Taliban militants have increased tax on trucks transporting coal from mines in Dara-i-Sauf district of northern Samangan province. Haji Raz Mohammad Moyed, Samangan provincial council head, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Taliban controlled Dara-i-Sauf-Aibak and Dara-i-Sauf-Mazar-i-Sharif highways.…
Revenue officials in central Logar province say they have not been able to collect taxes in five districts of the province due to security problems. Wahidullah Miakhel, Logar revenue director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that they could not…
Large taxpaying companies would now submit their returns through electronic system, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced on Monday. Ministry of Finance official responsible for dealing with large taxpaying firms Naik Mohammad Mohbi and policy director Nasrullah Durrani…
The Ministry of Finance has extended until the end of the ongoing current fiscal year the deadline regarding a 95 percent exemption on tax liabilities and has warned defaulters of cancelling their licenses, freezing bank accounts and putting…
KABUL Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) has welcomed 95 percent exemption on tax liabilities at time when a draft law granting at least 50 percent exemption has already been dispatched to the Parliament. Officials warned if companies did not…
KABUL on Wednesday said several oil importing companies had defaulted on taxes amounting to 229 billion afghanis in the past four years. The lower house of parliament had appointed a delegation comprised of six commissions of the house to assess…
A senior Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) official on Wednesday warned media outlets of legal action and closure over failing to pay taxes in-time. Sayed Aqa Hussain Fazel Sancharaki, MoIC deputy publications head, told a news conference…
NAI, an open media supporting organization, on Sunday said nearly 200 local media outlets had been in financial problems for years, asking the government to exonerate the media from paying taxes. The organization expressed concern about journalists’ security…
Kabul municipality officials on Wednesday said the Pul-i-Charkhi Prison administration was willing to pay 57 million afghanis in cleanliness tax to the municipality. Safiullah Abadi, 12th municipal district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Pul-i-Charkhi Prison also had…
Residents allege Taliban have imposed taxes on some shops, worrying the vendors of southern Ghazni province. The insurgents confirm the claim. Bismillah, hailing from Ali Kala area on the outskirts of Ghazni City, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The revenue of northern Jawzjan province has surged by more than 50 million afghanis this year, but taxpayers complainof rising duties. Jawzjan’s revenue target fixed by the Ministry of Finance was 219 million afs, but the provincial authorities…
Some tribal elders and members of the provincial council on Tuesday said Taliban insurgents had imposed taxes on land owners in southern Helmand province. “The rebels charge 200 Pakistani rupees (131 afghanis) in tax per acre in our…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
HERAT (PAN): Standard online tax payment system inaugurate by the ministry of finance in western Herat province during a ceremony Official said. By: Obaidullah Hussam and Mawladad Yaqoobi
KABUL): More than 50 percent of Afghans, increasingly supporting the government’s peace and reconciliation policy, think their country is moving in the right direction, an international opinion poll said on Wednesday. In its 2012 survey, the Asian Foundation said 52…
JALALABAD (PAN): A large number of rickshaws have been impounded by traffic police in eastern Nangarhar province, drivers complained to a parliamentary delegation on Monday. Almost 150 of the drivers discussed their problems with Haji Abdul Zahir Qadeer, the head…
SHARAN (PAN): Despite facing a shortage of staff, the income of southeastern Paktika province's revenue department is on the increase, compared to previous years' returns, officials say. Against the 80 approved posts for it, only a dozen employees are currently…
