Lawyers, Laws & Taxes

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  Property Taxes in Costa Rica. One less step?

  This means that those 61 Municipalities will be able to have access in real time to information about every single property registered in ...

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  Attorney José’s Three Golden Costa Rica Real Estate Rules.

  When considering the purchase of Costa Rica real estate, my good friend and Costa Rican attorney José Rafael Fernandez who wrote the ...

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  Do Retired Persons Pay Taxes On Social Security Or Pension Income In Costa Rica? Telephone interview with Costa Rica Tax Expert Randall Zamora

  We had a huge response to my request for questions about taxes in Costa Rica so you'll have to forgive us for not being able to get through ...

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  Costa Rica Real Estate Fraud – Help! They stole my property

  At first glance you may imagine that this article is about the theft of personal property after all you might expect to have a camera, ...

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  Who Pays the Attorney in a Costa Rica Real Estate Transaction? Watch out for the sharks!

  I have mentioned in previous collaborations with WeLoveCostaRica, that a buyer should never use the seller's attorney, just for the ...

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  US Taxpayers Hiding Assets Offshore in Costa Rica Face 31st August 2011 Deadline

  "The Internal Revenue Service announced today a special voluntary disclosure initiative designed to bring offshore money back into the U.S. ...

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  Costa Rica Investor Residency Category is Clarified with New Immigration Regulations

  The Costa Rican Immigration Law which was passed in March of 2010 created the immigration category of Investor. However the law lacked any ...

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  New Costa Rica Tax Bill Update: The Value Added Tax, government’s big hope.

  Once again, the Government claims to be on the poor people's side, and they also claim that this tax is going to be more of a "luxury tax", ...

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  New Tax Proposed For Every Single Corporation Is Going To The Congress

  You don't have to have to my tax experience to figure this out but, unfortunately this is the price we have to pay for having persons ...

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  Costa Rica Luxury Property Taxes – What to do in the second year?

  The target of this tax are all the owners, individuals or corporations, of houses, apartments, condominiums and every building used for ...

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