Yearly Archives: 2015
80% of Corporations Have Not Paid the 2015 Tax
QCOSTARICA - Some 80% of corporations did not pay the "corporations tax" (Impuesto a Sociedades, in Spanish), resulting in a shortfall of ¢14.9 billion colones for the government, directly affecting the Ministry of Public Security (Ministerio de Seguridad Publica or MSP).
According to figures by the National Registry (Registro Nacional),...
“El Indio” Sentenced To 70 Years
QCOSTARICA - The arrest of El Indio, a gang leader suspected responsibility for a number of murders and leader of a drug gang, was sentenced last Tuesday to 70 years in prison.
The sentence does not reflect the real time he will spend jailed. Under Costa Rican law, the maximum...