The Internal Revenue service trains leaders of private colleges on the introduction of the tax education program during the next school year

The Internal Revenue service trains leaders of private colleges on the introduction of the tax education program during the next school year 
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic May 10, 2012

With support from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), Germania Montás, Assistant General Director of the Internal Revenue service (DGII for its acronym in Spanish), spoke before dozens of executives of the private educational centers that have joined the Tax Education program.

First of all, the program entails the training of the teachers on tax issues with special manuals prepared for the “New Way to Learn How To Participate” program.

The Assistant General Director of the Internal Revenue service, Germania Montás Yapur, headed the first meeting of directors of private colleges who will be utilizing the “New Way to Learn How To Participate” program during the next school year. The contents of the tax education program will be introduced in the “Education, Morals and Civics” class.

The official held a conference in the auditorium of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) as an orientation on the new tax education program for the executives of the private educational centers. The objective of the program is to have educators instill in students a new culture of good citizenship on tax compliance, as well as their participation and recognition of their rights and duties with society at large. 

With the participation of 80 chancellors from private educational centers, Montás highlighted the importance this program will have for the nation’s future, since students will be taught to be fiscally responsible citizens.  First of all, the program entails the training of the teachers on tax issues with special manuals prepared for the “New Way to Learn How To Participate” program.

“This is the way to teach students how to comply with their duties and in turn motivate their parents as they see how the DGII efficiently manages their taxcontributions by giving back in the form of education for their children through projects such as this one, and thereby adopting its fiscal responsibility. For this reason among many others, we need to count on the participation of the main stakeholders in the educational process, and we must educate citizens to fully carry out their rights and duties, thereby contributing to the nation’s development,” stated the official.

Sara Güílamo and Inmaculada Torres, from the Civics Education Consortium, Claudia de Bogaert, the Vice President of the Association of Private Colleges, and other officials from the DGII, attended the conference.

A few years ago, the Internal Revenue service and the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic (MINERD) signed an agreement to include tax education content in the official education curriculum, under the Morals and Civics class, with the objective of providing adequate citizenship education on tax issuesto future professionals. The Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) was asked to collaborate in the professional development of teachers through the Civics Education Consortium.

The “New Way to Learn How To Participate” program seeks to have teachers instill in students a new culture of good citizenship on tax compliance, as well as their participation and recognition of their rights and duties to become fiscally responsible citizens. The funds have been provided by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and have been awarded by the DGII to the PUCMM’s Civics Education Consortiumfor professional development.