Some senior officials of the Islamic Emirate announced today (Thursday) in the "exemption and reduction of the fixed tax" meeting that the leader of the Islamic Emirate has reduced the business tax from 0.5% to 0.3%.

According to the officials, this action was carried out based on the decree of the leader of the Islamic Emirate, and businesses with annual sales up to 2 million afghani will not be taxed.

Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs Abdul Salam Hanafi requested that tax collectors at the meeting to handle businesses according to principles, warning that failure to do so and in case of complaints, they will be dismissed.

Hanafi said: "If someone has annual sales of four million, two million of it is exempt from tax and the other two million will be taxed at 0.3%."

Meanwhile, acting ministers of Economy and Industry and Commerce said the creation of tax facilities for businesses to will be impactful on the country's economic progress. They said that tax relief for businesses has been introduced in the absence of any foreign aid to support the national budget.

Acting Minister of Economy Din Mohammad Hanif, said: "Exemptions or facilities are provided at a time when the Islamic Emirate does not receive any foreign aid."

Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi, said: "Without taxes, revenue, and service fees collected from businesses, the private sector, and chambers, it is impossible to run the government in a country."

According to this decree, if the sales exceed two million Afghanis, the payment of 0.3% tax is mandatory.

At the same time, other officials of the Islamic Emirate at the meeting said that the leader of the Islamic Emirate has tried to provide necessary facilities for shopkeepers and businessmen over the past three years.

Noor-Ul-Haq Anwar, the head of the general directorate of the Islamic Emirate in Administrative Affairs, said: "If people notice, every action of the Islamic Emirate is neither for show nor arbitrary, but it is real and meets the needs of the current situation."

Neda Mohammad Nadim, the acting minister of Higher Education, said: "The daily reduction of taxes, which is the policy of the system, is done out of piety and because the system is Islamic."

The Ministry of Finance reported that 206 types of businesses, including shopkeepers and tradespeople, are active nationwide. This ministry has called on all businesses to pay their taxes on time and cooperate with the Ministry of Finance.