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  • Employer Cost Calculator Costa Rica: Net Salary & Payroll Cost

    Home › Blog › Employer Cost Calculator Employer Cost Calculator Costa Rica: What It Really Costs to Hire Someone This employer cost calculator for Costa Rica shows in seconds what an employee actually takes home and what it really costs your company to hire them — employee withholding, employer social security contributions, income tax, family…

  • Capital Gains Tax in Costa Rica: What Investors Need to Know

    Home › Blog › Tax Law › Capital Gains Tax Capital Gains Tax in Costa Rica: What Foreign Investors Need to Know Before Selling The capital gains tax in Costa Rica catches many foreign investors off guard — not because the rate is unreasonable, but because they learn about it too late. Selling real estate,…

  • Costa Rica Severance Calculator 2026

    Costa Rica Severance Calculator Calculating severance pay in Costa Rica means more than multiplying salary by years of service — notice, severance, Christmas bonus, and vacation pay each follow different rules under the Costa Rica Labor Code. Use the AG Legal calculator below to get an estimate, then read the guide underneath to understand exactly…

  • Crypto Travel Rule in Costa Rica: What VASPs Need to Know

    Home › Blog › Crypto Regulation › Travel Rule Crypto Travel Rule in Costa Rica: What Data Must Travel With Every Virtual Asset Transfer Under Law 10961 The crypto travel rule in Costa Rica is one of the most misunderstood — and technically demanding — obligations facing Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) under the country’s…

  • Criminal Due Diligence Costa Rica: Before You Buy a Company

    Home › Blog › Criminal Law › Criminal Due Diligence in M&A Criminal Due Diligence in Costa Rica: The Hidden Risk When Buying a Company Every serious M&A transaction includes legal, financial, labor, and tax due diligence. What most still leave out is a criminal due diligence review. Since Costa Rica’s Law 9699 introduced corporate…

  • Corporate Immigration Costa Rica: Work Permits & Transfers

    Home › Blog › Immigration Law › Corporate Immigration Corporate Immigration in Costa Rica: Work Permits, Transfers, and Executive Visas for Companies Operating in the Country Corporate immigration in Costa Rica is where most companies discover that moving people across borders is not a travel problem — it is a legal one. A work permit…

  • Trademark Monitoring in Costa Rica: Protect Your Registration

    Home › Blog › Intellectual Property › Trademark Monitoring Trademark Monitoring in Costa Rica: Why Registration Alone Is Not Enough Trademark monitoring in Costa Rica starts where registration ends Registering a trademark in Costa Rica secures your rights — but it does not defend them automatically. Every week, the Industrial Property Registry publishes new applications…

  • Copyright & Software Protection in Costa Rica

    Home › Blog › Intellectual Property › Copyright & Software Copyright and Software Protection in Costa Rica: What the Law Actually Covers Why software is protected by copyright in Costa Rica — not patents Copyright and software protection in Costa Rica follows a principle that surprises many tech companies: software cannot be patented here, but…

  • Patents in Costa Rica: Filing, PCT & Protection

    Home › Blog › Intellectual Property › Patents in Costa Rica Patents in Costa Rica: How to Protect an Invention Through PCT or Direct Filing What patent protection in Costa Rica covers — and why PCT changes everything Patents in Costa Rica offer real, enforceable protection for inventions — and for international applicants, the path…

  • Trademark Opposition in Costa Rica: The Two-Month Window

    Home › Blog › Intellectual Property › Trademark Opposition Trademark Opposition in Costa Rica: The Two-Month Window That Decides Everything How trademark opposition in Costa Rica works — and why the deadline is absolute Every trademark application in Costa Rica is published so that third parties can challenge it. That challenge is called a trademark…

  • Trademark Cancellation for Non-Use in Costa Rica: Guide

    Home › Blog › Intellectual Property › Trademark Cancellation for Non-Use Trademark Cancellation for Non-Use in Costa Rica: How a Registration Can Be Taken Away When five years of silence puts your trademark at risk Trademark cancellation for non-use in Costa Rica is one of the most underestimated risks in brand management. Under Article 39…

  • Trademark Renewal in Costa Rica: Deadlines and Process

    Home › Blog › Intellectual Property › Trademark Renewal Trademark Renewal in Costa Rica: What Happens When Your Ten Years Are Up Trademark renewal in Costa Rica is one of the most important — and most overlooked — deadlines in brand management. A registration lasts ten years. When that term ends, the mark does not…