Proposal to Exempt Startups from Income Tax

A bill put forward by Liberal MPs in Costa Rica proposes that during the first three years of operation, new companies would be exempt from paying income tax.

Friday, April 17, 2015

The proposal states that during the first year the new companies would be completely exempt from income, the second year they would be charged 25% of income tax incurred and 50% in the third year.

Crhoy.com reports that "... Once this initiative becomes law of the Republic, the same would apply to all those who enroll for the first time as contributors to the tax authorities, regardless of the activity in which they are engaged, whether they are a natural or legal person and the tax regime which they join."

The libertarian legislator, Natalia Diaz Quintana, added "... What I propose in this proposal is a concrete action, in order to encourage the development of business projects becoming a generator of economic resources which is personal or for households . "

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