Sudan to boost telecoms tax to 30%

In a bid to make up for the loss of oil revenue from the newly independent South, the government of Sudan plans to increase taxes on the country’s telecoms operators, Reuters reports. Under the 2012 budget, which was approved by parliament on Monday, manager of Sudan's tax office, Mohamed Osman Ibrahim, told reporters that the government will raise sales and services taxes for telecoms firms from 20% to 30%, while a tax on profits will be hiked from 15% to 30%.

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