Thursday, April 17, 2014

SOMALIA: Puntland to tax UN and the other International organisations in the region


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 Garowe (Bile Blog)Tax department of the ministry of Finance of Puntland has announced to start the taxation of United Nations and the other international organization working in Puntland.
“We are in the middle of the process of taxing the International and United Naitons organizations in Puntland.” Said The head of Nugal Tax department of Punland’s finance ministry Abdiwahab Farah Ali speaking on a local media house.
Abdiwahab stated that the first time since Puntland was established, they will start taxing the relief and development organizations in the state in a bid of increasing revenue to finance the intended developments projects of the new government of Puntland led by President Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas.
Within the move of the new government of Puntland of increasing tax revenue, the tax of commercial companies in the region had been increased so as to meet the expected finance of the development projects in Puntland.
Following his resumption of office in January this year, President Abdiweli vowed to increase taxation to increase government’s revenue to take Puntland forward.

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