The Minister of Tourism reported today that the Dominican Government signed a agreement of intent with the digital platform for renting properties Airbnbto regulate the sector in the country.
“Be careful, it does not mean more taxes, it is to regularize them,” he said. david collado during an interview on the radio program El Sol de la Mañana, from the International Tourism Fair (fitur 2023) In Madrid Spain.
The General Directorate of Internal Taxes (DGII) submitted to public hearings last year a project to regulate the procedure for the application of the tax on transfers of industrialized goods and services (itbis) to digital services, such as Netflix and Airbnb.
Although his approval this slope by the Executive Power, in the Bill of the General State Budget of 2023 the tax revenues that its collection would bring were contemplated.
The head of the DGII, Luis Valdez, has anticipated that it is projected to collect more than 3,000 million pesos through taxes on digital platforms.
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During the interview in Madrid, Collado recalled that the Dominican Republic has between 83,000 to 85,000 hotel roomsbut instead there is 93,000 available on Airbnb.
He reported that in construction the country has some 16,000 rooms and it is necessary to reach an availability of 130,000 rooms of hotels to meet the demand based on the objectives set by the tourism sector in the short and medium term.
“We believe in this tourism (type Airbnb), we are going to support it, the only thing that has to be regularized“, said.
He indicated that when he talks about regularizing it, it means knowing where are you staying the tourist in case a situation happens to him or he is deceived.
