Citizens And Expats Expressed Objection Of Imposing Tax On Money Transfers

Reacting to the information, several citizens and expatriates expressed serious objection to the idea of imposing tax on money transfers made by expatriates. They said such a move will constitute extra burden on low income earners who work in the fields of construction, cleaning, teaching, representative (mandoub), driving and other such fields.

Mahmoud Salah said even thinking of imposing tax on remittances of expatriates is cumbersome. He declared that the mechanism will prevent many expatriates from using money transfer service to send money home, indicating that the decision is enough to send many people to black market where they can send money home freely.

Salah stressed, “This system will work against the interest of money exchange offices and will create an impression in the minds of expatriates that they are being discriminated.” A Kuwaiti respondent simply called Bu Ali said imposing tax on remittances of expatriates indicates the government’s failure in finding alternative sources to oil revenues.

He stressed that such a policy will reflect negatively on citizens, because expatriate technicians will increase charges for services such as plumbing, electrical works, carpentry and others. Bu Ali lamented that such a decision is a form of injustice against expatriates whose salaries are not consistent with the increase in prices of essential commodities, services and rents.

SOURCE : ARABTIMES

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