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2010-04-13 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Gaza's Hamas govt facing financial crisis

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Posted by Fred 2010-04-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
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#1 FWIW, Israel also has trouble collecting taxes from falafel stand owners.

In Israel, the street vendors are required to pay a percentage of revenue and the municipalities also collect license fees but both the taxes and the fees are frequently evaded.

Posted by lord garth 2010-04-13 13:09|| 2010-04-13 13:09|| Front Page Top

#2 FWIW, Israel also has trouble collecting taxes from falafel stand owners.

Various levels of U.S. governments have trouble collecting taxes from cash-only businesses with poor bookkeeping practices. When all there is to go on is starting and ending amounts of money in the cash register, disregarding the money in various back pockets, calculating the tax owed is likely to be only slightly related to unacknowledged reality.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-04-13 15:21|| 2010-04-13 15:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe they should consider a VAT.
I hear they aren't as toxic as they used to be.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2010-04-13 21:05|| 2010-04-13 21:05|| Front Page Top

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