The hunt is on by the troops of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET) for vehicles that have not renewed their license plates. Basically the license is a sticker on the windscreen which denotes the year that it is valid for.As of yesterday, 19th November, AMET rounded up 2.438 vehicles, of which 1,161 were in Greater Santo Domingo, the North region (505), the East (399), the South (204) and in the Northeast (169).
The vehicle owners that had not fulfilled the requirements of paying for their stickers blamed the AMET for their lack of "a chance", while others latched onto excuses. Some vehicle owners even went as far as saying that AMET were "abusing" their powers. The majority of the guilty parties and the excuses ranged from an alleged lack of money or of work or forgetfulness and in other cases the purchase of a new car as the reason they had not purchased the sticker before 17 November.
Those that had their vehicle towed away will have to pay a RD$1200 fine and the additional RD$600 late fee that is added to the original sticker cost.
The Director General of Internal Taxes (DGII) reported that as of yesterday they had collected RD$909 million for the payment of the Tax on Circulation of Motor Vehicles, from the 673,686 that had renewed on time, of which 35,000 did it on-line.
The DGII began the sale of the Motorcycle Registration at the warehouses of the MAET at the Dog track on the Monumental Avenue of Santo Domingo and on the Charles De Gaule Avenue in North Santo Domingo in order to speed up the process for those that have not done so. The AMET director said that the operations would continue.
