Compliance

Our Compliance Practice provides comprehensive legal support to local and international clients in meeting their ongoing corporate and real estate obligations in Costa Rica. We assist companies, investors, and property owners in maintaining their assets and entities in full legal standing, ensuring that all required filings, payments, and registrations are performed timely and accurately. Our approach is preventive, structured, and business-oriented, allowing our clients to avoid disruptions, penalties, and operational limitations.

Compliance obligations in Costa Rica apply regardless of whether a company is active or inactive, and regardless of whether real estate assets are being actively used or held as an investment. For this reason, we provide attentive and proactive advisory services tailored to each client’s structure and portfolio. Our team monitors key deadlines and requirements, including corporate tax payments, income tax filings, shareholder disclosure obligations before the Costa Rican Central Bank, as well as municipal tax payments and property value declarations, among others, ensuring full compliance across all relevant fronts.

Our experience allows us to anticipate risks and address compliance matters before they become obstacles. We assist clients in understanding the practical implications of non-compliance, such as restrictions on corporate actions, penalties, or enforcement measures affecting real estate assets. Through clear guidance and consistent follow-up, we ensure that our clients remain fully capable of operating, transacting, and managing their investments without interruption.

We act as long-term advisors, integrating compliance into the broader legal and operational strategy of our clients. Our goal is to provide clarity, certainty, and peace of mind, allowing our clients to focus on their business and investments in Costa Rica, knowing that their compliance obligations are being handled with diligence and the highest professional standards.

Our services include, among others:

  • Monitoring and management of corporate compliance obligations.
  • Payment and follow-up of Impuesto a las Personas Jurídicas (corporate tax) in Costa Rica.
  • Shareholder disclosure (transparency) filings before the Costa Rican Central Bank or BCCR (this filing is referred to, in other jurisdictions, as “Ultimate Beneficial Owners – or UBO – report).
  • Monitoring and payment of municipal taxes on real estate assets in Costa Rica.
  • Filing of property value declarations before municipalities in Costa Rica.
  • Compliance calendar management and deadline tracking.
  • Advisory on compliance risks and preventive legal strategies.

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