Recent legislation retroactively reinstated the reporting threshold in effect prior to the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) so that third party settlement organizations are not required to file Forms 1099-K unless the gross amount of reportable payment transactions to a payee exceeds $20,000 and the number of transactions exceeds 200.Read more about Form 1099-K threshold reverts to $20,000[…]
Read more Form 1099-K threshold reverts to $20,000
Our Story
Rich Coast Accounting was founded by Robert L. Pioso, US CPA CGMA in 2012 after moving to Costa Rica permanently in 2009. With 25 years of experience as a CPA licensed in the State of Illinois, he is one of the few professionals in Costa Rica who understands and works with both US and Costa Rican tax systems and accounting compliance and business planning matters, while being able to communicate in English.
Robert has extensive experience in financial, operational and internal control matters of Costa Rican businesses and the regulatory environment for successfully operating small businesses.
He also provides counsel and reviews cross border tax structures (US and Costa Rica) to create tax savings and minimization strategies. He also assist taxpayers in both the US and Costa Rica with their compliance needs.
A native of the US Midwest (Chicago and Milwaukee), Mr. Pioso worked for two large CPA firms and was the CFO of a real estate development and timeshare company. As one of the only three recognized tax professionals in Costa Rica, by the Internal Revenue Service, he has offices in both Escazu (San Jose) and Nosara (Guanacaste) and has a staff of 6.
Rich Coast Accounting services a variety of clients all over Costa Rica - Nosara, Puerto Viejo, San Jose, Jaco, Manual Antonio, Perez Zeldon, Tamarindo, Playa de Coco, Playa Flamingo, and Uvita.
Robert is a member in good standing in the following professional organizations. Click below to see which ones and review his credentials.

