Above 160bn afs revenue collected this year: Hakimi

KABUL (Pajhwok):  The government has so far collected more than 160 billion afghanis revenue this fiscal year, surpassing the target by 28 billion afs.

Talking to a press conference in Kabul, Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi said, “I want to say that our commitment to the international community was to collect 132 billion afghanis as target set for 1395 fiscal year, but fortunately we collected up to 160 billion afghanis in domestic revenue.”

He said last year’s revenue target was 114 billion afghanis, but 122 billion had been collected.

Reforms and preventing tax evasion led to the increase in domestic revenue, Hakimi said.

About taxes which remained uncollected, he said: “I believe the amount would be many times higher if we fully collect all taxes.”

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