What Can Due Diligence Do For You? You’ve found THE perfect place for you in Costa Rica.  It’s gorgeous, and it will be the ideal spot to realize your tropical dreams! The sooner you can take ownership, the sooner you can get down to whatever co...

By: Andrea Hütt, partner, Land & Business Attorneys Introduction Costa Rica’s stable and peaceful political environment, as well as its vast natural beauty gives the country a significant competitive advantage for foreign investment in emerging m...

HOW TO KNOW THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX YOU OWE: Each January, like clockwork, your particular piece of Costa Rican paradise has a tax amount levied against it. Currently the normal rate is 0.25 percent of the property’s declared value. Like most coun...

By: Rosario Araya A. How to become an official Costa Rican! There are 3 routes to being approved for local residency in Costa Rica. All 3 involve providing evidence of your ability to bring U.S. dollars into the Costa Rican economy. One way is to pro...

On August 15, 2020, the tax authorities of Costa Rica published an 11th hour resolution rescinding the requirement that all corporations file Shareholder Declaration Statements in 2020, provided such filings were made in 2019.   IOW, NO NEE...

By: Rosario Araya A. Why set up a corporation to own your property in Costa Rica? If you are considering investing in real estate in Costa Rica, we recommend that you hold it under a corporation. There are several advantages to doing this: Why not ju...