CRIM speeds cadastral digitization to lift municipal collections

The Municipal Revenue Collection Center (CRIM), headed by its executive director Reinaldo Paniagua Látimer, presented to the corporation's governing board the progress of the technological modernization and cadastral mapping-update program. The initiative uses remote sensors, high-resolution satellite images, and geographic information systems (GIS) to detect thousands of undeclared residential and commercial structures or unassessed additions across the 78 municipalities.

The plan to detect unregistered improvements, which runs from new construction to pools and commercial annexes, seeks to capture additional revenue from personal- and real-property tax without raising the rates now in force. Executive director Reinaldo Paniagua Látimer explained that the immediate goal is to add tens of millions of dollars to the coffers of city halls facing severe budget strain.

The project's urgency answers the stepped cut to the Equalization Fund, imposed by the Fiscal Oversight Board under Robert F. Mujica Jr., which eliminated more than $350 million in annual direct transfers from the central government to the municipalities. Both the Association of Mayors and the Federation of Mayors have warned that the fiscal autonomy of rural municipalities will depend on CRIM's ability to collect, fairly and quickly, the taxes on unassessed properties.

Source: NotiCel. https://www.noticel.com/gobierno/ahora/20260528/crim-avanza-plan-de-digitalizacion-y-actualizacion-catastral/