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I’m also [i]multi-lingual[/i] if Scottish counts!:D
We also made the move from Britain many years ago to living in various places in Canada then here.[b]soldier[/b] as we know after reading some of your other posts that you have recently purchased a home here. If you wouldn’t mind telling us, how many times have you visited Costa Rica before you decided to purchase property? And for how long?
And I do understand what you meant by ‘having lived outside the box’ so to speak.This scorpion didn’t get me! I have been bitten before and believe me, I had a worse reaction to the [i]brush[/i] of a Puss caterpillar.
I was just meaning, these things are here…so expect the unexpected![b]Rent, rent rent! [/b][i][/i]
At least you have a [i]chance[/i] to try somewhere else if your [i]’piece of paradise'[/i] turns into a complete disaster because of a circumstance that you never anticipated on your previous vacation, if you even came to Costa Rica before you moved, ‘lock, stock and barrel’ as the say.
[b]Maravilla[/b] said it very well.
I ‘chuckled’ when I read the article on [b]Christy and Kevin Carpenter[/b] on your home page:
[i]”Be prepared to share your house with ants, lizards, frogs, and the occasional bird. And don’t think you can get away with cleaning your house one day a week; you will need a maid at least part time to keep up with the dirt here.”[/i]
I was standing quietly outside yesterday on the porch for 2-3 minutes waiting for a bird to retrun to a plant to take a photo, when I felt a ‘tickle’ on my toes. I looked down and was a 6″ scorpion on it…
As they say [i]”Be prepared”[/i]I was more or less [i]’cross examined'[/i] when I stated that between 50-60% returned to their home country, [url=https://www.welovecostarica.com/members/cfmbb/messages.cfm?threadid=D9EA8EE9-24E8-5ED2-F1A8BEBEE5B89781]Canada pensions[/url] on this forum.
I stand by what I wrote and totally agree with CountDown.As an afterthought, maybe, those who actually [b]live here full time[/b] could respond to this post, as I would [i]’think'[/i] that most posters here have intentions of moving or live year part-time.
Yes, while in country, showing your license seems to be fine, as it is not immigration who is checking it!
The problems is being allowed to board the airplane!
It is the airlines that have the decision to make, and if they allow you to get on the plane and when you arrive in CR, if Immigration decides to check and for [i]some reason decides [/i]that an infraction has taken place, the airline must return you to your last port of entry, at their cost.
It has been posted by many legal residents, that at North American airports that they are being ‘questioned’, unlike a few years ago.This tax doesn’t affect us either, as of now.
And while I can’t speak for others that are required to pay it, paying the funds doesn’t seem to be the problem, but the penalties that may be incurred. The original posted said “[i]Fines of 5 and 10 times the unpaid tax! How stupid is this! When penalties are usurious and unreasonable, they cannot be legal. Do you really believe they have the power to fine you 5 times the unpaid tax if you underestimate your property value by 10%?
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A friend posted a response in the online newspaper:[i]”It would also appear that lawyers and appraisers will be the ones to profit handsomely. They have descended upon foreigners like vultures at a roadkill, and from the numerous sales pitches I’ve read so far they don’t hesitate to put their own spin on the law, all of them quoting wildly different facts and figures requiring the taxpayer’s compliance.
Prices for their services also vary from the reasonable to outright gouging. We all know that Costa Rica needs tax revenue however the success of this law will be limited by its failure to furnish the taxpayer with a clear and user-friendly explanation of how to comply and by its preposterous fines”
The 5 percent and 10 percent fines are off the charts and are enough to scare even the wealthiest investors off in light of the fact that the law makes it almost inevitable that honest mistakes will be made.
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If the government of where ever you previously lived or owned property, would we pay up and done nothing?
I don’t think so….A good response was added on ‘Amcostarica’ from an equally articulate resident in the Nicoya Peninsula, whom I know.
I did post the link to the article on a forum associated with ARCR, to ‘Insidecostarica’, so he would be aware of it.
You cold send it, as a [i]’letter to the editor'[/i] to the Tico Times.I probably didn’t write my response properly, but I was saying that other charges have appeared after being given a price quote.
I do [i]know[/i] that weight does enter into the equation, as price were given before and after additional heavy appliances were added to the container load. Companies policies may differ.
As I mentioned, I hope that Arden Brink can give us her take on the question, since she deals with these every day.Very well written.
I would suggest you send a copy of this post to http://www.arcr.net and hopefully Ryan Piercy, who takes a stand on behalf of residents of Costa Rica, will present it to someone who may even read it. And of course, the [i]’Tico Times’, Insidecostarica and AMcostarica[/i]
It will affect more [i]’Ticos'[/i] than it will ex-pats.Weight [i]does enter[/i] into the price quote Not just the container size. Information gathered on another forum, tells that some companies are charging ‘extra’.
Quote:”One ‘extra charge’ was for the company that packed the household. As with any of us, the packing company only gives an estimate. In this case the (packing) company charged by the weight and the bill reflected that it was more than they’d estimated. Interesting that a moving company looks at your stuff and estimates, then later decides “oh, we were wrong… pay up…” ‘Of course, ‘extras’ will also include duty, plus other stuff…
I’m sure that the shipper who posts on this forum, will inform us correctly.
