CONFOTUR is the Dominican Republic’s tourism-incentive regime under Law 158-01. For an individual buyer, its practical effect is simple and large: buy a unit inside a classified, current project and two taxes disappear.
The two exemptions that matter to you
- Transfer tax (3%): normally due when the title changes hands. On a US$350,000 condo that is US$10,500 you do not pay at closing.
- IPI (1%/yr property tax): exempt for up to 15 years on qualifying units — an annual saving that compounds quietly for a decade and a half.
Put your own purchase price into the CONFOTUR savings calculator to see both numbers for your deal.
The fine print people skip
- CONFOTUR classifies projects, not zones. “This area has CONFOTUR” is a red flag sentence — the resolution names a specific project (sometimes a specific stage), never a neighborhood.
- “Solicitud” is not “resolución”. A project that has applied is not a project that has been approved. The benefit only exists once the CONFOTUR council issues the resolution — and only while it is current.
- It is not retroactive. Buying before classification, or in an expired project, gets you nothing.
Ask the seller for the resolution number, then verify it against MITUR’s official registry. As of July 2026 there are 302 approved CONFOTUR projects in La Altagracia province — if the one you are quoted is not among them, the discount is fiction.
Verify before you value
Never price the exemption into your offer until the resolution is verified. Our premium Verified CONFOTUR Project Database tracks approved projects with their resolution numbers, checked against the MITUR registry. And before any deposit, run the deal past the five red flags — an unverifiable CONFOTUR claim is red flag number one.
Educational content, not legal or tax advice. Confirm your specific case with a Dominican tax attorney before closing.
