Costa Rica's Ministry of Finance has announced that the country's new beneficial ownership registry requirements are mandatory from 1 September 2019. With the new registry, companies, partnerships, trusts, and certain other entities are initially required to submit a declaration of beneficial ownership information according to the following schedule, based on the last digit of their ID number:
- 0 and 1 - September 2019
- 2 and 3 - October 2019
- 4 and 5 - November 2019
- 6 and 7 - December 2019
- 8 …