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Costa Rica’s tax system is administered by the Dirección General de Tributación (DGT) of the Ministerio de Hacienda. IVA (Impuesto al Valor Agregado) has applied since 1 July 2019, when Title I of Law 9635 reformed the former general sales tax law (Law 6826) into a value added tax; ISC (Impuesto Selectivo de Consumo) is an ad valorem excise on selected goods. Taxpayers are identified by the same documents used for civil identification (cédula física, cédula jurídica, DIMEX, or NITE), none of which carry a check digit. Electronic invoicing is mandatory for most taxpayers, and issued documents may only be corrected with electronic credit or debit notes.

Base Details

Tax Categories

VAT Rates

ISC Rates

Single-stage ad valorem excise on selected goods established by Title II of Ley 4961, with rates set per product by decree. No rates defined.

Correction Definitions

Auto-generation of corrective invoices or credit and debit notes is supported.

Invoice Types

The types of invoices that can be created with a preceding definition:
  • credit-note
  • debit-note

Validation Rules