New payment methods include internet payment platform and WhatsApp
Jocotepec increased its tax liability by 30 percent in January of this 2022. Photo: Courtesy.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía.- Jocotepec residents displayed good tax participation. In January alone, they paid 9,453,761 pesos in property and water taxes.
Of the amount collected, 5,606,790 pesos correspond to property tax payments and 3,846,971 pesos to potable water services, stated Marcela Góngora Jiménez, Jocotepec’s Treasury Director.
The official highlighted that the amount of taxes collected during the first month represented an increase of approximately 30 percent in property tax payments over last year, as well as 36 percent increase in water service payments, which is why she was pleased with the tax response this year in contrast to previous years.
This, Góngora Jiménez explained, may have been due to the implementation of new tax payment options such as the recently implemented internet payment platform, which allowed taxpayers to meet their obligations on time through debit or credit cards.
«I believe that expanding the options for receiving payments allowed the citizenry to respond,» affirmed the Treasury director.
According to municipal president José Miguel Gómez López, the water collection issue had not been regularized due to the supply failures that had persisted since he took office in his last administration.
Also, the implementation of a new ChatBot that allowed users to make their payments through the WhatsApp application, have been part of the changes that the municipality optimized in collection matters that, according to Gómez López, was previously chaotic.
Thus, municipal authorities celebrated the collection situation for this year which was surprising, given the general five percent increase in taxes for the population, approved by the Jalisco Congress.
Finally, the official urged the community to be aware of their respective tax responsibilities, since the proper functioning of social programs and services depends on the payment of taxes.
Translated by Sydney Metrick
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