Tax Advisers - Deloitte

Colombia
Jaime Vargas-Cifuentes
Deloitte
Carrera 12 No 96-81. Piso 5
Bogotá
Colombia
Tel: (57) 1 6367902 ext 2003
Fax: (57) 1 2560017
Email: jvargascifuentes@deloitte.com
Website: www.deloitte.com
Jaime Vargas is a tax partner in the Bogota office of Deloitte. He entered Deloitte
Asesores & Consultores at the beginning of 2003 and is currently the partner in charge
of the tax and legal practices of Deloitte in Colombia.
Prior to working at Deloitte, he was a partner with Arthur Andersen and led its
Colombian tax practice. From 1995 to 2000, he worked for Baker & McKenzie, where
he was a partner and leader of the firm’s Colombian tax practice.
Between August 1998 and June 1999, he worked for the Chicago office of Baker &
McKenzie, where he advised clients on matters related to international tax subjects of the
United States and Latin America in general. At the same time he took courses in
international taxation at the Kent School of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, and
participated in seminars on transfer pricing.
Before joining Baker & McKenzie, he was a senior in the tax division of Andersen &
Cía, Colombia (September 1992 to August 1995), and was a supporting attorney of the
Fourth Section of the Council of State, where he was in charge of drafting judgments
on tax matters.
Mr Vargas has taken part in various projects on behalf of public and private sector
companies in the following industries: services, manufacturing, oil, construction,
software, public utilities and telecommunications.
Mr Vargas has lectured in tax planning for international transactions (University
Externado de Colombia School of Finances and International Relations) and in
international transactions and taxes specific to the oil industry (University Externado de
Colombia School of Economics). He has also lectured in tax planning at the Pontificia
Javeriana University School of Economic Sciences, and was professor of international
taxation at the Universidad del Rosario School of Law. He has been a guest speaker for
Colombia in several tax seminars organized by the Council for International Tax
Education (CITE) and the Executive Enterprises Institute. He is the author of a book
on Colombian taxes issued by the CCH in its Latin American tax library.
Mr Vargas studied law at the University Externado de Colombia and is a member of
the Colombian Institute of Tax Law.
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