - from $900 · work visas - from $1,200 · accounting - from $300/month · renewal - from $1,200/year.Add-ons: FX structuring from $1,500 · crypto rails from $900 · visas from $1,200 · accounting from $300/month · renewal from $1,200/yr.
Start with a consultation →02 - SRL + BANK · BOLIVIA
Most popularCompany + Bank Account
from$4,900USD · all-in
Everything in the first package plus a corporate account with a Bolivian bank - prepared, filed and defended by us, FX realities stated up front.
✓Everything in the Company package✓Bank file: business plan, source of funds, references✓Account with BNB, Banco Mercantil or BCP Bolivia✓Boliviano + USD structure - the gap planned in✓Payroll registrations - aguinaldo modelled✓Exit architecture: exports, offshore parent, legal crypto rails
Optional add-ons: FX structuring - from $1,500 · crypto rails - from $900 · accounting - from $300/month · renewal - from $1,200/year.
Start with a consultation →Starting prices, confirmed before we file. SEPREC and registration fees are itemised.Starting prices, confirmed first. SEPREC fees itemised.
What you can do
What our clients open in Bolivia.
Santa Cruz works, the mines wait for the opening, and the trade fills what imports can't.Santa Cruz works, the mines wait, the trade fills gaps.
Agro & Santa Cruz supplylicensed
Soy, beef and the machinery that serves them. The economy that never stopped.
Mining services & lithiumlicensed
Positioning for the review-and-reopen cycle under the salt flats.
Trade & distributionstandard
A 12-million market short of everything the crisis interrupted.
Crypto & paymentslicensed
Legal since 2024. Rails that matter more here than almost anywhere.
Energy & servicesstandard
The transition from gas exporter to energy rebuilder - services first.
Logistics & corridorsstandard
Landlocked routes to Pacific ports. The connector's business.
Agro & supplylicensed
The economy that held.
Mining & lithiumlicensed
The reopen play.
Tradestandard
A market short of goods.
Crypto & paymentslicensed
Legal since 2024.
Energy servicesstandard
The rebuild.
Logisticsstandard
Corridors to the coast.
Why Bolivia
What is real on the plus side.
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The turning point itself
A market-facing government reviewing everything. Early entrants write terms.Early entrants write terms.
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The lithium prize
The world's largest resource, barely produced. The option under the salt.Largest on earth, barely tapped.
✓
Santa Cruz
A private economy with its own momentum, whatever La Paz does.Its own momentum.
✓
Legal crypto rails
The 2024 legalisation gives working payment architecture, not workarounds.Architecture, not workaround.
✓
Cheap entry
Costs and competition priced by the crisis. Patience buys position.Crisis-priced position.
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Unrestricted ownership
100% foreign SRLs are standard. The door itself is open.100% foreign, standard.
How it compares
Bolivia vs the neighbours.
The comparison, as of 2026:Peru: the machine that holds. Paraguay: the flat-tax sleeper. Argentina: the comeback trade. Chile: the benchmark. Bolivia: the option under the salt. As of 2026.
| Country | Corporate tax | Signature story | Signature edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolivia | 25% + 3% gross | The turning point | The option under the salt |
| Peru | 29.5% · div 5% | The Andean workhorse | The machine that holds |
| Paraguay | 10% | The flat-tax sleeper | Cheap, quiet, stable |
| Argentina | 25-35% · RIGI 25% | The comeback trade | Upside with a seatbelt |
| Chile | 27% | The copper benchmark | Institutions that held |
BoliviaTurning
Corporate tax25% + 3% gross
StoryThe option under the salt
PeruWorkhorse
Corporate tax29.5% · div 5%
StoryThe machine holds
ParaguaySleeper
Corporate tax10%
StoryCheap and quiet
ArgentinaComeback
Corporate tax25-35%
StoryThe trade
ChileBenchmark
Corporate tax27%
StoryInstitutions held
Requirements
What a Bolivian SRL requires.
01
Two partners - The SRL wants two quotaholders. One can hold a nominal share; any nationality.
02
Legal representative - A Bolivia-resident representative for filings and notices - included in our packages.
03
Registered office - A Bolivian address for SEPREC and SIN mail - included.
04
NIT & municipal licence - Tax registration and the city operating licence. Done with the incorporation.
05
Labour-law discipline - Thirteenth salary, rigid dismissal rules. Contracts drafted defensively from hire one.
06
FX-aware treasury - The peg-vs-parallel gap designed into invoicing and reserves from day one.
How it works
How registration works.
Six steps. The registry is workable; the FX architecture is where Bolivia differs.Six steps. The registry is workable; the FX architecture is where Bolivia differs.
01Same day
Free consultation
Sector, FX exposure, both-scenario plan - mapped first.
023-5 days
Structure & documents
Quotaholders, POAs, KYC. One clean pass.
031-2 weeks
SEPREC incorporation
Statutes filed, registration issued.
041-2 weeks
NIT & municipal
SIN registration, city licence, employer files.
053-7 days
Treasury setup
USD architecture, crypto rails where they fit.
062-4 weeks
Bank account
File prepared and defended. BNB, Mercantil, BCP.
Quick facts
Legal formSRL
Corporate tax (IUE)25%
Transactions tax (IT)3% of gross
VAT13%
Dividends abroad≈12.5% effective
Standard timeline2-4 weeks
Renewal & accountingFrom $1,200/year
Bolivia's defining gate is the pairing of the IT and the gap: 3% of gross revenue goes to the transactions tax whatever your margin, and the official-vs-parallel spread taxes anything priced naively in bolivianos. Both are design problems - solved at entry, they are line items; ignored, they are the margin.
