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INGUAT's 10% lodging tax and its revenue

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Tourism, hospitality and residency24-turismo-residencia.md
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Tourism and lodging incentivesincentivos
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Invest · The 29-89 regime: benefits and qualification/invertir/incentivos-fiscales
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Article 21, subparagraph b) of Decree 1701 (the INGUAT Organic Act, as amended by Decree 7-80) establishes a 'tax of ten per cent (10%) on lodging, charged on the rate excluding food and other services, in hotels, motels, campsites, guesthouses and other accommodation centers'; it falls on the user and is collected under INGUAT's regulations. It is not charged on lodging for monthly periods or of thirty consecutive days — relevant to medium-term rentals and to the design of any charge on platforms. That in practice only establishments registered with INGUAT pass it on is a press description, not statutory text. Collections: Q191.69 M in 2024, Q197.46 M in 2025 and Q117.07 M in January–July 2026.

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RateDecreto 1701 art. 21 b)
10% on the lodging rate (food excluded)in force
Lodging tax collectionsPrensa Libre 8-ago-2026
Q191.69 M2024
Lodging tax collectionsPrensa Libre 8-ago-2026
Q197.46 M2025
Lodging tax collectionsPrensa Libre 8-ago-2026
Q117.07 MJan–Jul 2026

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