costa rica taxes

Costa Rica News – Costa Rica is currently considering reform to its income tax and Value Added Tax (VAT) legislation which could see VAT rise to 15%.

Costa Rica News – The way that people pay taxes is about to change in a big way.

Costa Rica News – Interesting where there is some tax relief for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) now.

Costa Rica News – The Directorate General of Taxation has brought up the idea of possibly changing the fiscal year to have only a single tax period from January 1 to…

Costa Rica News – Four out of ten businesses inspected by the Ministry of Finance (Ministerio de Hacienda) in the provinces of Puntarenas, Guanacaste, Heredia and Alajuela, had some degree of…

Costa Rica News – The average pack of cigarettes costs about ¢1,600 in Costa Rica. Almost 70% of this cost goes to paying various types of taxes.

Costa Rica News – You have to wonder how this survey was conducted. I am sure they did not ask “If Recope uses a lot of fossil fuels would you…

Costa Rica News – There is a bill that’s been in the Costa Rican Legislature since 2011. It regards giving 5% of the fuel tax to the Costa Rican Institute of Railways (Incofer)…