BAGHDAD / Wael grace
[ltr] Finance Committee does not have in the House of Representatives yet digit albeit Tkhmonaa- to the size of the expected revenue to be provided by the new taxes contained in the draft budget for 2015 Act, which will be imposed on communications and travel tickets and the automotive sector, but some lawmakers expressed their belief that the amounts that would be met "guaranteed" will not significantly affect the prices.
As expected members of the committee to pass the tax item is walking in Parliament without raising a wave of objections with a semi-agreement between the political blocs on the budget, violates another member of those considered the hypothesis that the new taxes would give the impression on the street that the government take from the citizen and weigh it instead increase of the salary scale and raise their purchasing power.
Finance Committee and looks confused in how to handle the doors spending and the size of the deficit in the next budget, which more than 23 trillion dinars, while still city government to the oil giants $ 30 trillion -foreig amount Aladz- recent pledged to pay at least $ 12 billion in the end of 2015, It means that the government of Nuri al-Maliki accused of squandering large sum, did not pay dues until oil investors.
He says a member of the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives Faleh sarees that "taxes imposed in accordance with Article 33 in the draft budget for 2015 impact of the law is very limited on prices," noting that "the proportion of 20% imposed on Kartat mobilize mobiles targeted classes above average and officials who Iserfon in the use of mobile phones, while the middle and lower classes use one card or two a month. "
He adds sarees in a statement to the "long" that "the draft budget to impose 12% on car prices, which are usually purchased by the wealthy classes, managers and classes above average, while not constitute workers in low-cabs price ratio, for example, 10% of car buyers only," pointing out that "the tickets that have undergone the same rate imposed on cars are also not going to affect the poor classes that do not use aircraft except in rare cases, a travel cases for the purpose of treatment." And see the effect that the new tax imposed is a "national responsibility" on the citizen to participate in budget support, which is facing a deficit of great appreciated by more than 25 trillion dinars, and the control gates of exchange and spending and accounting charge, revealing that the city government of $ 30 trillion dinars -foreig size of the deficit - oil companies in the previous licensing rounds concluded under the previous government, which counted MP rounds marred by corruption cases, and Parliament needs to hire a financial audit firms to reveal the amounts spent dues and oil companies. He says in effect that "the government has pledged to pay at least $ 12 billion of those companies the end of 2015," adding that "the circumstances warrant of officials and MPs to give up part of their salaries and allowances to support the budget and not just temporary savings, which dates back to him at the end of the year ". He predicted sari, a deputy from the mass citizen to be added to the other paragraphs of the tax in the budget -lm Balillt- determined in the budget that he says will be "compatible" to be imposed will not face significant objections discussion sessions, but he stresses that taxes be close to the Justice At less Tkadir- and targeting high-income owners. So violates the other member of the Finance Committee Ahmed Sarhan what went to him last, and considered that the imposition of the tax would adversely affect the price and the injured are poor.
Ahmed added in a statement to the "long" that "citizen waiting for the government's oil and the state to raise the salary scale and increase its purchasing power, not to fill the budget deficit to increase the burden on the poor." He pointed out that "the new taxes will be imposed on citizens and arrange the new financial obligations and burdens, and there are other ways to make up the deficit."
And see the Finance Committee member, said "the imposition of fees on government daily transactions and prices simple does not feel the citizen will provide large sums of money to the public treasury while being collected," pointing to the importance of "tourism, agriculture, industry and the elimination of corruption, which will save large sums of money added for the general budget to invest."
Ahmed is expected, a deputy from the Kurdistan Democratic Party to see the budget discussion "major objections" to paragraph taxes sessions, and to defend representatives of the poor areas in Iraq for their representatives affected by the new amounts Ststofiha mobile companies and the government of the citizen.
In parallel, says a third member of the Finance Committee is Jabbar al-Abadi said the "new taxes in the budget of 2015 relating to the necessary citizen needs, which included elements of lies to find the alternatives, and governed by one year."
Abadi and confirms the "long" that "the government is facing problems in obtaining the tax and customs fees at border crossing points and because of the presence of evasion, but specified in the last budget items can not evade them and no room for a bribe."
He adds Abadi, a deputy from the National Alliance, "The new tax will be levied at high speed and Bmrdodat financial and consumer take Kart mobile and internet and airfare plus tax, and on the cars will not be able to any buyer that converts the new car to his property without paying the tax."
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