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04-04-2007, 02:30 PM
Santo Domingo West (SDO) municipality's efforts to raise funds through a municipal sales tax have led to strong protests from the Industrial Association (AIRD), the Herrera Industrial Association (AEIH), and the National Competitiveness Council. The 1% sales tax is supposed to come from the large numbers of rum, beer, plastics, edible oil, propane distributors and petroleum businesses in the municipality, one of the most industrialized areas in Santo Domingo. The AIRD calls the sale tax "unconstitutional", since it appears to contravene Article 37 of the Constitution that says that only Congress can institute a general tax. Andres Van der Horst Jr., the head of the Competitiveness Council (CNC), told Listin Diario reporters that such a tax could well "kill the goose that lays the golden egg."
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