Tax Department (DGII) director Guarocuya Felix presented the DGII’s first Territorial Statistical Report yesterday, Thursday 19 December. The study confirms that individuals and residents in Greater Santo Domingo (National District + Province of Santo Domingo) bear the main burden of taxation in the Dominican Republic, with informal work and business prevailing for the rest of the country. 88% of taxpayers are in Greater Santo Domingo, says the study.
Felix pointed to the high concentration of income and the imbalance regarding taxpayers nationwide. He called for reforms in the work market and a fiscal pact that can make taxation sustainable in the country in the medium and long term. He called for political policies to reduce the unbalance in development in the country by regions. He said the report reveals that only 10% of employees has level of income to pay taxes. Felix said that 41.84% of employers are in the National District, 16.08% in the province of Santo Domingo, 13.29% in Santiago and 28.79% in all the rest of the country. He said that of the employers, 30.65% are natural persons while 69.35% are companies.
The DGII director said that taxation collected in 2012 was RD$248.751.2 million, of which 58.33% was generated in the National District, 15.93% in San Cristobal, 11.11% in the province of Santo Domingo and 14.63% in the other provinces.
He said that direct taxes make up 45% of the taxation, while indirect taxes were 55%.
He said that 70.24% of direct taxes were paid in the National District.
In 2012, the DGII had 600,817 taxpayers registered, of which 41% were in the National District, 15.71% in the province of Santo Domingo, 8.6% in Santiago and the remainder 34.62% in the other provinces. Of the 600,817 taxpayers, 599 are regarded as large taxpayers.
80.34% of taxpayers are individuals, while 19.66% are companies. The DGII says that 90% of those with formal jobs makes less than RD$33,326 a month, the tax exempt level.
Of the total, 2,048 taxpayers are registered for special regimes, and 10,866 are NGOs.
The study revealed that the workforce is concentrated in the Greater Santo Domingo. In 2012, there were 48,978 formal jobs, of which 41.84% correspond to the National District, 16.08% to the province of Santo Domingo. This is despite the Province of Santo Domingo having more inhabitants than the National District, 2,374,370 compared to 965,040.
Of the total, 90.47% are in services, 7.23% industries, and 2.3% in farming. Of the employers, 30.5% are natural persons, and 69.35% are companies.
In 2012, 1,399,879 employers submitted their tax statements, of which 54.64% are located in the National District, and 12.47% in the province of Santo Domingo, 11.15% in Santiago and 21.74 in the rest of the country.
The total of sales with ITBIS for 2012 was RD$2.57 billion. Of the sales, 60.66% was concentrated in the National District, 12.92% in the province of Santo Domingo, 8.35% in Santiago and 18.07% in other provinces.
The study revealed that RD$948,333.7 million in sales was taxed with ITBIS, for around 36.90% of the total sales. Again, they were concentrated in the National District with 58.58%, 15.34% the province of Santo Domingo and 8.40% in Santiago, with 17.68% in the rest of the country.
Companies in 2011 reported revenues of RD$2.4 billion. They were located 58.80% in the National District, 14.58% in the province of Santo Domingo, 8.09% in Santiago, 7.04% in San Cristobal and 11.49% in the other provinces. Natural persons reported revenues of RD$136,919.4 million in 2011.
Regarding the number of vehicles, at the end of 2012 the total was 3,052,686 units. Of this total 59.80% circulate in the National District, province of Santo Domingo, Santiago and La Vega. The remaining 40.20% is located in other provinces.
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