Salahuddin – WAA – Falih Al-Abidi
The Tax Authority, Balad District Branch, Salah al-Din Governorate, announced that it had achieved revenues of approximately 1.6 billion dinars by the end of last August.
The Deputy Director of the Tax Authority Branch in Balad District, Bassam Alwan Ahmed, told the (INA), “Revenues of around 1.6 billion dinars were achieved until the end of last August,” noting that “the number of taxpayers who were held accountable is approximately 7,000 taxpayers out of the total number present.”
He added, “The real estate ownership transfer transactions that were completed until August 30th amounted to about 2,400 transactions, in addition to other duties carried out by the Authority’s employees, including field survey operations, which came in line with the Authority’s new policy and tax reform that depends on expanding the tax base and trying to reduce the tax burden on some taxpayers with limited income.”
He pointed out that “the Authority is now trying to rely on the issue of expanding the tax base through field surveys that include hospital doctors and distinguished sources of income,” indicating that “the challenges facing the tax work are the lack of staff, as the number of employees is very small.”
He explained that “the policy of the new administration of the Authority after the shock that the General Tax Authority was exposed to, aims to instill confidence among citizens who are obligated to pay taxes to the Authority,” noting that “the citizen who is required to submit the final accounts submits the accounts and the Authority is required to accept these accounts as they are, provided that they are subject to subsequent auditing.”
He added, “The aim of this is to rebuild confidence among citizens who are obligated to pay taxes to the General Tax Authority, in addition to expanding the tax base, which includes important sources of income, while relieving sources of income and those with limited income.”