For the Investor

CEI-RD

For investing in the real estate sector, as well as many other sectors, the Center for Imports and Exports of the Dominican Republic, CEI-RD, offers a quick guide.

Mapa Ruta CEI-RD: Real Estate Quick Guide

Other Information

There are many laws that attract and protect International Investors in the Dominican Republic. Some of the highlights include:

• Special Investment "Green Card" whereby an investor and his spouse and children can obtain a Resident Card in less than 45 days;
  
  
• Exoneration of duties on imported personal goods;
  
  
• Partial exoneration on motor vehicle duties;
  
  
• Real estate tax exemption, on the first property acquired;
  
  
• 50% exemption on mortgage taxes, when the lender is regulated by the Monetary and Financing Law;
  
  
• 50% exemption of Real estate taxes of all subsequent purchases, when applicable;
  
  
• Exeption of all taxes on dividends generated domestically;
  
  
• Exemption of 50% of capital gains taxes, when the investor is mayority shareholder of the company of which the tax is due, al long as the corporation is not a commercial or industrial entity.

In this next section you will fill all the laws and documents pertaining to the above points. Only available in Spanish.

Documents of Interest

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