This has just been received in our community :
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I have to inform you that our budget is in deficit and I can't give any discounts for contract maintenance fees. If you are not satisfied with the services and don't want to give us a chance to make it satisfying you will have additional expenses according to the contract. I also have to inform you that the tax legislation and monitoring for it's compliance in DR are seriously more strict now and since January 2012 I will have to charge you 16% of ITBIS on your maintenance fees.
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Can Fabio Guzman shed some light on this demand :
This is an 16% increase. These are services provided under either the original sales contract for the property or separate Maintenance contracts in a Project within an existing development . The Develoment company appears to have the sole franchise to provide these services
The services provided are : 24 hour Security, Maintenance of the common areas and Office , and Gardening and Pool cleaning.
The questions are :
1) What requirements are there for such a notice in Dominican Law.
2) If there is input ITBIS is this offset against the charges.
3) Is there any requirement for the company providing these services to have separate accounts for what is effectively a community charge.
I thank you in advance for you comments and would note that this may be a common question for Condominiums and Communities.
Olly
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I have to inform you that our budget is in deficit and I can't give any discounts for contract maintenance fees. If you are not satisfied with the services and don't want to give us a chance to make it satisfying you will have additional expenses according to the contract. I also have to inform you that the tax legislation and monitoring for it's compliance in DR are seriously more strict now and since January 2012 I will have to charge you 16% of ITBIS on your maintenance fees.
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Can Fabio Guzman shed some light on this demand :
This is an 16% increase. These are services provided under either the original sales contract for the property or separate Maintenance contracts in a Project within an existing development . The Develoment company appears to have the sole franchise to provide these services
The services provided are : 24 hour Security, Maintenance of the common areas and Office , and Gardening and Pool cleaning.
The questions are :
1) What requirements are there for such a notice in Dominican Law.
2) If there is input ITBIS is this offset against the charges.
3) Is there any requirement for the company providing these services to have separate accounts for what is effectively a community charge.
I thank you in advance for you comments and would note that this may be a common question for Condominiums and Communities.
Olly
