Legal precautions to create a digital business and not perish in the attempt. Electronic commerce or e-commerce has been on the rise for years, but sanitary measures generated by COVID-10 has accelerated its growth. Because of mandatory social distancing, more and more businesses face the need, some urgently, to reach out to their consumers through…
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Analysis, Blog
Costa Rica: an attractive country for the establishment of companies and foreign investment
05
Jun
Jun
The world is going through difficult times in social and economic areas, which are transforming people’s behavior, customs, habits, and especially their way of life due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite this ordeal, economies must reactivate and adjust to the new conditions of the world. Societies will have to change many of their current habits…
05
Jun
Jun
Due to the constant changes in global mobility after the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the opportunity presents itself to see Costa Rica in a business position as a destination for attracting foreign investment. The importance of state migration policies directly influences Foreign Direct Investment, since they are linked to the investment and business…
Blog, News
Procedure for the payment of the fine for non-compliance with the provision of information regarding the Transparency and Final Beneficiaries Registry
05
Jun
Jun
Those who have not provided the corresponding information for the Transparency and Final Beneficiaries Registry for the period of 2019 by April 30th, 2020, could be sanctioned with the fine determined in article 84 bis of the Tax Code of Standards and Procedures, corresponding to two per cent (2%) of the gross income of the…
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May
May
On May 26th the term of 18 months that had been given by the Costa Rican Supreme Court to the Legislative Assembly to reform the law accordingly ruled against the country’s same-sex marriage ban, otherwise the ban would be abolished automatically. Costa Rica became on May 26th the first nation in Central America to recognize and perform same-sex marriages…
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May
May
In order to continue strengthening the control of the health measures in the fight against COVID-19, the Immigration Authority and the Ministry of Health made the following temporary modifications to the temporary regulations established in Executive Decrees 42287-MGP-S , 42256 and 42374-MGP-S: Term of Health Measures for the Closing of International Borders: The restriction measure…
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May
May
Can the Administration or the contractor modify administrative contracts? As a result of the global pandemic, it is very likely that the Public Administration will need to modify, increase or decrease the object of the contracts it has signed, with the context of each public entity being very different, depending on the social function it…
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May
May
Gradual restriction of constitutional guarantees to strengthen social distance and to fight the spread of COVID-19. On May 17, 2020, an executive decree issued by the President of the Republic in the Council of Ministers approved the restriction of constitutional guarantees for the period from May 18 to May 24 of the current year. The…
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May
May
On May 11th, 2020, the Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) issued a Protocol for Hospitality Activities in the Tourism Industry ICT-P-01, as a guide to be used by businesses in the hospitality sub-sector in the drafting of their own protocols, following the detailed format and instructions therein, while implementing the sanitary guidelines established by the…
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May
May
A draft law was recently presented before the Legislature under file N.º 21.941 that adds a transitory amendment to article 148 bis of the Labor Code to reschedule the enjoyment of all holidays to Fridays during the years 2020 and 2021, to promote internal tourism given the consequences of COVID-19. ¿How would this work? Any holiday that falls…