KABUL (SW): On the occasion of launching campaign to raise awareness and promote culture of taxation, officials said Afghanistan was behind many under-developed countries in this regard.
Dr. Najeebullah Wardak, deputy minister of finance for revenue and customs at the Ministry of Finance, said on the occasion that paying taxes creates strong relationship between government and citizens. He said revenue collection has improved in comparison to the previous years, however, Afghanistan remains behind many African countries in terms of Gross Domestic Product GDP. He mentioned the GDP in Afghanistan remains around 11 per cent while in many developing countries it is above 15 per cent.
The awarenss drive will continue for a week all over the country, where awareness about tax laws will be given to taxpayers, the private sector, students of economics, accounting and public administration of public and private universities, employees of ministry of finance and other government departments through seminars, radio programs and television.
The purpose of celebrating and inaugurating tax week is to also raise level of compliance, reform and amend procedures of revenue, provide on-time professional services to the taxpayers preventing tax crimes in one hand and to collect domestic revenue in accurately on the other hand.
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