Taxes and Immigration

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Chip00

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I need info about the following two items.

1. Do legal residents here have to pay taxes for income earned in other countries? I'm American and have a business in Fl.

2. Does anybody know where the Migracion office is in Santiago? Nobody picks up the phone when I call and the address #68 Calle del Sol is suspect.

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Chip00

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Lo and behold I was finally able to get in touch with Migracion in Santiago. It's at la 27 and Texas on the second floor and there was hardly anybody there.

Also, I am going to do the Provisional Resident paperwork as the lawyer at Immigration was SUPER nice and explained to me how to do everything (in Spanish). I only have to go to the capital one time for the medical exam and the Procuradaria General to get my paperwork that says I'm not a criminal.

After that I just need to get my birth certificate translated and recorded and the Guarantee notarized and recorded as well.

And finally the lawyer at Immigration told me I don't have to pay taxes earned in other countries.
 
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Fabio J. Guzman

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The lawyer at Immigration did not give you proper advice. Here's something I posted before on this subject:

"Dominican income tax law is primarily territorial. All income derived from work or business activities in the Dominican Republic is taxable, no matter if the person is a Dominican, a resident foreigner or a non-resident foreigner. On the other hand, income derived from work done abroad, even by a Dominican, is not taxable in the Dominican Republic.

The exception to the principle of territoriality is income from financial sources abroad (Articles 269 and 271 of the Tax Code). A Dominican or a resident foreigner receiving income from financial investments abroad (stocks and bonds, certificates of deposits, etc.) must pay taxes in the DR on their income from those investments. Social security benefits and income from pension plans are not considered income from financial investments. For the resident foreigner, this obligation only starts three years after obtaining residency. Enforcement of this last provision, however, has been very weak.
 
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