Tuesday, 03 May 2022 14:29

Ministry of Finance to date has managed to collect 26% of tax revenues

Written by Evelyn Alas

The Minister of Finance, Alejandro Zelaya said in a morning interview that, so far they have collected 26% of what the Treasury had planned in tax collection and 33% more tax returns than had been received at this same date last year.

The head of the Treasury adds that 98% of the people have made their fiscal year and the institution expects to receive about 609 thousand declarations, 598 thousand have been received so far. There are still 11 thousand to be received.

Zelaya says that last year was very good for the companies which grew at a rate of 10.3 %, ratified by the economy, it is foreseeable that the collection for this year will increase.

According to the official, all the money collected goes to the General Fund of the Nation, which includes the delivery of computers to students or what the Central Government has invested in the fight against gangs.

He also said that the levels of tax evasion and avoidance have been reduced, considering that they have impacted between 15% and 20% of the total evasion, for two years of the Anti-evasion Plan it is quite encouraging to obtain a reduction of these flows.

He affirmed that by paying its taxes the country has more security, computers for schools and medical supplies for hospitals.