A demonstration in front of the port of Umm Qasr to protest a sales tax
October 12, 2015 0


Organized dozens of dealers and suppliers of vehicles in Basra province, Wednesday morning, a peaceful demonstration at the entrance to the port of Umm Qasr to protest the application of sales tax of 15% plus 3% applicable previously, demanding the Federal Government to abolish the new tax and the old tax system like the Kurdistan regional ports.

He said an economy that protestors cut off the road leading to the harbor for several minutes with security devices has to be opened before the movement of vehicles and goods.

A number of demonstrators for the correspondent economy newsletter receive offers from businesses in the region requires entering vehicles through Kurdistan sales tax of 3% for those companies to 51% of the Iraqi merchant profits that some merchants confirmed their determination to resort to this solution if the Federal Government did not abolish a new sales tax on entry of vehicles 15%.

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