Costa Rica's Ministry of Finance has announced that the country's new beneficial ownership registry requirements are mandatory from 1 September 2019. With the new registry, companies, partnerships, trusts, and certain other entities are initially required to submit a declaration of beneficial ownership information according to the following schedule, based on the last digit of their ID number: 0 and 1 - September 2019 2 and 3 - October 2019 4 and 5 - November 2019 6 and 7 - December 2019 8 and 9 - January 2020 However, as of 1 September 2019, legal persons may submit their declaration in...