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Afghanistan: Taliban plans to introduce new forms of agricultural’s taxes
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KABUL, 21 October 2021, (TON): The Taliban movement that has seized power in Afghanistan plans to introduce new forms of taxation for agricultural producers in the country. Information about this was published on Thursday on the website of the Afghan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock.
“During a meeting held today, chaired by [Taliban-appointed] Deputy Minister for Finance and Administration Fazl Albari Fazli, the consolidation of common efforts, as well as the introduction of taxes zakat (an Islamic tax levied on the poor, – TASS note) and usr (Islamic land tax levied on income in the amount of one to ten, – approx. TASS)”, – stated in the message.
As noted, the introduction of these measures “is due to the need to increase the level of income of the ministry and the requirements of the Islamic faith.”
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