Inheriting Assets in the Dominican Republic: Why Domicile, Not Nationality, Decides Everything When a foreign owner of Dominican property dies, the first legal question is not who the heirs are. It is where the deceased lived, because under Dominican rules, the last domicile decides which country’s succession law governs the estate. Two moments anchor every […]
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, […]
The Dominican 3% Inheritance Tax: The 90-Days Deadline and Deductions The number that surprises heirs is not the rate, it is the deadline. The Dominican inheritance tax stands at a comparatively modest 3% of the estate, but the tax return must be filed within ninety days of death. For a grieving family scattered across two […]
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 the […]
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 goods donated. […]
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 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 […]
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