{"id":114,"date":"2024-07-21T19:51:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T19:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ics.cr\/?page_id=114"},"modified":"2025-03-19T23:09:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T23:09:06","slug":"legal-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ics.cr\/en\/servicios-legales\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax, Accounting, Legal, Finance, Audit, Assurance and Risk Services."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 1993, ICS is recognized throughout Central America for the expertise of its partners and their ability to integrate legal, tax, accounting, financial audit and risk-related issues, helping our clients make both operational and strategic business decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We specialize in tax and estate planning, organization of business groups, succession planning, family business and asset management to minimize the tax burden of high profile companies and individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We ask detailed questions to develop the best solutions for each customer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With more than 30 years of experience helping industry leaders in banking and finance, telecommunications, software development, mobility, retail, real estate development and family-owned businesses, we know how to solve complex problems and achieve results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need legal, tax or financial services, please contact ICS so we can evaluate how best to serve you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The \"three-visit\" approach to ICS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We model and design our consulting products based on the three-visit approach: every company, especially family-owned companies, must act as if it will receive three visits tomorrow: the visit of the authorities, the visit of a potential buyer and the visit of death. For each of these visits, the company must be prepared: if it is the authorities, all permits must be up to date, taxes must be well presented with accurate backups and in full compliance with the regulations, all employees must be reported and all contracts must be up to date, for example. For the visit of a buyer, our financial statements must reflect the reality of the company, our inventories up to date, our contracts with suppliers updated, our intellectual property registered, in short, the elements of a due diligence. And for the third visit, death, the succession plan must be initiated, the capacity of the company to continue operating from the representation of the company (powers of attorney) must be prepared for such event, the shareholder or share holders agreement must contemplate the steps to follow in case of death of the shareholders or managers, and the patrimonial succession must be planned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, based on such needs, we develop in each of our practices consulting products and services to make your company ready for the three visits.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tax advisory services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tax professionals will advise you on this thorny issue to help you pay your taxes according to the law, no more and no less. Tax litigation, consulting, national and international tax planning, <a href=\"https:\/\/ics.cr\/en\/resolution-regarding-the-filing-of-the-transfer-pricing-information-return\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"24\">transfer pricing<\/a>strategic fiscal diagnosis.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Legal Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Legal professionals with extensive experience in corporate law, litigation, commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, trust law, legal due diligence, real estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Tax incentives and Free Trade Zone services. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Professionals trained to initiate the evaluation processes of the requirements to enter the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/ics.cr\/en\/legal-services\/free-zones-costa-rica\/\"   title=\"free zones\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"57\">free zones<\/a> and to incorporate the incentive regimes into your domestic and international tax and legal strategy. We also provide full compliance and renewal services for incentive regimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accounting advisory and tax compliance services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Recording of expenses and income and preparation of financial statements, preparation of tax returns, management of payroll, management of accounts receivable and accounts payable. 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