HIBAPRESS – A. Mahyaoui
The city of Taza has recently witnessed unprecedented movements in the file of collecting tax on unbuilt urban land (TNB), within the framework of efforts to restore discipline to this tax workshop, which has been the subject of criticism for years due to management imbalances.
Leading this dynamic is the head of the commune, Mounir Chintir, who has initiated a series of administrative procedures aimed at updating the data related to unbuilt real estate, and controlling those obligated to pay this tax, while emphasizing the need to comply with the declaration and payment within the legal deadlines. According to matching data, the correspondence sent by the commune included about 40 individuals, including parliamentarians and real estate developers, inviting them to settle their tax situation to avoid the arrangement of penalties and fines stipulated by law. This step comes after monitoring violations concerning the granting of unjustified exemptions, and the use of administrative documents described as suspicious, especially with regard to extension permits within the urban area, which was exploited in some cases to evade tax payment. In a related context, informed sources revealed that the commune had written to a prominent real estate developer, who is a parliamentarian, regarding tax arrears estimated at about 600 million centimes, dating back to the period between 2015 and 2025, without him taking the initiative to settle his situation until now, unlike other obligors who responded and went to the competent authorities to settle their files. These measures fall within a broader process of updating the records of tax on unbuilt urban land, in coordination with the regional authorities, with the aim of enhancing transparency, and enshrining the principles of good governance in the management of local tax resources.
