All electric vehicles, regardless of their size, defined in Article 2 of this law, the spare parts related to the operation of the electric motor, the batteries of electric vehicles, and the charging dispensers, duly defined in the list to be prepared by regulation (reglamento) by the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE), shall be subject to the following exemption scheme regarding the value-added tax, selective consumption tax, and customs value tax.
- a)Value-added tax (Impuesto sobre el valor agregado, IVA). During the first fiscal period following the publication of this law, they shall be taxed at a rate of one percent (1%) of this tax, increasing by one percentage point per fiscal period until reaching the general rate provided for in Law 9635, Law for Strengthening Public Finances, of December 3, 2018.
- b)Selective consumption tax (Impuesto selectivo de consumo) and customs value tax (Impuesto sobre el valor aduanero). For thirty-six months, they shall be exempt from the current rate; thereafter, they shall have a rate exempted by seventy-five percent (75%) for thirty-six months; another thirty-six months with an exemption of fifty percent (50%); and another thirty-six months with a rate of twenty-five percent (25%); after twelve years, they shall pay the corresponding consumption tax and customs value tax.
The taxable base for calculating the value-added tax and the customs value tax shall be the customs value when they correspond to imports, or the manufacturing value, in the case of being assembled or produced in national territory.
The applicable rate for calculating the exemption of the selective consumption tax shall be the current rate for the different types of vehicles, as provided in Law 4961, Tax Reform Law, of March 11, 1972.
(Thus amended by Article 1 of the Law of Incentives for Green Transportation, No. 10209 of May 5, 2022)