Making a Will in the Dominican Republic: Forced Heirship and What Foreigners Need to Know. In the Dominican Republic, dying without a will does not mean your family decides what happens next, the law does. Forced heirship rules, inherited from the French civil-law tradition, reserve a fixed portion of every estate for specific heirs, chiefly […]
Law 57-23: Tax Exemptions for Airlines and Aviation Operators in the Dominican Republic For an airline, the tax on an aircraft lease payment can decide whether a route to the Caribbean is profitable. The Dominican Republic understood this when it enacted Law 57-23 in October 2023, creating a dedicated tax exemption regime for national and […]
Law 173 Dealer Protection in the Dominican Republic: What Foreign Suppliers Risk by Registering a Distributor A foreign manufacturer terminates its Dominican distributor after years of disappointing sales, and receives a claim for damages calculated under a statutory formula, in a Dominican court whose jurisdiction cannot be contracted away. This scenario, familiar to trade lawyers […]
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