At another forum I was told that the gringo immigrants in Costa Rica are a very small percentage of immigrants and so the idea that they are trying to make a lot of money off us is erroneous.
It does seem to me that they target gringos, like with the recent CAJA scam where they were trying to charge expats DOUBLE for CAJA (i.e. wife and husband had to pay TWICE for insurance whereas before it was just one payment for both). That policy was struck down as being a poor interpretation of the law.
Now this corporation thing. Who mostly buys corporations - I would bet gringos are a good % of those who buy them as it is common practice to create a corporation when you buy property.
Then of course there is the "luxury" house tax. Who purchases and builds luxury taxes more? Gringos or Ticos?
Just curious how you guys here think. Does the Costa Rica government currently target gringos to make $ off of with taxes and fees?