WEightings to impose taxes on Public services such as electricity, water and fuel to meet the budget deficit

by **Ponee** Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:53 am

Parliamentary Finance Committee suggested, 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 said in a statement seen by the Agency for News Agency (et) that "the Ministerial Committee formed about reducing unnecessary expenditure in the budget is studying 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 increased customs duties on some imported items, 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."

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by **Ponee** Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:55 am

Finance Minister: Government will resort to the imposition of taxes on mobile phone sales to bridge the budget deficit

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Revealed Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari, the Iraqi government will resort for the first time to impose taxes on mobile phone sales to bridge the shortfall in the budget, while noting that large numbers of the popular crowd did not receive their salaries.
Zebari said in an exclusive interview with Channel "Arab" and followed up for News Agency (et) will present the draft 2015 budget to the end of next week, the Council of Ministers, "likely to" be approved"
"The plan followed in the budget is the rationalization of expenditure and reduce costs and bridging the existing deficit, which reached 35 trillion Iraqi dinars," he said, adding that "for the first time Baghdad will resort to the imposition of taxes on mobile phone sales in addition to a host of other taxes to cover the deficit"

He reiterated that "the bulk of the budget goes to military effort and defensive effort for the country," pointing out that "it was more than 800 million disbursed salaries of the popular crowd, but that the money did not reach all concerned where there is a complaint that large numbers of the popular crowd did not receive their salaries".

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WEightings to impose taxes on Public services such as electricity, water and fuel to meet the budget deficit

WEightings to impose taxes on Public services such as electricity, water and fuel to meet the budget deficit

Parliamentary Finance Committee suggested, 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.

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