Taxes Knock on the Doors of Electronic Payment Ports in Iraq (Document)
The General Tax Authority, affiliated with the Iraqi Ministry of Finance, began operations on Thursday towards electronic payment outlets across the country, days after a decision by the Central Bank that sparked widespread controversy regarding closing these outlets or merging them with exchange companies.
A document issued by the Authority, obtained by Shafaq News Agency, was addressed to the Central Bank of Iraq, in order to provide it with a database of electronic payment outlets, in order to register them and collect taxes from them.
Last Monday, the Association of Financial Outlets for Electronic Payment in Iraq ended a strike that it had started that morning, in protest against the decision of the Central Bank of Iraq to close outlets or merge them with exchange companies.
However, the Central Bank later denied issuing any directive or statement regarding the closure of exchange outlets, stressing in a statement that the goal is to expand the spread of financial outlets through ATMs and licensed electronic payment companies. link