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 board, […]
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 year […]
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 picks […]
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