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Exhibition The Lens Of My Eyes organized by Leo Vrolijk

Oranjestad - On Press Day, nized yearly by photogra-
the National Library of Aru- pher and cameraman An-
ba opened the exhibition selmo Leo Vrolijk and his
The Lens Of My Eyes, orga- team.

The exhibit consists of a munity to visit this exhibit The Minister of Culture Xio-
selection of photographs at the National Library in mara Maduro congratu-
captured last year through Oranjestad, which includes lates Mr. Leo Vrolijk and his
the eyes of 15 press pho- 150 photographs. This col- team for the beautiful exhi-
tographers. lection is on display for the bition and those who con-
entire month of September. tributed and cooperated
It is for the 15th year that to make it a reality.q
Mr. Vrolijk organizes this
exhibition. This year it was
dedicated to Mr. Rudolph
Haseth and Mr. Jason In-
esia.

The Rookie of the Year, Mr.
Andrew Vrolijk, received
the Djiespie's Award.

The library invites the com-

The Tax Department registered 3.129 new taxpayers in the first half of 2022

OrANjEsTAD – The Tax De- the budget of the country income for which they are may seem simple but is continuously make in the
partment (DIMP) is a gov- of Aruba but also for other subject to tax. It is a routine more complex as it requires compliance concerning
ernment department with government entities such job of the tax authorities. strict control of the informa- the various types of taxes.
the task of guaranteeing as ATA. TPEF, AZV, SVB, DI- In the first half of 2022, the tion received. The depart-
tax revenues and facilitat- MAS and DIP. DIMP registered 3,129 new ment checks the docu- The DIMP receives a lot of
ing taxpayers in meeting taxpayers. ments and proof of identity information for new regis-
tax obligations. Before levying any tax, it is before being able to reg- trations daily. They often re-
imperative to identify and registration department ister the data in its digital ceive it from individuals or
It is a task with enormous register individuals and/ or The DIMP has its Registra- system. The DIMP must work companies but also other
responsibility, not only for companies that generate tion Department in charge closely with the Civil Regis- sources. The DIMP may re-
of the registration of private try Office (Censo), Cham- ceive anonymous informa-
individuals and companies. ber of Commerce, DOW, tion about individuals or
This department must con- DIP, Land Registry and companies that clandes-
tinuously optimize its regis- Mapping Agency, DIMAS, tinely receive income that
ter to keep it up-to-date. SVB, and ATA to verify the is not subject to tax. An in-
data. These figures indicate vestigation will start with the
This registration process what efforts the DIMP must help of, for example, the
FIOT, to eventually register
those who do not comply
with their tax liability.

Once the person or com-
pany is registered, it has the
responsibility to meet the
tax obligations and must
file tax returns and make
the corresponding pay-
ments on time. This way,
they contribute to the land
treasury and the well-being
of the country of Aruba. q