The General Directorate of Local Authorities (DGCT) has set June 30th, 2021 as the last deadline to benefit from the cancellation of surcharges, fines, penalties and collection costs related to various taxes.

The General Directorate of Local Authorities (DGCT) has published, this Thursday, June 17th, a note on the last deadline to benefit from the cancellation of fines, penalties, surcharges and collection costs relating to taxes, duties, contributions and fees due to local authorities.

In accordance with Article 7 of Law No. 07-20 of December 31, 2020, amending and supplementing Law No. 47-06 on taxation of local authorities, the deadline is set for June 30, 2021 to benefit from the cancellation of increases, fines, penalties and collection costs relating to taxes, duties, contributions and fees due to the regions, prefectures, provinces and municipalities, including the tax on urban land not built, the urban tax and the business tax, not collected before January 1st, 2020.

To this end, the interested parties are called upon to spontaneously pay the entire principal of these taxes, duties, contributions and fees, before July 1st, 2021, reads a press release from the DGCT.

Those liable only for fines, penalties, increases and collection costs not collected before January 1st, 2020 benefit from their total and spontaneous cancellation.