Nearshoring in Dominican Republic Free Zones

Nearshoring in the Dominican Republic: How Free Zone Law 8-90 Shields Manufacturers From Tariff Volatility When tariffs on Asian imports can double between one quarter and the next, the cost of distance stops being theoretical. Manufacturers supplying the U.S. market are discovering that a factory two days by sea from Miami, inside a jurisdiction that […]

Dominican Real Estate Property Tax

The Dominican 1% Property Tax (IPI) in 2026: Exempt Amount, Deadlines and Fiscal Reform Changes Every January, the Dominican tax authority publishes a single number that decides whether thousands of property owners will write two checks that year. For 2026, that number is RD$10,695,494. The figure is the exemption threshold of the IPI, the 1% […]