The Dirección General de Impuestos Internos (DGII) officers will be checking vehicles crossing the toll booths have paid the required transit tax, that is, have purchased the required license plate tags. 6 March is the deadline for the transit tax on vehicles. The DGII has made it easier to pay the transit tax by habilitating collection offices at Helados Bon ice cream shops (for motorcyclists), the postal offices, Shell gas stations, Banco Agrícola branches, and the 43 branches of the DGII. Vehicles dating before 1990 pay RD$250 a year, those after that date pay RD$500. Cargo vehicles are taxed RD$150 to RD$700. To pay the tax, a copy of the original registration and a photocopy of same is the only requirement.
