Unlocking Social Media: Essential Hacks for 2023

Unlocking Social Media: Essential Hacks for 2023

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]The marketing industry has experienced a whirlwind of changes over the years. The Covid-19 pandemic and its impact, on gatherings and mobility have compelled businesses to adjust to a mobile world. Thankfully, more and...

Cybersecurity Needs in Costa Rica

Cybersecurity Needs in Costa Rica

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]As the world becomes increasingly reliant on information technology, it’s essential to ensure that cybersecurity is given adequate attention. Costa Rica, a small but quickly growing country, must take action to minimize...

Low Environmental Impact Projects

Low Environmental Impact Projects

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] New legal regulations will soon be in force to simplify requirements of Costa Rica’s National Environmental Technical Secretariat (SETENA) for new projects, businesses, and low-impact private developments. On February 8,...

Why Costa Rica Must Regulate Untaxed and Unlicensed Vacation Rentals

Why Costa Rica Must Regulate Untaxed and Unlicensed Vacation Rentals

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]An argument to regulate unlicensed vacation rentals in Costa Rica before overpricing and gentrification ends up breaking up beach communities and ruining tourism. I’ve worked in Costa Rica travel for a while and seen the...

Update: Tax Declaration of Inactive Corporations

Update: Tax Declaration of Inactive Corporations

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]A new form is being introduced for filing the annual tax declaration of inactive corporations in Costa Rica. As advised in a November 2022 Howler article, Costa Rica’s tax authority, Ministerio de Hacienda, has extended...

Medical Marijuana and Hemp Legalized in  Costa Rica

Medical Marijuana and Hemp Legalized in Costa Rica

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Costa Rica has legalized hemp production and commercialization, as well as cannabis for medicinal and therapeutic purposes. This article provides an overview of what this means and the steps involved for those eligible....

Nature’s Abundance

Nature’s Abundance

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1672171388935{background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Agriculture has always been vitally important to Costa Rica’s self-sustainability, while also playing an integral part in the Gross National Product...

The Unravelling of Sea Shepherd

The Unravelling of Sea Shepherd

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1671468962118{background-color: #1e73be !important;}"][vc_column width="4/5"][vc_column_text] In 1971, I set out on a stormy November cruise from Vancouver, northward to a remote barren island called Amchitka in the Alaskan Aleutian...

Registration of Imported Ships in “Pura Vida Land”

Registration of Imported Ships in “Pura Vida Land”

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1671746940041{background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]As people find Costa Rica an ideal place to live, enjoy or retire, many want to take advantage of the beautiful nature, scenery, oceans and fishing. ...

Rick Philps

Rick Philps

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text] Rick Philps www.costaricacanadalaw.com Immigration and Residency Real Estate Law Corporate and Incorporations Business and Commercial Banking and Escrow Wills and Estate Planning [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column...