The Dominican Ministry of Finance and Economy has presented an anti-crisis fiscal package centred on a three-percentage-point surcharge on corporate income tax for large taxpayers, raising the rate from 27 to 30 per cent for three years, and an array of supporting measures including higher taxation of casinos and games of chance.
Minister Magín Díaz said the package aimed to raise between 40 and 50 billion pesos in additional revenue and to protect the most vulnerable sectors against the persistent international crisis. The package will be submitted to Congress for approval.
Higher taxation of casinos and games of chance figures as one of a large number of consolidation measures alongside a three-percentage-point surcharge on corporate income tax for large taxpayers, an increase in the tax on cheques and electronic transfers from 0.15 to 0.2 per cent, a new selective consumption tax on electronic cigarettes and a US$10 increase in the tax on international air tickets.
The corporate income tax surcharge — taking the rate from 27 to 30 per cent for three years — will apply only to large taxpayers, defined as companies with annual revenue above 1 billion pesos and corresponding to roughly 0.8 per cent of all firms in the country. The package will now go to Congress for approval.
The casino and gambling element of the package was presented without a specific new rate. That detail will follow in the text submitted to Congress.
The announcement arrived in a regulatory environment in which the executive has already taken steps to tighten oversight of the sector. Casino and slot-hall operators in the Dominican Republic faced a 14 May 2026 deadline to file their first sworn suitability declarations with the Casino and Gambling Directorate inside the Ministry of Finance and Economy, under External Circular MHE-2026-011897 of 13 April 2026. The deadline comes from Resolution 161-2026 and was set at 30 working days from the date of the resolution.
Other changes are also underway in the lottery sector. Senator Pedro Tineo has filed a bill to convert the National Lottery into a decentralised state body with autonomous financial and administrative powers and primary responsibility for the supervision of lottery banks, sports betting houses, casinos and electronic games.
Centralising oversight in the National Lottery is intended to simplify a patchwork of rules and close long‑standing enforcement gaps, especially in the “bancas” lottery segment. Backers say a single regulator would make it easier to align licensing, compliance and tax collection and strengthen coordination with the tax authority and other agencies.
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The Dominican Ministry of Finance and Economy has presented an anti-crisis fiscal package centred on a three-percentage-point surcharge on corporate income tax for large taxpayers, raising the rate from 27 to 30 per cent for three years, and an array of supporting measures including higher taxation of casinos and games of chance. Minister Magín Díaz…
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