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ChatGPT users in Costa Rica will now have to pay VAT as Hacienda adds Booking.com and 18 other services

From La Nación · () Spanish

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  • Costa Rica’s Finance Ministry expanded the list of cross-border digital service providers subject to VAT from 161 to 181.
  • Newly included services include ChatGPT, Grok, TikTok and Booking.com.

Costa Rica’s Finance Ministry has expanded the list of cross-border digital services subject to value-added tax, bringing the total to 181 providers from 161.

The newly added services include ChatGPT, Grok, TikTok and Booking.com. Users of those platforms in Costa Rica will now face the VAT charge.

The ministry’s updated list places a range of digital services under the tax. The report presents the expansion as a measure affecting consumers who use the newly included platforms and services.

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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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