Financial adviser: Iraq is (last on) the list of countries in the world... (in) pay(ing) taxes

Trend Press / Continue - Revealed the appearance of Mohammed Saleh, financial adviser to Prime Minister Haider Abadi, for Iraq to pay the list of countries in the world to pay taxes, pointing out that the government resorted to the option of taxes in order to diversify the economy and end the rent .

"...and end the rent" - I am assuming he means starting the end of a rentier economy (which means based solely on their oil proceeds).

"Iraq is ranked last in the world by paying taxes, because it does not correspond to 3 percent of GDP because the culture of tax payment is weak and strange for the Iraqi people, " Saleh said in an interview with Al-Watan Press .

The above is why I added some bits to the title to more accurately translate what was being said...

Saleh added that "the payment of taxes a national mandate to contribute to everyone to provide the budget with funds and must go to the funds for projects seen by a particular citizen, such as the establishment of hospitals and streets and others," citing "the government's resort to the option of taxes to diversify the economy and the end of rents dependent on oil ."

"The tax imposed is very low and does not pose any burden on citizens," he said. "But politicians have to keep fiscal policy away from problems because they do not face more challenges."

Article Credit: aletejahtv.org (Special Thanks to Tim Tarkington)

BGG ~ Here we go on the tax issue again... last time they were "hot and heavy" over taxes and tariffs was during a push to get economic reform underway.


It boils down to one simple fact: You can't tax what they don't have (yet).