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Dominican Republic: Temporary VAT suspension to imported medical goods (COVID-19)

Announcement

14 Apr 2020

In April 2020, the Directorate-General for Internal Taxes of the Dominican Republic announced the temporary VAT (known as ITBIS in Spanish) exemption for the imports of medical goods necessary to fight the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Number of interventions

1

0 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

1 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

14 Apr 2020

Revocation date:

18 Oct 2020

End prolongation: 18 Oct 2020
Internal taxation of imports
On 14 April 2020, the Directorate-General of Internal Taxes of the Dominican Republic established a temporary VAT suspension (known as ITBIS in Spanish) for the imports of medical goods needed to figh...
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