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 […]
Joint Ventures in the Dominican Republic: A Partnership Without Legal Personality and Why That Matters The most consequential fact about a Dominican joint venture is what it is not: a company. Foreign investors accustomed to incorporating a JV vehicle discover that Dominican law recognizes joint ventures as purely contractual arrangements — ‘joint participation’ entities — […]
Dominican Republic Visas Explained: Tourist Entry, Business Visas, Work Permits and Direct Permanent Residency Most visitors clear Dominican immigration with nothing more than a passport. But the moment a foreigner intends to work, do sustained business or settle, the country’s immigration system splits into categories with sharply different requirements — and choosing the wrong entry […]
The National Salary Committee of the Labor Ministry of the Dominican Republic, approved an increase of 20% to the Minimum Wage applicable to Dominican Free Zones employees on April 11, 2023, to the amount of Sixteen Thousand Two Dominican Pesos (DR$16,002.25, approx. 288 USD) effective from the first of May of 2023. The most relevant […]
Double Taxation Relief in the Dominican Republic: How the Mutual Agreement Procedure Works A company taxed in both Santo Domingo and Madrid on the same income has a remedy most taxpayers never invoke: the Mutual Agreement Procedure, or MAP. The Dominican Republic regulated it in Revenue Ruling (Norma General) 10-2022, issued by the DGII on […]
Investment Tax Incentives in the Dominican Republic: Which Special Regime Fits Your Project? Two investors arrive in the Dominican Republic with the same capital and the same industry. Five years later, one has paid full corporate taxes; the other has operated largely tax-exempt. The difference was not luck, it was choosing, and properly applying for, […]
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 […]
The EIRL: How Solo Entrepreneurs Get Limited Liability in the Dominican Republic Plenty of small businesses in the Dominican Republic still operate in their owner’s personal name — which means one lawsuit or one bad contract can reach the owner’s house, car and savings. Dominican corporate law offers a purpose-built shield for the solo entrepreneur: […]
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