Once again the latest tax reform will affect salaried workers who pay taxes. As a result of the tax reform, the tax-exempt wage will remain at RD$33,325 per month for the next two years. This means that the salaries that had previously received an inflation adjustment will not get one until January 2016, if at all. The freeze on inflation adjustments was barely noticed when the tax reform was passed in 2012. According to Listin Diario, “the fiscal reform did not freeze or suspend the inflation adjustment for businesses. In other words, the companies can continue to adjust for inflation on inventories, depreciable assets, payments and capital goods…”
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