22 customs committees continue car taxation [Archives:2005/870/Local News]

Taxing committees are still taxing cars at all customs posts throughout the country according to the new Tariff law that will expire on 31October.

Customs authorities revealed that the committees have witnessed a rush that lifted its income to 2.5 milliards up to the 6th of August. This is an outcome of 4000 cars, due to the deductions by the new customs law number 41/2005.

The authorities confirmed that the tariff would be 5% on the cars that are actually inside the country, whose manufacture date is seven years plus the manufacture year. 10% is imposed on cars whose manufacture exceeds seven years, plus the manufacture year. 100% is imposed on the untaxed cars that are caught during the raids that are going to be carried out after the expiry of the three-month period.

The source told Yemen Times that the untaxed cars that would be discovered after the expiry of the three months, and their owners fail to pay the 100 % tax, would be sold in a public auction.

The customs authority asked untaxed cars' owners, that have temporary plates ( cars that have private, military or police plates) to take advantage of the remaining period to pay the taxes for their cars, before they are compelled to pay the 100% at the end of the period.

The deductions determined by the tariff law and the general sales tax that was issued last July, stipulating that taxes would be lowered from 25- 5%.
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