The United States will be providing technical assistance to the Tax Department (DGII) in an effort to stymie tax evasion in the Dominican Republic. Juan Hernandez, the head of the DGII hailed the agreement with the Office of Technical Assistance of the US Treasury Department as the end of the “era of the sacred cows.”
Hernandez was obviously referring to the criticisms made by economist F. Jose Luis Aleman, S.J., that the tax collectors rarely bother to more than “tickle” the really important economic powers of the DR. The new efforts by the DGII will consist of coordinating audits, as well as analysis and training of the tax service. The program will last for seven months.