Cabinet decides to impose a fee on vehicle registration and puts controls the distribution of housing


8/3/2016

Baghdad / Ibrahim Ibrahim - the long - Presse

Agreed the Iraqi Council of Ministers, on Tuesday, the draft of the imposition of duties on registration of imported vehicles for the first time in the traffic circles decision yet determine how the vehicle previously recorded, as acknowledged housing and stalls were distributed to poor controls, economists welcomed the activation of tax decisions, saying they generate on the state billions of dinars per month.


Information Office of the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, said in a statement, received a (long-Presse) a copy of it, "The Council of Ministers approved during its regular meeting, which was held on the draft decision to impose duties on registration of imported vehicles for the first time in the traffic circles, yet determine how the vehicle previously registered , restrict or cut off the public treasury to calculate wages are met. "
The statement added that "the imposition of fees will be on vehicles re-registered in the governorates not organized in a region, the owners and holders who live in these provinces," noting that "the text of the resolution to be bound by the state departments to ensure the completion of tax settlements and customs when they are registered."
The statement noted that "the fees determined by the type of vehicle which was imposed on all cars manufactured types by the General Company for the auto industry $ 500 thousand dinars, and the armored car imported (armored) six million dinars, and on vehicles and heavy trucks and equipment and construction vehicles $ 500 thousand dinars ".
The statement continued that "the decision was imposed on the vehicle registration type (taxi) Salon amount of two million dinars and the imposition of the amount of 1,000,500 thousand dinars on the bus passenger transport 12 passengers or less, and $ 500 thousand dinars to record a bus passenger transport 12 passengers and above, and the amount of four million dinars a recording of an SUV fees (6 Cylinder), and three million of the (four-cylinder), and five million of the 8-cylinder. "
The statement pointed out that "the decision to impose the amount of two million dinars on wheels saloon of (4 Cylinder), and three million of the (six-cylinder), and two million dinars on wheels load from 1-16 tons," noting that "The decision cancels all decisions that are contrary to the provisions , with the exception of imported vehicles for people with special needs, and imported vehicles for the use of police and military operations. "
The statement revealed that "the decision will apply to vehicles that entered before its release date did not determine how the interview is a vehicle that is registered in the province is part of a region after paying the registration fee, reducing the proportion (25%) for each year passed since the first record."
The statement stressed that "the Council of Ministers granted a period of three months for the re-registration of vehicles in the traffic circles of the owners and holders who live governorates not organized province, otherwise the reservation is on the vehicle," pointing out that "the decision will be implemented from the date of issuance."
The statement continued, "The Council of Ministers approved the controls housing stalls and distributed to the poor."
In his statement, the cabinet said that "the government will bear the proportion (50%) of the cost of the stalls and the actual shops and borne by the beneficiary ratio (50%) of the remaining cost to be reimbursed monthly installments according to the two alternatives, either to pay over (10 years) or at (5 years) , that devolve funds to the public treasury of the state, "noting that" the state shall own recovery money administrative expenses (1%), according to the provisions of Article (40) of the sale and lease of state property law No. (21) for the year 2013 ".
He also added that "the Council of Ministers also decided to form a committee to address the scarcity of funding and the salinity of the water project in Basra."
The Council decided "to form a committee of the Prime Minister's Office and the advisers, agents and Ministries (Planning, Finance, and Construction and Housing, and municipalities), in addition to the National Authority for Investment and the province of Basra, for the purpose of negotiating about the financial offer and the mechanism for payment on credit, which includes interest rate and years of payment and any financial and legal issues, The assignment of the Committee's recommendations above to the Committee on economic Affairs to consider the recommendations. "
And that "this procedure was for drinking and the development of water systems in Basra and other provinces maintain water supply," adding that "the Council also decided to extend the loan granted from the Trade Bank of Iraq to the Ministry of Electricity to 2017".
For his part, economist Mustafa Mohamed Habib, in an interview for the "long", that "the government's focus on the activation of the financial aspects such as taxes and fees all kinds can come back to the public treasury of the state a percentage of the money is considered good."
"The financial crisis experienced by the country forced the government to reconsider many of the economic decisions and laws that bring state financial resources have been neglected over the past years."
He explained that the beloved "Cabinet decisions need to arms of an executive on the ground, you can apply the laws in accordance with sound economic frameworks take into account the interests of the citizens do not neglect the right of the state to provide multiple services."
He said the "study of the experiences of developed countries in the tax sector and the extent of the potential available to the Government in its application to the local Iraqi market contributes significantly to maximize internal resources and the phasing out of the oil, which is the first day to source the federal public budget."
He stressed the beloved "The application of economic packages uniform and homogeneous provide the public treasury billions of dinars, which can rotate in different ways to support and stimulate the private sector on the one hand and the rehabilitation of the infrastructure of the state on the other hand."

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