The collection of the 2022 property tax was positive, according to the Municipality of Quito. The owners of 780,000 properties paid the tax this year, this means that out of a million properties around 220,000 did not comply with this obligation.
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However, the proceeds represent a value of more than $85 million for the capital city council, according to the authorities. In the municipal budget they planned to reach $78 million, that is, the figure was exceeded.
Henry Reyes, metropolitan director of Citizen Services of Quito, told this newspaper that one of the reasons for this recorded surplus is due to the fact that most owners matched their obligations after the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We hope that by 2023 this progress will be maintained since it is the basis for the Municipality to start all the works that are done in the city,” said the official.
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The Central Bank of Ecuador announced the closure of the national financial system for December 30.
With this indication, the Municipality decided that the property tax collection service is enabled until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, December 29.
The service will be rehabilitated from January 1, 2023. Reyes highlighted that in their records they have identified that a large number of users make the payment at dawn on January 1, even people who make them from other countries of the world such as India , Italy and Spain.
Payment options
Citizens will be able to make the property payment in banks, cooperatives, mutuals and payment auxiliaries, with which they have more than 2,000 windows. They can also do so through electronic banking, from each institution.
Another option is through direct payment to the Municipality, by entering the website, here you can cancel with a credit or debit card.
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For this 2023, a new mode of cancellation of property obligations will be implemented, it will be through links payment. In other words, from the web page you will be able to access the consultation of values and immediately you will be offered a links payment to do it from WhatsApp or Facebook, obviously with the payment methods with debit or credit cards.
Henry Reyes added that to obtain property information it is not necessary for users to go to the service balconies either, they can do so by telephone, through the number 101 or 1800 510 510. He also added that in the Municipal agencies no collection.
discounts
The discounts will be maintained from January to June, the discount percentage will gradually decrease every fortnight. This means that from January 1 to 15, users will have a 10% discount.
From January 16 to 31, the discount will be 9%, and so on.
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In addition, it was reported that the value of the property tax will not change, since the appraisal will be part of the 2022-2023 biennium. Therefore, the rate will be the same.
The exception will be in the properties that increased their value with some construction or were disaggregated in several lots. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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