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Naam waziri wa mawasiliano na uchumi wa kidigital Isa pantami ilibidi aunde kamati ku review proposal ya kuongeza asilimia 5 ya Tozo hiyo ni mbali na VAT 7.5 wanayopigwa makampuni hayo ya simu ikaonekana ni OVER over taxation, waziri kaamua kuachana nayo.
Hapo ni baada ya kuona kilio kikubwa kwa jirani zao Ghana walioanzisha tozo kwenye miamala ya simu na kupelekea kupungua kwa transactions kwa kiwango cha kutisha.
Kwa hapa bongo leo nimeona gazeti la citizen likiripoti kilio cha Vodacom kuhusu kupungua kwa faida za miamala sababu ya tozo.
Tukutane miezi kadhaa mbele kusikia vilio vya mabeki sababu raia wananyofoa pesa kutoka kwenye accounts kama hawana akili huku wazee wa tozo wakiwakodi kina Steve Nyerere kudhihaki watawaliwa.
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The Nigerian government has halted a new telecommunications tax in its tracks.
The tax, a 5% levy on top of the current 7.5% value-added tax, was supposed to go into effect this year. It was proposed by the government to boost revenue for the economy, which is reaching new heights in inflation and new depths in tax-to-gross domestic product ratios.
If it’s so important, why was it halted?
A committee was set up to review the tax policy before setting the ball rolling. The communications and digital economy minister, Isa Pantami, who inaugurated the committee, argued that the telecommunications sector is already overtaxed. They already pay taxes to the federal, state, and local governments in about 41 different categories. He emphasised that the new tax is unfair to the network providers who haven’t increased the cost of their services despite the rising cost of doing business there.
The network operators also said that this new tax would result in a decline in their revenue. MTN said its operation in Ghana is seeing a decline in its mobile money revenue, and the telco attributed it to a tax that was implemented there earlier this year.
The government has put a stop to the new 5% tax implementation, but how will it raise the funds necessary to reduce the budget deficit, which is predicted to reach a record high in 2023?
Hapo ni baada ya kuona kilio kikubwa kwa jirani zao Ghana walioanzisha tozo kwenye miamala ya simu na kupelekea kupungua kwa transactions kwa kiwango cha kutisha.
Kwa hapa bongo leo nimeona gazeti la citizen likiripoti kilio cha Vodacom kuhusu kupungua kwa faida za miamala sababu ya tozo.
Tukutane miezi kadhaa mbele kusikia vilio vya mabeki sababu raia wananyofoa pesa kutoka kwenye accounts kama hawana akili huku wazee wa tozo wakiwakodi kina Steve Nyerere kudhihaki watawaliwa.
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The Nigerian government has halted a new telecommunications tax in its tracks.
The tax, a 5% levy on top of the current 7.5% value-added tax, was supposed to go into effect this year. It was proposed by the government to boost revenue for the economy, which is reaching new heights in inflation and new depths in tax-to-gross domestic product ratios.
If it’s so important, why was it halted?
A committee was set up to review the tax policy before setting the ball rolling. The communications and digital economy minister, Isa Pantami, who inaugurated the committee, argued that the telecommunications sector is already overtaxed. They already pay taxes to the federal, state, and local governments in about 41 different categories. He emphasised that the new tax is unfair to the network providers who haven’t increased the cost of their services despite the rising cost of doing business there.
The network operators also said that this new tax would result in a decline in their revenue. MTN said its operation in Ghana is seeing a decline in its mobile money revenue, and the telco attributed it to a tax that was implemented there earlier this year.
The government has put a stop to the new 5% tax implementation, but how will it raise the funds necessary to reduce the budget deficit, which is predicted to reach a record high in 2023?
