Costa Rica Expertise LLC
Archives for: January 2008
01/28/08
07:45:49 am, Categories: Taxes, Business Operations, Accounting Practices, Business Taxes, United States, Living in Costa Rica, 707 words IRS Winning Friends Among Local Bank Officials
By Garland M. Baker
Special to A.M. Costa Rica
The sign of things to come: Banco Cuscatlan now requires citizens or resident aliens of the United States to fill out a W9 form for personal accounts at the firm's banks in Costa Rica.
Why? Because Citigroup bought Grupo Cuscatlan from Corporación UBC Internacional S.A. for $1.51 billion in cash and stock. Grupo Cuscatlan has operations in El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras and Panamá.
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01/14/08
07:33:46 am, Categories: Costa Rica's Legal System, Property and Real Estate, Taxes, Property Values, Maritime-Terrestrial Zone, Property Taxes, Living in Costa Rica, 821 words From Dream Home to Kindling: Hint of Things to Come
Beach house before destruction order.
Beach house is on its way down!
By Garland M. Baker
Special to A.M. Costa Rica
If they have property in the maritime zone, expats can look forward to a hard time this year from municipalities up and down the coasts. If that is not enough stress for 2008, the Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía will be in line to add more tension. Some expats may be losing their comfy beach houses if they are located in the wrong places.
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