10/18/15
Alsumaria News / Baghdad
Taxation at border crossing points, the more complicated the entry of goods, Vtaalt voices of those affected, traders and residents alike, complaining paralysis The first group interests, and the second to bear the high price markets, being consumed.
It seems that taxes in Iraq upturned course, not like other countries, according to experts, making some traders practicing "sorcery" to evade them, underscoring Congress, that taxes are met was turned off, but they have done in order to finance a fierce waged country war, and the payment of salaries of state employees.
Taxes between the bar and the Secretariat
Says member of the Economic Committee in the House of Representatives Najiba Najib in an interview with Alsumaria News's, that "the government is obliged at present to meet the tax of imported goods to finance the war against Daash, as well as employees' salaries," pointing out that "these laws exist and window."
Najib adds, that "these taxes were not new as it was parked and faced some obstacles and lack of seriousness," indicating that "the government has formed committees for reconsideration actually been activated at the present time."
The Finance Committee of the House of Representatives member Hossam punitive, he says in an interview with Alsumaria's News, "The taxes imposed are legal and some have admitted them previously and some of which was approved in 2015," stressing "the importance of these taxes in reducing the import and activating the Iraqi Product ".
And it calls for punitive Iraqi government to "put customs points in the regions to meet with Kurdistan region to ensure the inclusion of all traders to such taxes," stressing that "the failure to extend the cargo that comes through the region would get an imbalance and disparity in prices."
Tarion traders practicing "sorcery"
Economic Bassem Jamil Antoine expert describe what he is doing some traders from the demonstrations and the refusal of the tax as "a kind of sorcery that they practice to pressure the government to abandon the tax," noting that "much of the world has duties and taxes imposed on imported goods."
Explains Antoine in an interview with Alsumaria's News, that "the imposition of such taxes and customs duties is important for the state and the economy of Iraq to protect domestic production of industry and agriculture," he said, adding that "previous misguided policies led to the market to be exposed, and did not create the industrial market and agricultural, which led worsen the situation following a drop in global oil prices, and so any rapid application of the laws of the corresponding rejected by the community. "
And confirms Antoine, that "taxes should not be levied at border ports like customs duties, but after that, but the lack of a fixed place of traders and lack of transparency as well as non-possession of most traders Translated import vacation, make the safest way to get this tax is through the border crossing points." .
Taxes "Introduction" customary reverse
For his part, the merchant Mohammed Jawad al-Hassani, the tax burdened the burden on traders, where he says in an interview with Alsumaria News's, said that "the imposition of taxes in advance for goods imported by, in addition to tariffs created a new burden on the merchant," noting that "these taxes will commodity prices lifted in the markets. "
And indicates al-Hassani to, that "these taxes may not be met in advance as imposed later on sales," asserting that "these taxes at the border are met will delay entry originally delayed goods, and thus will pay the merchant for the outlets of the Kurdistan region, which charge fees do not exceed three per cent of the the price of the goods, as well as facilitate the entry ".
Hassani and showing surprise at the imposition of this tax at this time, did not rule out the existence of a "conspiracy hatched in the Ministry of Finance started deliberately impose these taxes to transform trade through the northern ports."
Dozens of traders demonstrated on 13 October 2015 in front of the port of Umm Qasr to demand a halt of sales resulting from the application of their goods tax law.
The Cabinet decided, in June 2015 met the tariff at all border crossing points, as well as taxes as of last August.
The Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari said said in (20 December, the current), said that the ministry is working to reduce the budget deficit by increasing taxes and imposing customs on goods entering the country fees, while the number of House of Representatives of the government called for the need to impose taxes and raise electricity and water rates and some Other services provided by the government to the citizen and gradually.
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