More than 30 districts of Lima will increase the cost of taxes this year. Do you know what these resources are used for?
This 2023, 32 municipalities of Metropolitan Lima and callao their taxes will increase between 3% and 15%, compared to 2022. These taxes are fees paid for the maintenance of the public services in each district and are charged quarterly. If you have wondered how these resources are used, in this note we will tell you more about where the money you pay for this concept goes.
Taxes in Lima and Callao will rise up to 15% this 2023
In what are the taxes invested in the districts?
There are three sectors in which the excise what do you pay: public cleaning, divided into street sweeping and garbage collection; the maintenance of parks and gardens; and citizen security (or serenity).
However, in order to establish how much citizens should be charged for each of these sections, the rate is defined with certain variables. We detail them below:
| street sweeping | Solid waste collection | Parks and gardens | serenity |
| -Linear meters from the front of the property, which faces the public road. -Sweep frequency. |
-Built area, in square meters. -Number of inhabitants of the property. -Use of the property. |
-Location of the property with respect to green areas. | -Location and use of the property, in relation to the degree of danger of the area. |
How much is invested in taxes in districts of Lima?
Although there is no exact percentage that is invested in the districts for each concept, samples can be taken, according to some districts, and how they have distributed the proceeds in spending.
For example, in 2022, Lynx awarded andl 48% of these amounts (a total of S/18 million 434,107) to the concept of citizen security (serenazgo), 36% to public cleaning and 16% to the maintenance of parks and gardens.
chorrillosone of the districts that has increased its taxes by 15% compared to 2022, during that year awarded the 56% of these (a total of S/36 million 985,485) to public cleaning; while 19% was allocated to parks and gardens; and 25%, serenazgo.
Also, the district of Saint John of Mirafloreswhich increased these taxes by 10%, devoted a greater percentage to public cleaning, being 70% of the S/29 million 485,273 collected.
Source: Larepublica
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