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Parliamentarians oppose tax reduction 

With more than half the 2008 Budget expected to be funded through taxes, parliamentarians have expressed fear that if government goes ahead to reduced or scrape some of the tariffs the move would hurt the economy. . . .

On the issue of cigarettes and tobacco parliamentarians said BAT should be taxed like a foreign company since it ceased its operations in Rwanda.

The parliamentarians were reacting to the Private Sector Federation’s (PSF) demand that some taxes be reduced and those that make Rwanda unattractive for investors; be scrapped completely.

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