Insurance Nuggets – Not All Policies Are Alike
- AUG 03, 2017Pura Vida! This is the first in a regular Howler series of Insurance Nuggets. I hope it will be of value to some or most readers. As you may know, not all insurance policies a
Legal Corner
Legal Ease – Annual Tax Over CR Corporations
- AUG 03, 2017[vc_row full_width=”full_width”][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Costa Rican government recently published Law 9428: “Tax over legal entities” to be enac
Legal Ease – Due Diligence, Purchasing a Vehicle in Costa Rica
- JUL 04, 2017In Costa Rica, all vehicles are duly registered within the Registro Nacional (National Registry), and all relevant information about the title must be duly recorded. Any modif
Legal Ease – Costa Rica Income & Sales Tax
- JUN 05, 2017As per Costa Rican tax laws, any and all physical persons or legal entities (SA or SRL) that carry a business or conduct an activity that generates a profit within Costa Rica,
Legal Ease – Estate Planning
- MAY 04, 2017As a real property owner in Costa Rica, with no business conducted on your property, you should be aware about taxes that need to be paid. Failure to pay them would generate p
Legal Ease – Estate Planning
- APR 04, 2017“Da tua dum tua sunt, post mortem tunc tua non sunt”. (Give that which is yours while it is yours; after death, it is not yours). Executing a testamentary disposition or a
Legal Ease: Purchasing a Condominium
- MAR 01, 2017In Costa Rica, all real properties are duly registered within the Registro Nacional (National Registry) and all relevant information about the title and the survey maps must b
MORTGAGES – Costa Rica
- FEB 01, 2017Unlike some other countries, anyone can buy real property in Costa Rica. You are not required to have CR citizenship, residency, nor even be permanently present here to own la
Relevant information to apply for CR residency thru a real estate purchase
- DEC 28, 2016With the current CR Immigration law, the property (condo, house or lot) you purchased allows you – as well as your family – to apply for CR residency as an “inversio
Corporations in Costa Rica
- DEC 02, 2016Although, in Costa Rica foreign ownership is fully permitted with the following exceptions: a) property given or sold to CR citizens as part of government aid programs and b)