Monday, January 10, 2011

Only 10% of Mozambicans economically active pay taxes

Mozambican families continue to pay more taxes than companies. Of the total value of receipts from income Tax levied by Authority of Mozambique 2010, individuals contributed in 98%, while those companies had a contribution of only 2%. This means that the state charges more natural persons, who work to keep their families, and leaves the "freshness" companies.It should be noted that large companies in Mozambique belongs to individuals connected to political power, specifically the State leaders and members of the party in power: the party Frelimo.Speaking yesterday at a press conference about the balance of fiscal 2010, the President of the Tax Authority of Mozambique, Rosario Fernandes, acknowledged that the disparity in tax contribution of enterprises and persons "is very unbalanced and should be reversed." But he didn't say how. Just said that companies make more contribution to the State coffers, with regard to natural persons, "as in other countries". Regarding the fiscal balance of the year (2010) the Tax authority of Mozambique announced that this was the best year ever, in the collection of recipes from State. over 63.4 billion (63.419.326, 43MT) were collected by the Tax Authority, between 1 January and 31 December 2010. This second Fernandes, value outperforms planned by the Government and approved by the Assembly of the Republic, 10.4%. According to the prescribed in the State budget for 2010, the Government hoped to raise just over 57.4 billion meticais in this year.Compared with the collection of 2009, 2010 revenues mean an increase of 33.7%, i.e. an increase of more than 16 billion meticais.The levels achieved in 2010, either in percentage terms, either in absolute values of tax and customs revenues, are like the best of all time, since the proclamation of national independence in 1975. Rosario Fernandes highlighted the role of Tax Authority in tax. "From 2006, the year of entry into operation of the Tax Authority, all targets enforcement officer were successively sobrecumpridas" announced. Paradoxically seems to be the largest collection of history have been achieved in the year of tax exemptions. Was in 2010 the Government announced and implemented some measures of tax relief to many products, within the framework of measures to mitigate the cost of living, which led the population to leave the street to manifest itself in September 2010. these measures with negative impact on tax revenues of the State, announced by the Minister for planning and development, 07 September 2010.
• "Maintain ongoing tax measures for potato, tomato, onions and eggs, inter alia, the establishment of reference prices below the actual collection of customs duties and VAT;
• Lower the price of rice (3rd. Quality) at 7.5%, differing customs duties on the product;
• To temporarily suspend the import surcharge sugar ".
Previewing that these measures would adversely affect the tax revenue to the State coffers, Minister Aiuba Cuereneia cautioned that the tables were "transitional."Fiscal measures should be taken as transitional (until December 2010), taking into account their unsustainability in medium and long term, conditioned by the development of the international situation ", said Minister at the time they were announced.However, these measures did not affect the collection, and the year of crisis, the Government managed to more than 63.4 billion meticais, revenues.Asked about this apparent paradox, Rosario Fernandes said that "nothing extraordinary happened. The effort of officials and other partners of the Tax Authority is that there was grossing ".It is remarkable that this largest fundraising revenue have been achieved in the year that the Government has released the Fiscal education campaign to increase fundraising revenues.In another development, the Tax Authority's President said that there have been major advances in assigning NUIT ´ s (Single Tax Identification Number) in 2010. Until 31 December 2010, reached the bar 1. 221.883 NUIT ´ s allocated at national level. Until 31 December 2010, had been issued 994,569 NUIT ´ s. This means that in 2010 were issued 227,314 NUIT ´ s. Rosario Fernandes said this number represents 13.66% above the goal planned for 2010. Meanwhile, remains insignificant number of Mozambicans who pay tax. Only 10% of the over 10 million Mozambicans economically active is paying direct taxes.To integrate more taxpayers in the country's tax base, Rosario Fernandes said the Tax education campaign launched in April of last year, is one of the measures adopted.(Borges Nhamirre)

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