SHARANA (Pajhwok): Shopkeepers in the Urgon district of southeastern Paktika province have closed their shops in protest against what they called the several-fold increase in sales tax and warned not to reopen their shops until a fair tax was set for them.
But the Revenue Department rejected the claim of increased tax and said they had asked shopkeepers to give 0.5 percent sales tax.
Haji Hameedullah, head of the Urgon Bazaar Union, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Revenue Department collected more taxes from them compared to the past and the measure forced shopkeepers to close their shops.
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