Seven out of eight candidates who want to participate in the elections for the President of the Republic have already arranged an appointment on Tax Administration (SRI) be responsible for tax payment control performed by this entity.

The director of the SRI, Francisco Briones, reported that seven “have already confirmed that they will at least show their faces to justify what we found or they are already starting to correct their statement and pay what they have to pay. There is one out there who is still fighting, who does not want to come.

SRI found five types of innovations in tax payment control that make up eight presidential binomials

They are scheduled for next week, as part of the performance phase that follows the control carried out by DRI in the so-called Tax PCR (Rapid Control Plan).

Briones thanked the transparency of individual candidates and pointed out that the same analysis is now being carried out on candidates for Parliament. The information was presented in an interview on this Friday, June 30 Teleamazon.

The news discovered by the SRI are only assumptions, “because while the taxpayer has no right to justify the differences, it still cannot be confirmed,” said Briones.

67 football players, members of the assembly and high-profile people under the supervision of SRI, which charged them 4.5 million dollars

This same week, the SRI reported that it had discovered at least five types of tax risks when examining eight presidential candidates. It does not identify names, as it would be a legal offence.

What did SRI discover?

The Tax Administration has been conducting tax PCR for more than six months and during that period collected 100 million dollars in this control. From September to November 2022, it was carried out on 67 prominent natural persons across the country: 52 taxpayers accepted the Unified and Temporary Tax Regime for Regulating Assets Abroad (Rivut) and Contribution to Heritage, and 15 for Tax on Undeclared Rental Income. Candidates for early elections on August 20 are now being checked.

This control has no electoral consequences in terms of registering candidacies, what the DRI is looking for is a socio-civic assessment of whether the candidate fulfills his obligations or has shown evasive behavior throughout his history, the official commented a few days ago.