REAL ESTATE LAW

• The Fifty Meter Zone
• Municipal Lease Land - The 150 Meter Zone
• Frontiers and Border Land
• Title
• Deposits
• Options and Contracts
• Property Transfer
• Property Tax
• Leases and Rental of Property
• Squatters
• Mortgage Financing

• Social Security
• Vacations
• Holidays
• Income Tax - Personal
• Insurance - Personal Injury (Workman’s Compensation)
• Termination
• Minimum Wage
• Trial Period
• Domestic Employees
• Benefits Summary

• Cheques
• Debts

• Personal Income Tax on Salary
• Self-Employment
• Corporate Income Tax
• Loss Carry forward
• Minimum Capital
• Depreciation Allowances
• Corporate Borrowing
• Payment of Shareholders
• Dividends
• Tax Year End
• Education Stamp Tax

• Instituto Nacional de Seguros
• Vehicle Insurance
• Household Theft Insurance
• Medical Insurance
• Household Building Insurance
• Household Liability Insurance
• Electronic Equipment Insurance
• Life Insurance

• Import Duties
• Marchamo (Annual license decal)
• Vehicle Technical Inspection
• License Plates
• Traffic Offences

• The Free Trade Zone
• Temporary Admission or Drawback Industries
• Promotional Agencies

• National Banks
• Private Banks

• Goods Sold
• Restaurants
• Airline Tickets
• Hotel Rooms

• Population percentage by age group
• Access to Telephone
• Area of the Country
• Population by area
• Radio and TV
• Newspapers and Magazines

• Long Distance Rates
• Commercial Phone Cost
• Residential Phone Cost
• Cellular Phone Cost
• Internet Cost
• Long Distance within Costa Rica
• Sales Tax on Phone Bills
• Redialling

• Domestic Service Cost
• Commercial Service Cost
• Percentage of Costa Ricans with Electricity
• Types of Power Generation

EXCHANGE RATE OF THE COLON - 1992 to 2003

INFLATION IN COSTA RICA – 1999

INFLATION IN COSTA RICA – 2000 & 2001 

INFLATION IN COSTA RICA – 2002 & 2003 

• Association of Residents of Costa Rica
• Accounting
• Company Formation and Management
• Insurance
• Investments – Mortgages
• Investments – Mutual Funds
• Lawyers
• Money Transfer
• Productions, Commercials
• Property Management
• Real Estate
• Software
• Travel
• Embassies
• Business Assistance
• AMCHAM
• CINDE
• PROCOMER