Banks With Access to Tax Defaulters List

Francisco Villalobos, director of the entity, said that both banks and credit bureaus are not required to incorporate this information into their systems.

However, the move was seen as favorably by the banking sector, Franco Naranjo, President of the Costa Rican Banking Association (ABC), said, "We have not thoroughly analyzed the issue, but any information that is risk-related is welcomed by the guild. "

"According to Villalobos, starting from November the tax office will send th same list of defaulters that appears on the entities website. It shows the name of the person or company, their Identity number and the type of tax penalty", reported Nacion.com.

Source: Nacion.com

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