Costa Rica: Updated list of cross-border digital service providers

Cross-border digital service providers subject to the 13% VAT rate

Updated list

The General Directorate of Taxation (DGT) has updated the list of cross-border digital service providers subject to the 13% value added tax (VAT) rate.

There were 13 new providers added to the list, for a total of 148 providers to which credit or debit card issuers are required to collect the VAT due on these transactions when their cardholders have payments to such suppliers.

Read a June 2023 report prepared by the KPMG member firm in Costa Rica

Also included in this report:

  • Modifications to the technical provisions of electronic receipts for tax purposes
  • Due date for first partial payment of corporate income tax is 30 June

 

 

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