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Where & how to pay property & car taxes, water bills

Business at government offices in Chapala will be bustling as of Monday, January 6 following the holiday vacation period, as local residents start pouring in to cover annual fiscal responsibilities and take advantage of early-bird discount rates. Here is a user’s guide to what is due and where to pay.

Projects left in limbo at year’s end

Back in early May, Chapala Mayor Moisés Anaya presided at a public meeting at the Ajijic plaza to announce how the government would spend money collected from early-bird tax payers who voted on their preferences during the first three months of this year.

Chapala sets 2020 spending budget

By majority vote of the City Council on December 12, Chapala’s spending budget for the coming year was set at 310,783,300 pesos, pending ratification by the state legislature and publication in the state’s official gazette by the end of this month.