The Tax Department (DGII) is informing taxpayers who have sold motor vehicles, but whose purchasers have yet to make the title transfer to make the most of the facilities provided by Law 492-08 that relieves former owners of responsibilities and consequences that the Civil Code establishes by remaining as the vehicles’ legal owners. The law, which was published last 9 February, stipulates that sellers have six months, until 9 August, to get their papers in order. This means that anyone who sold a vehicle before the law was published can get the vehicle registration changed to reflect the new owners without penalties. The process can be carried out with or without a copy of the sales agreement by filling out a sworn affidavit and paying a small RD$300 fee. The vehicles will have an administrative impediment until the new owner pays the vehicle transfer fees. The person who registers the sale will receive a certificate . The form can be obtained at the DGII offices as well as from the webpage under the section titled “Formularios”.
The DGII will certify in the files that correspond to the vehicle that the sale took place according to the document.
The Tax Department website is www.dgii.gov.do