Ethiopia: Taxman Grows Reluctant

opinion

Anyone who has a culture of shopping at the flourishing supermarkets of our fair city could have experienced what I have noticed in my latest shopping experience. No doubt that it could have left one with a similar surprise.

After paying for the list of five items that I have bought from one of the supermarkets located on Africa Avenue, last week, I received a receipt. I did check the receipt as I usually do to make sure that all the items that I bought are properly registered and their due price rightly calculated. What I saw on the receipt, however, has left me with a shock.

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