The Tax Agency (DGII) announced it is working closely with the Chilean Tax Agency (SII) to fight tax evasion. Magin Diaz, director of the DGII, has estimated annual tax evasion at RD$84 billion.
On 30 October 2017, the director of the SII of Chile, Fernando Barraza Luego and Díaz for the DGII, signed a collaboration agreement in Santo Domingo. The DGII says that tax evasion in Chile is 20% and in the DR it is 45%.
Appointed in 2016, Díaz maintains that increases in tax categories or new taxes are not necessary if tax evasion is reduced.
The announcement comes at a time when an Oxfam study is circulating regarding wasteful spending in the Medina administration for upwards of RD$90 billion.
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31 October 2017
