Haiti - NOTICE : Illegal tax collection in certain communes
In a note, Fednel Monchery, the Director General of the Ministry of the Interior and Territorial Collectivities, said that he learned "[...] with amazement certain drifts from the 'Citizen Committees' of the newly created communes (Baptiste, Liancourt, Montrouis, Lapointe, Marfranc), regardinf the tax collection.
He reminded the latter that in accordance with the provisions of Article 20 of the Decree of 15 January 1988 amending the structures of the Directorate-General for Taxation, the DGI is the only institution empowered to levy taxes and charges for communes.
Any other form of payment requested constitutes an illegal practice, with the exception of the rights and fees which only the elected representatives are authorized to adopt by decree, after the Ministry does not object"
