DGI: Soon to be Relocated Due to Insecurity?

In a notice published last Tuesday, the General Directorate of Taxes (DGI) announced the suspension of its services nationwide, following technical difficulties with its IT system.

“The General Directorate of Taxes informs the public in general, and taxpayers in particular, that its services, following technical difficulties with its IT system, ceased to be operational nationwide this Tuesday, March 18,” reads the notice.

Meanwhile, reactions diverge in the media and on social networks. Taxpayers rather see it as a strategy by the General Directorate of Taxes to leave downtown Port-au-Prince and relocate elsewhere, due to the intensification of gang violence. For them, it is not truly a breakdown but a maneuver by the authorities to move the institution.

However, to date, no formal information confirms a new address for the DGI, which is currently located on Avenue Christophe, at Petit Four.