Do I pay less taxes if my house is not plastered? Specialist answers this

Currently there are two types of taxes that people must pay when owning property. He property consists of the tax generated by the fact of owning itwhile the taxes serve to pay for some services such as garbage collection, street cleaning, among others. In various places in the country you can see houses that have not been plastered, this has generated the existence of the popular belief that some people do this to pay less taxes to their respective municipalities.

Therefore, in this note The Republicwe consulted with tax lawyer Jorge Picón to answer this question regarding the payment of taxes.

Do I pay less taxes if my house is not plastered?

According to what was stated by lawyer Picón, The payment of the excise tax is measured by other completely different factors, therefore, it is not affected by it.. However, in property taxes it is different. These are paid depending on the property valuation And the finishes that said property has do influence that.

The legal expert pointed out that A built home has greater value than one that is in progress, which is why higher property taxes are paid. However, Picón points out that there is a problem in the tax inspection and collection processtherefore, some people do not declare that their home has been completed and do not pay the corresponding amount.

The lawyer pointed out that this can happen in the 90% of district municipalities in Peru, added to the acts of corruption in these entities, it is not possible to have control of the people who pay taxes correctly. A possible solution to this, according to the lawyer, is the creation of an entity equivalent to Sunat, but that supervises the collection of taxes in the municipalities.

On the other hand, he pointed out with respect to the property tax, that when calculating it, the municipalities do not take into account whether the wall has painting or majolica, nor the cost of the floor; However, large companies do usually declare it.