Contesting Paternity in the Dominican Republic: DNA Evidence, Court Process and What’s at Stake Paternity is not only a family matter — it is a financial one. In the Dominican Republic, a legally established father owes child support and, at death, passes forced inheritance rights to the child. When the biological reality does not match […]
Gifting Property in Dominican Republic: The 27% Donations Tax and the Transactions It Quietly Captures Giving property away in the Dominican Republic is taxed more heavily than dying with it. While inheritances pay 3%, donations are taxed at the rate applicable to corporate income tax — currently 27% — computed on the value of the […]
Commercial debt collection in Dominican Republic can be achieved through a lawsuit for debt collection, which is the mechanism used by creditors to pursue the collection of moneys derived from a debt by means of the Dominican judicial system. Suing for debt collection should be most useful whenever the creditor considers that his credit is […]
Dominican Real Estate Register and Cadastral Measurements Office established technical provisions on March 31st, 2021, on the requirements for applications and the receipt and delivery of Dominican real estate services requests before Dominican Title Registrars, Regional Measurements Offices and Dominican Real Estate Register offices. Such provisions seek the unification and standardization of technical requirements for […]
Registering a Foreign Branch in the Dominican Republic: Requirements, Sequence and Common Delays For a foreign company, the choice between opening a subsidiary and registering a branch in the Dominican Republic is often decided by one fact: a branch is the same legal person as its parent. That brings simplicity — one balance sheet, one […]
Hiring in the Dominican Republic? The Employee List Every Employer Must File by January 15 A foreign-owned company that hires its first Dominican employee acquires, within fifteen days, its first labor-compliance deadline. Dominican regulation requires every employer to file with the Ministry of Labor a certified list of personnel — and to refresh it every […]
Doing Business in the Dominican Republic: The Legal Framework Behind the Caribbean’s Leading Investment Destination The Dominican Republic did not become the Caribbean’s leading destination for foreign investment, free zones and tourism by geography alone. Behind the numbers sits a legal framework built, over three decades, around a simple proposition: foreign and local capital play […]
Dominican Free Zones Explained: Choosing Between Industrial, Special and Border Free Zone Status. A manufacturer relocating from Asia asks the question every nearshoring investor eventually asks: inside a free zone park, or outside it? In the Dominican Republic the answer is worth, quite literally, most of the tax bill — but only if the company […]
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