Taxman Shuts Down 15
Retail Stores in Heredia
For Non Payment of Taxes
The Dirección Regional
de Tributación Directa
del Ministerio de
Hacienda - the taxman -
decided it could not
take it anymore and
decided to shut down 15
businesses in Heredia
centre yesterday.
The closures were for
lack of payment of taxes
by the businesses.
Flor Rodríguez, gerente
de Administración
Tributaria de Heredia,
said that the businesses
had made their tax
declarations but did not
make payments within the
established time frame.
The types of businesses
closed varied from an
optical store to a
number of small
bakeries.
"We shut down 15 stores
for failure to comply
with tax regulations and
it is not with intention
to cause damage to
anyone but rather that
businesses see the that
paying taxes is a
serious matter", said
Guillermo Zúñiga, the
ministro de Hacienda.
The minister added that
in addition to the 15,
there will be 25 more
that will for sure be
shut down as well unless
they pay their taxes up
to date. |
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