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Costa Rica Long-Term Ratings Lowered To 'BB-'Friday, February 26, 2016 Noting the political system's inability to agree on fiscal issues, Standard & Poor's has downgraded, from BB to BB-, the rating for the country's long-term debt, giving it a negative outlook. Costa Rica Long-Term Ratings Lowered To 'BB-' On Continued Fiscal Deterioration; Outlook Is Negative Costa Rica: From OECD "Black List" to "Gray List"Tuesday, April 7, 2009 For this to occur, it was enough to send a letter to the OECD, agreeing to adopt the international standard for the exchange of tax information. Following the decision by the G20 to act against nations that fail to cooperate in the international exchange of tax information in their last meeting in London, Costa Rica had to act quickly to get out of the "black list" of countries that were not committed to adopting this standard. Money Laundering Congress in PanamaThursday, August 25, 2011 Authorities from the hemisphere will discuss methods of preventing money laundering in financial institutions. Experts from Costa Rica, the United States, Colombia and other Latin American countries are participating in the congress organized by the Banking Association and the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering, which will run until Friday. Doubts Over Foreign Account Tax Compliance ActTuesday, April 10, 2012 There is still uncertainty among U.S. citizens and companies abroad, regarding the effects of this law’s extraterritorial reach. The start of registration stipulated by FATCA law (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) of the United States is January 1st, 2013, with enforcement beginning on 1st July of that year. However, many questions remain in several sectors such as insurance, securities and pensions, and even the regulators don’t have a clear idea of the effects of the law. The Corruption of Top Public OfficialsThursday, March 29, 2012 Making sure that top public officials declare their assets and income is vital for stopping corruption in public affairs. A statement by the World Bank reads: Financial Secrecy in Central America and the WorldThursday, October 6, 2011 In the isthmus the country with the most financial secrecy is Panama (14 in the list of "opaque jurisdictions"), followed by Costa Rica (41) and Guatemala (42). Globally Switzerland is top of the list followed by the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg and Hong Kong, all ahead of the U.S. which is in 5th place. Leading-edge IT project receives Computerworld Honors Program awardWednesday, August 5, 2009 Grupo Asesor en Informatica provided support for the development of IT project for tax and revenue management "The Computerworld Honors Program" gave a recognition to a technological project in which the Costa Rican company Grupo Asesor en Informatica was involved. Alta Dirección Business School Company Profile Organization that operates in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
Tax Data: Agreement Between Costa Rica and the U.S.A.Tuesday, August 25, 2020 In order to update the Intergovernmental Agreement for the Effectiveness of the Tax Compliance Law on Foreign Accounts, signed by both parties in 2013, the governments of both countries signed a complementary agreement to FATCA. According to the Ministry of Finance of Costa Rica, with the subscription of the complementary agreement, the legal basis of the FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) will be updated with the provisions of the Agreement with the Government of the United States of America for the exchange of information on tax matters, which will enter into force next September. Singapore Buys More Vegetables and Canned FruitsMonday, December 9, 2013 The increase in demand for these products is an opportunity for Central American producers. From a statement by the Costa Rican Trade Promotion Office: Agreement in the G20 Against Tax AvoidanceTuesday, October 13, 2015 The G20 finance ministers gave full support to the project that would prevent corporate profits from "disappearing" or being artificially transferred to jurisdictions with low or no taxation. From the press release issued by the G-20: |
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