Somalia: Transitional Government Starts Tax Collection

The Transitional National Government (TNG) of Somalia has started collecting taxes in the capital, Mogadishu the first tax collection in 11 years - a senior official told IRIN.

The tax collection, the first by the TGN since it was installed in October last year, began on Sunday at the main livestock market in Mogadishu. "This is a pilot project to see how it will work," Abdirahman Dinari, the TNG director of information, said. The trial period would last a month, and then "other markets and commodities will be taxed", he added.

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