Oecd Tax Policy Reviews Costa Rica 2017

This report provides a comprehensive tax policy assessment of Costa Rica’s current tax system as well as tax policy reform recommendations.

This report is part of a new series of publications entitled OECD Tax Policy Reviews. These country reviewsare intended to provide independent, comprehensive and comparative assessments of OECD member and non-member countries' tax systems from a tax policy perspective as well as concrete recommendations for tax policy reform. By benchmarking countries' tax systems and identifying tailored tax policy reform options, the ultimate objective of the reviews is to enhance the design of existing tax policies and to support the adoption and implementation of tax policy reforms. This first edition provides a comprehensive tax policy assessment of Costa Rica's current tax system as well as tax policy reform recommendations. The report is divided into five chapters, starting with a general chapter providing an overview of key macroeconomic and tax revenue trends (Chapter 1), followed by an assessment of the main types of taxes of the Costa Rican tax system, including corporate income taxes (Chapter 2), personal income taxes and social security contributions (Chapter 3), the general sales tax (Chapter 4) and environmentally-related taxes (Chapter 5)

Costa Rica’s successful economic performance and social achievements realised over the last three decades are widely acknowledged. GDP per capita has steadily increased at higher rates than in most Latin American countries as the economy has evolved along its development path...

The Kazakh authorities have embarked upon an ambitious reform programme to improve the country’s framework for investment and strengthen the country as an attractive investment destination.

Costa Rica has achieved strong levels of well-being. However, many institutional obstacles are hampering more robust growth and the spreading of its gains more widely. Setting in motion a “virtuous cycle” of inclusive growth will require reforms across several policy areas that present win-win...

This report is part of the OECD Tax Policy Reviews publication series. The Reviews are intended to provide independent, comprehensive and comparative assessments of OECD member and non-member countries’ tax systems as well as concrete recommendations for tax policy reform.

- Foreword - Executive summary - Main findings - Setting the scene for tax reform in Slovenia - Labour market, social policy and tax policy related challenges in Slovenia - Tackling the challenges to finance the social security system - Strengthening the design of the personal income tax - Improving the design of indirect taxes - Strengthening the taxation of capital income at the individual level - Methodology