? Tax Administration (Administración Tributaria): The administrative unit of the municipality of Golfito, responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, executing, and controlling the municipal tax process.
? Municipality (Municipalidad): The Municipality of Golfito.
? Taxpayers (Contribuyentes). Taxpayers, for the purposes of the tax established in Article 38 of the Mining Code, shall be the natural or legal persons, de facto or de jure, public or private, who are engaged in the exploitation of quarries (canteras) or public domain watercourses (causes de dominio público) in the jurisdiction of the canton of Golfito, and who, in addition, comply with all the requirements that the law determines for the exercise of such activity.
? Taxable base (Base imponible). The taxable base for the determination of this tax is the total value at market price of the material extracted from the authorized quarry (cantera), pit (tajo), or public domain watercourse (cauce de dominio público), whether this material is sand, stone, ballast (lastre), or any derivative thereof.