Weightings to impose taxes on the (water, electicity and fuel) and customs fees on imports

by **Ponee** Sun Dec 07, 2014 10:45 am

BAGHDAD / JD / .. tipped the parliamentary finance committee, the imposition of taxes on certain public services such as electricity, water, fuel and high customs fees on imports, especially electrical appliances, to reduce the budget deficit in 2015.

A member of the committee MP Ali Mohammed told / BD /: "The problem about reducing unnecessary expenditure in the budget of the Ministerial Committee is considering the possibility of imposing taxes on some public services and raise the government support them, such as electricity, water and some oil derivatives, as well as the increase of customs duties on some imported materials especially electrical appliances, in order to reduce the fiscal deficit to balance next year. "

He added: "This measure will be temporary until the resumption of oil prices to rise and fill the budget deficit," likely that "the tax rate will be low so as not to affect the citizens' ./ ended / 8 /