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South Pacific Costa Rica Travel Guide and Magazine #68

Visit the place where the forest meets the South Pacific Ocean in the Osa Canton. Visit Marino Ballena National Park the famous Whale’s Tail, with a length of about 2296 feet and a width of 820 feet, it is the world’s third-largest sandbank. During the low tide, you can walk to its very end. Ballena Tales is a Magazine & Travel Guide. Everything you need to know about Costa Ballena and Osa in the South Pacific of Costa Rica can be found here. From tides chart, discovering Local artists under Art & Culture to finding a Hotels in Osa, check out Tourism & Entertainment, we are here to lend you a hand. Discover the wonders of Costa Ballena and keep browsing to find all you’ll need to know about vacations in Costa Rica South Pacific Region.

Visit the place where the forest meets the South Pacific Ocean in the Osa Canton. Visit Marino Ballena National Park the famous Whale’s Tail, with a length of about 2296 feet and a width of 820 feet, it is the world’s third-largest sandbank. During the low tide, you can walk to its very end. Ballena Tales is a Magazine & Travel Guide. Everything you need to know about Costa Ballena and Osa in the South Pacific of Costa Rica can be found here. From tides chart, discovering Local artists under Art & Culture to finding a Hotels in Osa, check out Tourism & Entertainment, we are here to lend you a hand. Discover the wonders of Costa Ballena and keep browsing to find all you’ll need to know about vacations in Costa Rica South Pacific Region.

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UVITA Y ALREDEDORES<br />

NUEVA LEY<br />

PARA EMPRESAS<br />

AUTOR/AUTHOR: ROD (TIGRE) MARTIN<br />

A partir del 1 de septiembre, entran en vigencia<br />

cambios significativos para las corporaciones<br />

SA y SRL, entre otras. El presidente, gerente o<br />

cualquier representante con un poder general,<br />

debe informar al gobierno costarricense<br />

acerca de los accionistas con participación<br />

del 15% o más de una sociedad. El término<br />

para cada corporación depende del último<br />

número de identificación corporativa (cédula<br />

jurídica). Septiembre es para corporaciones<br />

que terminan en 0-1, octubre para aquellas<br />

que terminan en 2-3 y continúan cada mes<br />

hasta enero de 2020.<br />

Para hacer el informe, necesita un certificado<br />

de firma digital. Esto es un tanto complicado<br />

para la mayoría de los extranjeros ya que no<br />

cumplen los requisitos para obtener una firma<br />

digital (por ejemplo, residencia permanente,<br />

experto en informática, alta comprensión de<br />

lectura en español).<br />

Una forma de resolver esto es que los<br />

propietarios de la corporación, otorguen a<br />

su abogado un poder notarial extraordinario<br />

para hacer la tramitación. Este informe debe<br />

presentarse anualmente y siempre que<br />

cambie la propiedad de las acciones.<br />

Un residente local sugirió: “simplemente<br />

transfiera la propiedad o el automóvil de<br />

su empresa a su nombre.” Sin embargo, si<br />

transfiere el activo, deberá pagar el impuesto<br />

de traspaso, los timbres y los honorarios del<br />

notario. En algunos casos, esto equivale a<br />

miles de dólares.<br />

Hablé con Kristi Penl<strong>and</strong>, de Uvita Law Firm,<br />

quien ofreció el siguiente consejo: “Busque<br />

sus libros corporativos y haga una cita con<br />

su abogado. Si tiene planes de hacer cambios<br />

en la propiedad de su empresa, puede ser<br />

beneficioso hacerlo antes de presentar el<br />

informe por primera vez. De esta manera,<br />

evita tener que repetirlo cu<strong>and</strong>o hace el<br />

cambio”. Ella continuó: “Si no vive en <strong>Costa</strong><br />

<strong>Rica</strong>, deberá designar a alguien en el país<br />

para que se encargue de la representación de<br />

sus propiedades. De lo contrario, necesitará<br />

ir al consulado de <strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Rica</strong> en el extranjero<br />

cada vez que lo necesite hacer algo con sus<br />

activos en <strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Rica</strong>”.<br />

El incumplimiento de estos nuevos requisitos<br />

corporativos dará lugar a problemas, tales<br />

como multas por parte de la autoridad fiscal, y<br />

para la obtención de documentos corporativos<br />

(personerías no serán certificadas). Le animo<br />

a que lo resuelva lo antes posible.<br />

50<br />

NEW<br />

CORPORATION LAW<br />

As of September 1st, significant corporate<br />

changes go into effect for SA <strong>and</strong> SRL<br />

corporations, among others. The President,<br />

Manager, or anyone with a general power<br />

of attorney has to report shareholders with<br />

15% of a corporation to the <strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Rica</strong>n<br />

government. The term for each corporation<br />

depends on the last number of corporate<br />

ID (cédula jurídica). September is for<br />

corporations ending in 0-1, October for those<br />

ending in 2-3, <strong>and</strong> continuing each month<br />

until January of 2020.<br />

Here’s where it gets complicated: to make<br />

the report, you need a digital signature<br />

certificate. Most foreigners do not fit the<br />

criteria for obtaining a digital signature (e.g.,<br />

permanent resident, computer savvy, high<br />

Spanish reading comprehension).<br />

CONTACT: Rod (Tigre) Martin • tigremartin@gmail.com<br />

So the owners of the corporation will need<br />

to grant their lawyer an extraordinary power<br />

of attorney to do the reporting. This report<br />

needs to be filed yearly <strong>and</strong> whenever the<br />

ownership of shares changes.<br />

Recently, a long-time resident suggested<br />

“just transfer the property or car out of your<br />

corporation into your name”; however, it is<br />

not that simple. If you transfer the asset,<br />

you will be required to pay the transfer tax,<br />

stamps, <strong>and</strong> Notary fees. In some cases, this<br />

equates to thous<strong>and</strong>s of dollars.<br />

I spoke with Kristi Penl<strong>and</strong> of Uvita Law<br />

Firm who offered the following advice,<br />

“Locate your corporate books <strong>and</strong> make<br />

an appointment with your lawyer. If you<br />

have plans to make changes in ownership<br />

in your corporation, it may be beneficial to<br />

do it before presenting it this first time. By<br />

this means, you avoid having to do it again<br />

when you make the change.” She continued,<br />

“If you don’t live in <strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Rica</strong>, you will need<br />

to appoint someone in the country to h<strong>and</strong>le<br />

the representation of your assets. Otherwise,<br />

you may end up having to go to the <strong>Costa</strong><br />

<strong>Rica</strong>n consulate abroad every time you need<br />

something done with your assets in <strong>Costa</strong><br />

<strong>Rica</strong>.”<br />

Failure to comply with these new corporate<br />

requirements will lead to potential problems.<br />

Such as fines by the tax authority <strong>and</strong><br />

corporate documents (e.g., personerias) will<br />

not be certified. I encourage you to take care<br />

of it at your earliest convenience.

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