DIAN Official: 10 Things You Need to Prepare for and File Your 2025 Income Tax Return

From August 12 to 29, 2025, taxpayers in Colombia must begin filing their income tax return with the National Tax and Customs Directorate (DIAN). To complete this process correctly, you should thoroughly understand 10 key aspects. What are they?

A very important detail to note is that the information on these taxes corresponds to the 2024 tax year, as clarified on the aforementioned entity's website. Below are the main considerations.

1- Check whether you must file a tax return, considering whether your income was greater than $65,891,000 or 1400 UVT if you are a natural person.

2- Consult all aspects related to income tax returns for non-tax residents, unsettled estates, and other procedures to be followed.

3- Register your RUT if you are over 18 years old or also update it online.

4- Validate your username, password and electronic signature so you can continue with this procedure.

(See more: This is the coastal town in Colombia that everyone should visit once in their life) 5- Stay tuned for updates related to personal income tax returns and, of course, their respective calculations.

6- Exogenous information that has been reported by third parties and to which your economic activity is linked.

7- Resolve your doubts through the tools that the DIAN has available for citizens.

(See more: What is the difference between retirement pension and old-age pension in Colombia) 8 - Check the videos related to registration with the DIAN, completing Form 210, and generating the digital signature to avoid confusion.

9- Consult the current regulations (Laws, statutes, decrees and resolutions).

10- When you have any questions, it's also a good idea to review some terms available in the income tax dictionary.

What is the process you must follow to pay your income tax return in 2025?

According to the information published on the DIAN website, you can do this through electronic payment or in person. If you decided to complete this process online, you will need to generate the official receipt for payment of national taxes (490). You must then continue the process through the digital service of the financial institution where you have a bank account. (See more: The small town in Colombia that looks like Europe: Swiss-style houses, bridges, and canals.) If you wish to do this directly at a branch, you will need to print two copies of the official receipt for payment of national taxes (490) and present them at a bank branch, Reval, Conred, or Puntored. Remember that you can make the transfer that best suits you at these establishments .

“Remember that failure to pay your declaration on the established dates will incur the payment of late payment interest as provided

in article 634 of the Tax Statute,” they clarified.