Afghan Finance Ministry to Collect Over $64M in Taxes
The Ministry of Finance on Monday said that it will collect at least Afs5 billion ($64.9 million) of owed taxes from private companies and government-owned enterprises within the next few days.
The officials of the ministry said that the debts will be collected in compliance with President Ashraf Ghani’s order, which he made at a cabinet meeting on Sunday.
Kam Air, Roshan Telecom, Afghan Telecom and the National Development Company are eight state-owned firms said to owe taxes.
“The amount owed from private companies and a number of enterprises which owe income tax and non-income tax is worth for than five billion afghanis,” said Farid Nawekht, media officer of the Ministry of Finance.