Congress considered taxing thing inevitable to cover the deficit in the budget
Tomorrow Press / Baghdad: A number of MPs, Sunday, that the imposition of taxes on mobile devices and mobile companies is necessary and important to bridge the budget deficit, and argued that the tax and customs have a big payoff for the state and would be economically tributary along with the oil.
A member of Rep. Nora Albjara Economic Commission for "tomorrow Press", that "the government imposed taxes on the mobile phone is not quite a bit to keep up with the rest of the world, but taxing the current time affects low-income people, particularly the poor and the middle class," stating, "We not with actions that reflect negatively on the poor citizen. "
Albjara and demanded to "impose taxes on high income earners, but this also is not commensurate with the current stage, the lack of statistical knowledge of the entry level of the people."
She added, "We have reported the existence of other taxes levied on electricity and water, so that this step must precede the provision of basic services to citizens in order to achieve the goal of saving energy taxes and therefore there is a payoff for the state."
Albjara explained that "Iraq has not done so far by the religious tourism, especially our two provinces account for a large religious tourism, Vtfiel this side and to reduce high-income and special grades ensures fair salaries exceeded the fiscal deficit in the budget."
She MP for the National Federation of the forces that "the resources of the country are exposed to loss significantly, due to the existence of the files of corruption."
For his part, said a member of the Finance Committee in the Parliament MP Massoud Rustam said that "tax and customs good fee possible that state revenues increase, in addition to the agricultural and industrial private sector sector, we demanded the government to take advantage of the rest of the sectors to fill the reservation," noting that "the government should impose taxes on mobile phone companies and significant funds will revert to the government. "
He added that "Iraq has ports and ports, border can be levied by millions if used and managed the government properly, but unfortunately not yet used correctly," explaining that "dependence on oil is never true, so the state privatization of the industrial sector and encourage the private sector." .
Rustam said that "taking taxes from mobile phone sales is good, and the State exploit all the resources and all sectors to clog made in the budget shortfall."
For his part, explained the legal committee member Salim Shawki that "some countries consider any entry it Xiahh earn them big money, but the visit forty in Iraq ideological issue and the government considered it so, and did not take graphics to foreign visitors."
"The visit forties her past and attitudes in Iraq, on the other hand, the government did not take the drawings as a result of circumstance, which passes by the country and made the visitors come from all over the world for free as a challenge of terrorism and to show the world and the media that Iraq is still able to defeat terrorism and believes in millions visit, which was not taking place until Mecca. "
Shawki and stressed that "the coming days, after riding conditions will organize the visit and will be considered religious tourism will be the certain mooring for foreign visitors, but now there are exceptional circumstances," explaining that "taking the taxes on sales of mobile phones or phone companies mobile is good and it was inevitable since the time of collection taxes to benefit the state of the country's overall economy. "
Shawki said that "most of the mobile phone companies evade paying taxes, though there was a lawmaker for the forced state law firms to pay taxes and earned him more money," noting that "the government today are required to submit a special law firms mobile phones in order to proceed within the parliament to be a tributary another to make money. "
It is noteworthy that the state budget for the current year has not yet recognize ago that sent the government for nearly eight months to former House were not included on the agenda, while procrastinated previous Presidency for inclusion due to the lack of them political blocs agreement, nor that harassment continues while people wait for things to material related thereto, as well as the stalled projects.
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