KABUL (Pajhwok): Second Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi and Acting Finance Minister Hidayatullah Badri on Tuesday said taxes on food items had been drastically slashed and shopkeepers must reduce their prices.
Addressing a meeting in Kabul support to businessmen and shopkeepers, Hanafi said taxes on food items had been decreased from 1.5 percent to 0.5 percent.
He asked shopkeepers to reduce prices of food items so the public could feel the effect. He emphasized on legal action against those who evaded taxes. Hanafi said that people would be given accountability for tax revenues.
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