Eswatini: Electricity VAT Rise Shelved for Now

Members of the House of Assembly in Swaziland have voted against putting a 15 percent Value Added Tax on electricity prices.

It happened during a debate on the national budget on Wednesday (7 March 2018). In his budget speech on 1 March 2018 Finance Minister Martin Dlamini said government wanted to review the VAT Act to allow the tax to be added to tariffs. The order to raise VAT generally by 1 percent to 15 percent goes ahead.

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