Government fees and taxes are important to reduce the deficit and compatible with the International Monetary requests



02/11/2016 (0:01 pm) - The number of readings: 41


Baghdad / Zahra Hamid- term

He affirmed the financial advisor to the prime minister, Haider Abadi, on Tuesday, that in the coming 2017 budget, was "incompatible" with the demands of the International Monetary Fund, returned to "expand" non-oil imports and the application of duties and taxes which estimated "true" sets of indebtedness and bring benefit increase of 12 percent, while economists considered that the problem "lies not" raise taxes but the tax levied and the same pot, accusing the government to take action, "increase the burden" of citizens and local production.


He said the appearance of Mohammed Saleh, in an interview to the (long-Presse), said that "in the coming 2017 budget was in line with the demands of the International Monetary Fund, particularly in the matter of activating the non-oil resources," he returned to those "imports from duties and taxes and other, important to reduce the deficit the budget. "

Saleh added that "Iraq should maximize its resources in non-oil, to reduce the growing indebtedness," and "it requires to take the community to contribute to its role."

And saw a counselor Abadi, that "religion should never be a substitute oil," stressing that "the correct alternative is to maximize revenue and to find sources of fees and taxes that were hidden were not known for its container."

Saleh continued, that "the fees and taxes apply the correct form can raise a part of the deficit, it can also add non-oil imports, from duties and taxes, a coupon of 12 percent of the budget," Msttrda that "the budget plan for achieving the goal, and it's up to tax administration and fees and It can achieve, with the tax plan, which painted a budget in 2016 is still not optimistic yet they did not add more than eight percent of the budget. "

Article 24 first of the draft budget law in the next 2017, the continued imposition of tax on shipping mobile phone cards, and networks of the Internet by 20 percent, from the value of the card, while Paragraph Second, the imposition of an airport tax lump sum of $ 25 thousand dinars, ticket one in all Iraqi airports (outer travel) as revenue for the Treasury.

He saw an economist, that "the problem is not to impose the tax but the tax levied and the same pot," and accused the government of "taking action increases the burden on citizens as well as domestic production." He said Majid picture, in an interview to the (long-Presse), "The non-oil revenues were calculated in the budget of 2017 on the basis of 11 trillion dinars, including tax procedures and fees," noting that "the problem is not to impose the tax, but in which they are levied, and in the tax base itself." .

Suri said, "The tax policy should take into account the trends related to economic development and the protection of the local product and encouragement," and expressed deep regret because "the government's actions lead to an increased burden on the citizens as well as increasing the burden on local production."

For his part, economist Mohammed Abdul Latif Al-Ani in an interview for the "long", that "the application of collection and public tax laws process by the executive bodies is one of the most important problems facing the country in the collection of wage taxes and fees customs, because of the outbreak of the financial and administrative corruption in most institutions government. "

"The past years have witnessed a significant neglect by successive governments of the aspects of the tax activate as the Iraqi government received $ 1 income tax in 2013, while the estimated amount ranged from 16 to 18 billion dollars in one year, representing 15% of the general budget." .

Ani said that "to the government's lack of liquidity due to lower oil imports, pushing the budget lawmakers to intensify efforts towards increasing internal taxes in record time may cause a negative reflection on Allowatunain as a result of rising prices for quite a few of the ruling goods and commodities in the market."

He said the "global economic systems are going to gradually according to the context of the collection of fees and taxes without the intervention of the political factor in how they are levied or canceled because it represents an essential foundation in the process of building and maintaining infrastructure for all service projects in the country."

The (long-Presse), has been published in (the 25th of October 2016 the present), the draft general budget for the financial year next Act in 2017, which is worth more than 100 trillion dinars, the total deficit to exceed 21 trillion dinars.

The parliamentary Finance Committee has confirmed, in, (the 24 of October now), that the next 2017 budget year amounting to 100 trillion dinars, while showed that the oil where the revenue will amount to 67.5 trillion deficit up to 21 percent, expected to be approved within the constitutional period specific.

The head of the House of Representatives, Saleem al-Jubouri, announced (23 this month), all assume the presidency of the parliament a draft budget law for fiscal 2017, as amended by the Council of Ministers.

The Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, said in (the 18th of October now), to send the draft budget to the 2017 Act to the House of Representatives after making amendments to it, indicating that the project included the previous agreement with the Kurdistan region.

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