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170,000 seek KRA waivers on tax penalties
Official statistics shows that a total of 170,000 businesses and individuals had by Sunday made formal applications for the waivers, beating a deadline set by the taxman last month.
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Source: Business Daily
Kenya: New KRA App to Allow Tax Payment Through M-Pesa
[Nation] Taxpayers will start accessing Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) services via a mobile phone App in the race to bring more people into the tax bracket and curb evasion.
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Source: allAfrica.com
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With graduated tax failure, ‘there will be cuts, and they will be painful,’ governor says | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Jerry Nowicki Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Backers of a graduated income tax constitutional amendment conceded defeat Wednesday for Gov. JB Pritzker’s marquee policy proposal which was projected to bring in more than $3 billion annually to state coffers. With 98 percent
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
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IMF supports Freetown City Councils property tax reforms
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 July 2020: Implementation of Property Tax Reforms by the Freetown City Council, under the leadership of  Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyer has become a highly topical issue with some in favour of and others against saying the timing is not right, as the nation
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Rwanda: How Rwanda Will Raise Resources for 2020/21 Budget
The government expenditure is expected to rise in the coming fiscal year [2020/2021] by about Rwf 228
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Aww Damn: Black Billionaire Who Promised To Pay Tuition Debt of Morehouse Students Admits To Tax Fraud
According to the Department of Justice, Smith used third party accounts to conceal his income and commit tax evasion from 2000 to 2015. The DOJ stated that Smith, who is the CEO of Vista Equity Partners, intentionally did not report over $200 million of partnership income.
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Uganda's $12b Budget Offers Tax Waivers, Credit Access to SMEs
In a bid to get the Ugandan economy moving again after nearly three months of lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, the government on June 11 presented a budget offering a host of tax waivers and funding for the business
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Statewide eviction moratorium extended through August; Pittsburgh’s revenue takes hit from pandemic | New Pittsburgh Courier
Continuing the county’s triple-digit case streak Wednesday, the Allegheny County Health Department [ACHD] announced 158 new COVID-19 infections and 12 new hospitalizations. No new deaths were announced. Thursday’s announcement brings the total case count to 4,367 infections, 196 deaths and 443 past
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Tunisian Tax System Favours Most Inequitable Forms of Taxation (Oxfam Report)
Tunis/Tunisia — The Tunisian tax system favours the unfairest forms of taxation, penalises the country's middle and lower classes, in addition to depriving the state of significant income, this is the finding made by the report published Wednesday by the anti-poverty organization
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Source: allAfrica.com
Uganda: Only 1 Million Ugandans Are Paying Taxes, Says Ura
[Monitor] Uganda Revenue Authority statistics reveal that only one million people in Uganda are paying taxes despite the large population engaged in economic activities.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Rwanda: How Government Will Fund 2020/21 Budget Amidst Financial Constraints
[New Times] Unlike previous budgets, the 2020/21 budget presented to parliament earlier this week did not specify any new fiscal policies to boost revenue mobilization.
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Source: allAfrica.com
KRA takes Ndii to court in Sh2.8 million tax row
KRA takes Ndii to court in Sh2.8 million tax row
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How do we close the economic divide? | L.A. Focus News
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) is one of the state’s treasures, supplying invaluable, in-depth research into our thorniest issues such as water, housing, transportation and, most importantly, the state’s socioeconomic fragmentation. California’s politicians rarely make any
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Tax practitioner sentenced to jail after VAT abuses | Fin24
A tax practitioner, who did work for a construction company, has been sentenced to two years in prison for VAT offences.
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Gambia: Govt Spending Increases With D1.9 Billion in First 9 Months of 2020
[The Point] The Gambia government's total expenditure in the first nine months of 2020 increased by 13 per cent compared with its expenditure in the same period in 2019, spending close to D2 billion more of taxpayers' monies.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Nigeria: Taxes On Online Banking Transactions
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) would soon start collecting taxes on all online transactions in line with the Company's Income Tax Significant Economic Presence (SEP) order that requires Over-the-Top (OTT) services providers to declare the revenue they generate from Nigerian consumers and
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Kenya: Why Ukur Yatani's Sh3.6 Trillion Budget Will Be a Tough Balancing Act
[Nation] Ambassador Ukur Yatani will be on a tight rope as he reads his second budget this Thursday.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Georgia budget gap passes $850 million as revenues again lag | The Atlanta Voice
With a month left in the current budget year, Georgia’s shortfall widened to more than $850 million in May. Figures released Monday showed less of a decrease for May collections than in April, when revenues fell by more than $1 billion because the income tax deadline was postponed to July. But
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
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Chancellor Sunak’s Budget 2021 sets path for recovery - African Voice Newspaper
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak in his Budget 2021 presented on Wednesday 3 March said his immediate priority continues to be supporting those hardest hit, with extensions to furlough, self-employed support, business grants, loans and VAT cuts, bringing total fiscal support to over £407
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Source: African Voice Newspaper - African news from a British perspective
Kenya: Mudavadi to Competitors - Walk the Talk on Reviving the Economy, Not Rhetoric
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi has urged politicians tagging their 2022 presidential ambitions on the resuscitation of the economic agenda to walk the talk.
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Source: allAfrica.com
VACCINE TEASE
Pushing aggressively for herd immunity in Jamaica within the new fiscal year, the Holness administration announced on Tuesday a $60-billion allocation aimed at purchasing COVID-19 vaccines and dedicated to social and economic recovery under an...
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Gov. Pritzker Delivers Third Balanced Budget Proposal. | Chicago Defender
Governor JB Pritzker proposed his third balanced budget, closing nearly $1 billion in corporate tax loopholes and holding overall state spending flat while strengthening the social safety net. The proposed budget does not increase income taxes for hardworking Illinois families. The administration
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Uganda: Where Is the Demand Boost in 2020/21 Budget?
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Egypt: Maait to MSMEs - Simplified Tax Based On Volume of Business
[Egypt Online] Finance Minister Mohammed Maait on Monday said the law of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) development entails several tax incentives like the simplified tax system, which is based on the volume of sales or business.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Africa: To Help Respond to COVID-19, African Governments Should Prioritise Taxing the Rich
There are at least four reasons why African tax responses to Covid-19 should de-emphasise tax relief, and place greater priority on raising revenue from rich
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Source: allAfrica.com
Saturday operations for select tax offices
Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) will open select tax offices this Saturday, April 17 and Saturday, April 24, as it continues efforts to bring greater convenience to taxpayers considering the recent amendments to the Disaster Risk Management Orders...
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PM say Barbados and other small states left out of talks on global tax regime - Barbados Today
Ongoing attempts to implement a global minimum corporate tax regime has raised the ire of Prime Minister Mia Mottley who slammed her international counterparts for excluding the world’s most vulnerable states in its deliberations. Earlier this month, the Paris-based Organisation for Economic
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Election 2020: Your Cheat Sheet for 12 Propositions to Know About Before Nov. 3 (Part 2 of 3 Part Series) – Observer News Group
2020 is a big election year. With all eyes on the presidential race, Californians can’t afford to lose sight of our state and local elections. These decisions need the same amount of consideration being given to the big race. They are the ones with the most -- and the most immediate -- effects on
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Religious party to ban strip clubs, casinos
The church-based Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) will abolish income tax, ban go-go clubs, and raise salaries for civil servants if it gains state power. JPP President Gilbert Edwards, who migrated to the United States when he was 20 years old,...
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