Authorization and taxes

Authorization and registration in Dosquebradas

Dosquebradas’ tax statute says outdoor advertising needs an authorization from the Secretaría de Gobierno before it is installed, and that it is registered there within 3 business days after installation. Where the advertising tax applies, it is paid first and the receipt is shown to get the authorization.

The procedure itself is in Decreto 421 de 2025 of the Secretaría de Gobierno, which this app could not consult. Ask the Secretaría de Gobierno what applies to your sign before you install it.

Source: Acuerdo 035 de 2025 of the Concejo de Dosquebradas, arts. 166, 167, 172 and 173 – read it

Name and phone on the piece

Outdoor advertising must show the name and telephone of its owner. In Dosquebradas it must also show the number of the administrative act that authorized it.

Source: Ley 140 de 1994, art. 9; Acuerdo 035 de 2025, art. 171 – read it

Taxes on signs

Avisos y tableros: placing signs that identify a business, its name or its products, visible from public space, makes the tax due. In Dosquebradas it is 15 % of the industry and commerce tax (ICA) and is declared and paid with it.

The outdoor advertising tax applies to advertising of 8 m² or more that is not the establishment’s own identification sign: 144 UVT a year or the months it stays up, at most 5 monthly minimum wages a year per valla. With the 2026 UVT of $ 52.374, 144 UVT is $ 7.541.856.

Source: Acuerdo 035 de 2025, arts. 153-157 and 160-165; DIAN Resolución 000238 de 2025 (UVT 2026) – read it

Keeping it clean and safe

Outdoor advertising must be kept clean, safe and in good repair.

In Dosquebradas, advertising that is not registered is removed, with a Police Code fine, and a piece that does not meet the rules gets 3 business days to be removed or fixed before the municipality removes it at the owner’s cost.

Source: Ley 140 de 1994, art. 7; Acuerdo 035 de 2025, arts. 169 and 170 – read it