On the ground
On the ground in Bolivia.
Prifinance - Bolivia
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
01
Andean specialists
Your setup runs with Santa Cruz counsel who file SEPREC and SIN work weekly.
02
FX architecture first
The gap, the queue and the legal rails designed before the first invoice.
03
Both-scenario structuring
Built for the opening and the grind alike. The turning point priced, not presumed.
04
Also in Tallinn, London, Dubai & more
A network of offices supporting cross-border structures.
We also have offices in
Tallinn
Estonia
Roseni 13
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
5/F, Yau Lee Centre, 45 Hoi Yuen Road, Kwun Tong
Vilnius
Lithuania
Gedimino pr. 2
London
United Kingdom
7 Bell Yard
Prague
Czech Republic
Vlkova 532/8, Žižkov
Berlin
Germany
Rankestraße 26
Madeira
Portugal
Rua da Alegria 31, 1F
Budapest
Hungary
Korányi Sándor u. 4
Istanbul
Türkiye
Perpa Ticaret Merkezi, A Blok
Dubai
UAE
33 Level, Al Saqr Business Tower
Toronto
Canada
1110 Finch Avenue West, suite 406
Singapore
Singapore
3 Church Street, #29-68 Samsung Hub
Bangkok
Thailand
Unit P01, Penthouse, VASU1, 1 Sukhumvit 25 Alley
Foshan
China
A-Tower, Yuneng Digital Plaza, 46 Lishui Avenue South
Almaty
Kazakhstan
Republic Square 13
Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
32 Razzakov Street
Taxation
Bolivian taxes, gross and net.
A moderate headline with two Bolivian specifics that decide outcomes: the 3% gross transactions tax underneath everything, and an FX regime where the real rate is not the official one. Price both and the sums still work - for the right models.A moderate 25% with two Bolivian specifics: 3% of gross to the IT, and an FX regime where the real rate isn't the official one.
IUE - 25%
The corporate rate on real profits. Ordinary for the region.Ordinary headline.
IT - 3% of gross
The transactions tax on revenue. The thin-margin killer.The thin-margin killer.
VAT - 13%
The workhorse, invoice-driven.Invoice-driven.
Dividends abroad - ≈12.5%
The effective remittance toll. Before the FX design.Before the FX design.
The levies that matter
Corporate (IUE)25%
Transactions tax (IT)3% of gross
VAT13%
Dividends abroad≈12.5% effective
Payroll (employer)≈17% + 13th salary
Renewal & accountingFrom $1,200/year
Owners remain responsible for tax where they live. The boliviano's peg is a policy decision awaiting its government - our structures assume the street rate and welcome surprises.
Your team
The specialists who'll handle your case.
Eugeniu Bevziuc
International Business Consultant
Walks you from first call to working company - structure, documents, timelines - in plain language, in five languages.
Alex Danila
Corporate Services Specialist
Handles SEPREC filings, SIN registrations and the bank file day to day, so your Bolivian company launches without delays.
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Talk to a specialist →FAQ
Bolivia, at the hinge.
Can I open a Bolivian company without visiting?+
Yes - SEPREC incorporation and SIN registration run by power of attorney. Banks prefer meeting a signatory, so most clients pair one visit with the account. We sequence everything so the trip is short.
What did the 2025 election actually change?+
The direction: after two decades, a government that talks to markets and multilaterals, reviews the lithium contracts, and inherited a treasury too empty for ideology. What it hasn't yet changed: the peg, the reserves, the queues. We treat the opening as a scenario with dates, not a promise - and structure for both.
How do I actually get money out?+
Not by wiring bolivianos and hoping. Working structures earn export revenue abroad, hold hard currency offshore under a foreign parent, and use the crypto rails the central bank legalised in 2024 where they fit the model. The official channel is a queue with no schedule; we design around it from day one.
What is the parallel rate and which one do I use?+
The street's answer to empty reserves: the official 6.96 peg and a parallel market meaningfully above it. Pricing, payroll and contracts built on the official rate alone lose the spread. We build dual-rate discipline into the model - boring, and the difference between margin and loss.
Is the lithium story real?+
The resource is - the world's largest, under the Uyuni salt. Production so far is a fraction of neighbours', and the old contracts sit under review by the new government. For most clients the play is services, supply and positioning for the reopen - not betting the company on a concession timetable.
What is the IT tax?+
A 3% tax on gross transactions - revenue, not profit - layered under the 25% IUE. High-margin services shrug; thin-margin trade feels it as a second income tax. It is the first number we model against your business, because it decides viability faster than the headline rate.
How rigid is the labour law?+
Very - the inheritance of the past era: a mandatory thirteenth salary (doubled in high-growth years by statute), dismissal rules that favour tenure, and reinstatement risks for missteps. The defence is standard: careful contracts, documented performance, correct categories. We set payroll up defensively from the first hire.
Why Santa Cruz and not La Paz?+
Because that is where the private economy lives: agribusiness, banking, commerce and most foreign operations run from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, which grew through every national squall. Unless your business is with the state, the lowlands are the default - and our registered addresses sit there.
Are crypto payments really legal?+
Since 2024 - the central bank lifted its ban, banks may serve crypto operations, and stablecoin rails became the working answer to the dollar shortage. It is regulated tolerance, not a free-for-all: we set the rails up with compliance files that survive scrutiny at both ends.
What does it cost and how long does it take?+
From $2,900 for the company, from $4,900 with a bank account. SEPREC and the SIN take two to four weeks together; the bank adds two to four more. FX structuring from $1,500 where the model needs it. Renewal from $1,200/year.
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