Real Estate

Real Estate

SOME FACTS ABOUT CR ESTATE PLANNING

‘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 will, in Costa Rica called ‘testamento’, can be…

GM Blogger
noviembre 1, 2019

Property Law, Real Estate

CAPITAL GAINS IN REAL ESTATE

The Law #9635 creates a Capital Gains Tax of 15% which will apply to all investment income and real estate. For real estate transactions the law provides a one-time exemption for property owners that owned property before the law came into effect on July 1st 2019.

GM Blogger
agosto 18, 2019

Real Estate, Tax Law

NEW CAPITAL GAINS TAX IN COSTA RICA

With the approval of the Law #9635, among the taxes and changes that brought, it was created a Capital Tax Gains of 15% which applies to investment income and real estate.

GM Blogger
mayo 7, 2019

Corporate Law, Real Estate

NEW REGULATORY CHANGES FOR SUGEF REGISTRATION

On October 8, 2018, CONASSIF (National Council for Financial System Supervision) approved a new regulation, SUGEF Agreement 11-18, related to the registration

GM Blogger
enero 7, 2019

Real Estate, Tax Law

REAL ESTATE RENTALS WILL SOON BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR ELECTRONIC INVOICING (FACTURA ELECTRONICA) AS ALL OTHER TAXPAYERS IN COSTA RICA.

The transition to a mandatory electronic invoicing system for taxpayers got underway earlier this year, as an outcome of 2016 legislation 'to improve the fight against tax fraud' in Costa Rica. Under a 2018 schedule of phased-in compliance deadlines, Resolution No. DGT-R-51-2016

GM Blogger
julio 15, 2018

Property Law, Real Estate

HOME OWNER’S ASSOCIATION MEETINGS

Each condominium complex has a set of bylaws or Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CC&Rs) that outline all the rules, regulations, dues, rights and obligations of the condo owners.

GM Blogger
junio 15, 2018

Real Estate

RELEVANT INFORMATION ABOUT REAL ESTATE IN COSTA RICA

Unlike some other countries, it is not required to have CR citizenship, CR residence, nor even have permanent presence in the country to own land in Costa Rica.

GM Blogger
octubre 30, 2017

Real Estate, Tax Law

REAL ESTATE RENTALS

Real estate rentals will soon be subject to the same legal requirement for electronic invoicing (factura electronica) as all other taxpayers in Costa Rica.

GM Blogger
julio 30, 2017

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