Taxes on mobile phones, other items to be raised
Mobile phones have been categorized as a consumer item, although 80 per cent of the users are employed in the garments industry, the military, low-wage earners in the public sector, university students and those without a permanent income.
The decision to raise the taxes had been taken at a finance ministry discussion on the 2013 Central Bank report, attended by top officials of the bank, treasury and the finance ministry.
The focus of the meeting was on the considerable decrease, from 13.9% to 13.1%, in the state revenue as of the GDP last year.
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