At least 150,000 vehicles they did not renew the license plate tag or the Vehicle Circulation Tax, which the holder of the General Directorate of Internal Taxes (DGII), Louis Valdez, considered to be within the average of those who do not carry out the process in the established time each year.
“We had said that on January 31 the renewal of the tag through financial institutions, only 9% did not renew. 91% of the citizens who had the right to renew renewed; about 150,000 vehicles that did not renew are within the average of what happens every year,” said Valdez.
According to the DGII report, from October 18, 2022 to January 31 of this year, the term granted to pay the tax without surcharge through 33 financial entities and online, 1,527,844 renewals of tagof 1,684,837 vehicles skilled for the renewal.
According to the entity, for this concept they were collected RD$2,514,343,500 of the RD$2,743,183,500 that were estimated in a general way and represent a 7% increase in relation to the collections of 2022.
Since last Wednesday, drivers who carry out the renewal of the tag of the plate must pay RD$2,000 additional to the regular cost of the tax that in the case of vehicles With a year of manufacture less than 2017 it is RD$1,500 and from 2018 onwards it is RD$3,000.
inspection
Despite the amount of vehicles that does not display the tag of the license plate because it has not been renewed or its drivers have not placed it, the deployment of agents from the General Directorate of Traffic Safety and Land Transport (Digesett) in search of inspecting those who are missing is not notorious.
Despite multiple attempts it was impossible to get a reaction from the Digesett on the matter.