Symbolic crackdown on five Chinese businesses for tax evasion

[Dolores]

The Department of Customs (DGA) and the Department of Taxes (DGII) cracked down on five Chinese-owned businesses located in Greater Santo Domingo and Santiago for irregularities in compliance with government regulations. For years, Dominican-owned businesses have complained the Dominican government authorities look the other way when dealing with thousands of Chinese businesses that have flooded the market offering low-priced goods and carrying out large non-reported cash transactions. Dominican-owned business spokespeople say the Dominican government has been lenient in requiring that the Chinese comply with labor, import and tax laws.

As reported, the operation was carried out because the businesses had carried out bank transactions for around RD$4 billion while reporting much less. The press release on the operation states that an investigation revealed that...

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[CristoRey]

Symbolic?
Lol, what a joke.
Hundreds of Chinese businesses operate the same way.

 

[Big]

is there any quality Chinese product manufactured and sold?

 

[BermudaRum]

is there any quality Chinese product manufactured and sold?

I always buy the the counterfeit cologne for men as the chicas in Sosua tell me that I smell like a million pesos

 

[HS10]

is there any quality Chinese product manufactured and sold?

Like it or not ...I am writing this on a high end Lenovo laptop ... made in China

 

[Big]

Like it or not ...I am writing this on a high end Lenovo laptop ... made in China

Wow, I have one of those as well. Did not know it was made on China.

 

[PCMike]

I am typing with a wireless Logitech keyboard...from...you guessed it!
Suzhou, China

 

[PCMike]

Remember when we thought everything from the J.A Pan company was shit. Remember "Jap Scrap"?

 

[chico bill]

is there any quality Chinese product manufactured and sold?

Used to be Lenovo computers but they've turned to crap now too

 

[JD Jones]

I took a drive over to West San Cristobal yesterday. There are Chinese businesses in abundance on that side.

 

[Big]

Used to be Lenovo computers but they've turned to crap now too

actually my new lap top is a HP ENVY, I don't know where it is made.

 

[Sol09]

Hopefully they shut down all of them. The Chinese don't play fair and they are abusive employers.

 

[PJT]

What ethnic group is next in line for observation under the DGA and DGII magnifying glass?


Regards,

PJT

 

[CristoRey]

What ethnic group is next in line for observation under the DGA and DGII magnifying glass?


Regards,

PJT

What ethnic group?

 

[JD Jones]

Does anybody notice how the woman who killed the Chinese guy was finally caught in Europe and nothing has been heard about her since?

Franyelis Furca is her name.

 

[PJT]

What ethnic group?

Should have used foreign origin rather than the word ethnic. Another group could be Spaniards.

Regards,

PJT

 

[MariaRubia]

Back to the subject matter, I noticed when I was in that part of Duarte last week that a) a few of the businesses were advertising for staff with signs saying "must be Dominican with cedula" - which is a change as most of their employees are Haitians, and therefore no tax being paid and b) the names of the SRL companies that I paid were all completely different to the names I paid a couple of months ago, so basically they are opening companies and closing them quickly.

I do think these symbolic raids will ripple through and bring some change. Whenever DGII does raids in this way, everyone gets to know about it and tightens up on the way they are evading tax - of course everyone is evading tax, but they just do it a bit less obviously.

 

[FF1]

All I know is that the Chinese stores hire the cutest Haitian girls in DR.

 

[NanSanPedro]

My Haitian kid's job got raided today but the Chinese dude woudn't let them in. I would expect a part 2.

 

[CristoRey]

A few more tossed in the mix.
Going forward I think these Chinese
business owners will be making fewer
deposits and hoarding a lot more of that good old fashion cash.

Six more Chinese businesses shut down due to tax fraud

<p>National District – The General Directorate of Internal Taxes (DGII) and the General Directorate of Customs (DGA) reported yesterday that they continued their operations for tax non-compliance with the closing of four establishments in the National District and two in Santiago. A press...

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