
Welcome to the 30th edition of our monthly Arabic podcast/radio show Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة contributing to tax justice public debate around the world. Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة is produced and presented by Walid Ben Rhouma and Osama Diab of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, also an investigative journalist. The programme is available for listeners to download and it’s also available for free to any radio stations who’d like to broadcast it or websites who’d like to share it. You can also join the programme on Facebook and on Twitter.
In the 30th edition of Taxes Simply:
Walid Ben Rhouma and Osama Diab discuss new statistics issued by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on the economic impact of the coronavirus on Egyptian households; the discussion focuses on the social groups most affected by the crisis and the unequal impact of the crisis.
Plus: we present a summary of tax and economic news from the Arab region and the world including: 1) A new agreement between Egypt and the IMF 2) The United States blocks a proposal to tax multinationals and 3) The fears for a Tunisian economic contraction.
الجباية ببساطة #٣٠ – الأثر غير المتكافئ لجائحة كورونا على الدخل
أهلا وسهلًا بكم في العدد الثلاثين من الجباية ببساطة. في الجزء الأول من هذا العدد يتناقش وليد بن رحومة وأسامة دياب حول إحصائيات جديدة صادرة عن الجهاز المركزي للتعبئة العامة والإحصاء المصري عن أثر فيروس كورونا الاقتصادي على الأسر المصرية، ويتمحور النقاش حول أكثر الفئات تضررًا من الأزمة والأثر غير المتكافئ للأزمة.
في القسم الثاني نتناول ملخص لبعض أخبار الضرائب والاقتصاد من المنطقة العربية والعالم، ويشمل ملخصنا للأخبار: ١) اتفاق جديد بين مصر وصندوق النقد؛ ٢) الولايات المتحدة تعطل مشروعا لفرض الضريبة على الشركات متعددة الجنسيات؛ ٣) توقعات بانكماش الاقتصاد التونسي.
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