The tax administration has very advanced regulations to apply taxes in the source to the digital platforms, which will be applied this same year, revealed the general director of Internal Taxes, Luis Valdez Veras.
Valdez spoke up. in the Business Tower, after presenting Chapter 1 of the Tax Code for the year 2022 at a thematic breakfast of the Association of Industries (AIRD). that it is not a bill, but that it is being carried out. Agreeing on the application regulations to tax digital platforms, because the Tax Code does not contemplate that tax and that is why it does not have to go to Congress. is very advanced, and we are working with all the digital platforms that do not have a permanent address in the Dominican Republic, he specified.
explained that at present it is proposed to offset one tax with others, within the project to modernize the system, to make it easy to use the virtual platform, because the world is moving towards billing n general electronics, mandatory.
He emphasized that the legal framework of the country does not contemplate electronic invoicingand that is why it must be adapted to the global modernity that countries such as Chile, Argentina and Mexico already apply 100%.
In this context, they are looking at two projects to move towards modernization, which are electronic invoicing and the modification of Title 1.
The director general of The DGII explained to the press that the electronic invoicing project will be completed. sent to Congress and must It will come out next week from the Legal Consultancy of the Executive Power.
He argued that the taxpayers who use it are increasing, both those who have their own accounting systems and those with the free invoicer It is available on the DGII portal, and there are currently 164 voluntary taxpayers and more than 200 in the formalization process. that while collections increased RD$20,000 million above what was projected in the DGIIIn these first five months of the year, RD$17,000 million had to be allocated to subsidize the domestic price of gasoline and other fuels in order to keep it below RD$300 per gallon.
He maintained that the first five months have been good, but given the world situation all efforts are lost, “ they serve if only RD$17,000 million go to fuel subsidies in five months”, without the Government being able to use them in social works, infrastructure and development of works.
Within the law
The General Director of Internal Taxes, Luis Valdez Veras, he stressed. that changes bring resistance, “but what we cannot do is give up and move forward”, always within the framework of the law, in response to journalists about possible resistance from affected sectors. Valdez Veras said that the changes that will be made are being agreed upon.