COVID-19: Costa Rica eliminates partial payments of corporate income tax
On 20 March 2020, the National Assembly approved a bill to address the fiscal impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Costa Rica. Under the bill, taxpayers would not be required to make advance payments of income tax during the months of April, May,
See MoreCosta Rica gazettes moratorium on penalties for non-compliance of ultimate beneficiary register
On 30 January 2020, the Costa Rican Official Gazette published a law introducing a three-month moratorium on the Registry of Transparency and Final Beneficiaries (RTBF) registration penalties for the 2019 tax year. The Registry was established as
See MoreCosta Rica: Ministry of finance publishes draft resolution on tax benefit for SMEs
The Costa Rican Ministry of Finance recently published a draft resolution on tax benefits for SMEs that was introduced by Law No. 9635 of 3 December 2018. The benefits apply to qualified SMEs whose gross income does not exceed CRC 106 million
See MoreCosta Rica: Ministry of Finance publishes draft resolution on APA guidelines
In December 2019, the Costa Rican Ministry of Finance released a draft resolution regarding the procedures for processing advance pricing agreements (APAs). The draft guidelines state that APA applications would need to be addressed to the
See MoreCosta Rica ratifies the BEPS MLI
On 12 November 2019, Costa Rica enacted Law No. 9751 by publishing the official gazette No.215. The law ratifies the Multilateral Instrument to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent BEPS (the MLI). Costa Rica must submit the ratified
See MoreCosta Rica publishes a resolution outlining guideline on transfer pricing documentation
On 13 November 2019, the Costa Rican tax authority released a Resolution No.DGT-R-49-2019 providing new guidelines on transfer pricing documentation including master file and local file. The new resolution repeal the resolution DGT-R-16-2017
See MoreCosta Rica publishes a resolution on the list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes
On 25 September 2019, the Costa Rican Ministry of Finance published a resolution No. DGT-R-55-2019 on the list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. The list includes Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cuba, Eritrea, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe,
See MoreCosta Rica: Government announces the budget for 2020
On 30 August 2019, Costa Rican government presented the 2020 budget to the Legislative Assembly which is 4.3% lower than in 2019, thus representing the largest spending reduction in recent years. The tax reform adopted by Congress in December is
See MoreCosta Rica publishes resolutions on returns related to capital income, capital gains and others
On 30 July 2019, Costa Rican tax administration released a resolutions amending withholding tax forms and procedures on interest, dividends, and foreign income for the tax period July 2019 forward. The resolution provides several measures
See MoreCosta Rica: MOF publishes draft resolution on advance pricing agreements (APA)
On 2 July 2019, the Ministry of Finance released a draft resolution providing rules on advance pricing agreements (APA) under the OECD transfer pricing guidelines. The resolution outlined the application procedures for approval, refusal, renewal
See MoreCosta Rica: Tax authority issues guidance on transfer pricing rules
On 26 June 2019, Costa Rican tax authority published the Resolution N° 41818-H in the Official Gazette that changes Income Tax Law regulation including transfer pricing obligations. The new Regulation defines persons as related persons who are
See MoreCosta Rica publishes amending resolution regarding CbC reporting
On 18 March 2019, the Government of Costa Rica published Resolution No DGT-R-008-2019 in the Official Gazette. The resolution amends Resolution DGT-R-001-2018, which regulated the information that companies headquartered in Costa Rica have to
See MoreCosta Rica: MOF publishes resolution on tax residence certificates
On 19 February 2019, Costa Rica's Ministry of Finance (MOF) published a Resolution (was first published in the Official Gazette on 4 February 2019), which provides rules on the determination of tax residence and the issuance of residence
See MoreCosta Rica passes tax reform bill
On 4 December 2018, Costa Rica passed a tax reform bill which includes several tax reform measures. Interest limitation rule: Under the law, an interest limitation rule applies which interest expenses that exceed 20% of the taxpayer's
See MoreCosta Rica: MOF increases the interest rate for late payments and refunds
On 16 March 2018, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has increased the interest rate for late payments and refunds of overpayments from 12.8% to 13.73%. The rate is effective from 1 April
See MoreCosta Rica: Government proposes new tax measures
On 28 February 2018, the Budget bill 2018 was sent to the Assembly proposing to replace the existing sales tax with a value added tax (VAT). It also amends the Income Tax Act by introducing a new capital gains tax, tax neutrality for certain
See MoreCosta Rica: Tax administration Gazettes CbC reporting resolution
On 2 February 2018, Costa Rica published the Resolution no.DGT-R-001-2018. Resolution No.DGT-R-001-2018 requires multinationals to submit a CbC report in accordance with the OECD's recommendations for the erosion and profit shifting base (BEPS)
See MoreCosta Rica: Tax administration publishes draft resolution on CbC reporting
On 26 October 2017, Costa Rica’s tax administration released a draft version of a resolution that would require multinational enterprises (MNEs) to file a country-by-country (CbC) report. According to draft resolution, all Costa Rican tax resident
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