The government has asked once again the parliament to postpone the cancellation of the road tax until the end of 2020. Recall, the government had earlier promised to cancel the road tax on January 1, 2018.
The Ministry of Finance stated at the end of last year that if the road tax in cancelled in 2017, the national budget will receive 360 million somoni less. At that time, the ministry proposed to postpone the cancellation of the road tax until the beginning of 2018.
Meanwhile, the government has applied to the parliament again recently, asking to postpone the cancellation of the road tax until the end of 2020, a source at Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) told Asia-Plus in an interview.
The Majlisi Namoyandagon is reportedly expected to discuss this issue until the end of this week.
During discussion and adoption of a new tax code of Tajikistan in 2012, it was stated that the road tax will be cut in January 2015 and it will be cancelled subsequently.
In his address to the joint session of both houses of the parliament, President Emomali Rahmon noted on April 23, 2014 that the road tax will be cut in January 2015 and it will be cancelled completely on January 1, 2017. However…
It is to be noted that the national budget for 2018 projects to receive 360 million somoni from the road tax next year.
Road tax, known by various names around the world, is a tax which has to be paid on a wheeled vehicle to use it on a public road.
