{"id":12659,"date":"2018-07-04T08:33:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T05:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ug\/?p=12659"},"modified":"2018-07-04T08:33:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T05:33:18","slug":"government-scraps-1-mobile-money-deposit-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/government-scraps-1-mobile-money-deposit-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Scraps 1% mobile money deposit tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The State Minister for Planning, David Bahati has revealed that the one percent tax charged when depositing money on Mobile Money will be scrapped off as it was passed in error.<\/p>\n<p>The tax which took effect on Sunday July 1 alongside the Over the Top (OTT) tax that blocks social media platforms until users pay a mandatory Shs200 daily.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-g-rec td-g-rec-id-content_inline td_uid_5_5b3c5a253c445_rand td_block_template_17 \"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Bahati also noted that cabinet resolved that the rest of the new taxes stay urging citizens and adhere and respect them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cGovernment expects to earn over Shs100bn from the new OTT tax in the new financial year and this money will help solve a number of infrastructural problems,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State Minister for Planning, David Bahati has revealed that the one percent tax charged when depositing money on Mobile Money will be scrapped off as it was passed in error. 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