Welcome to the 32nd 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.
Taxes Simply #32 – Coronavirus and the increase in MENA billionaires’ fortunes
In the thirty-second edition of Taxes Simply Walid Ben Rhouma discusses with Osama Diab the recent data issued by Oxfam regarding the increase in billionaires’ fortunes in the Middle East and North Africa during the Corona pandemic crisis.
In the second part, we present a summary of the most important tax and economy news from the Arab region and the world including:
- No tax exemption for Egyptian government institutions on profits from sovereign debt investment
- The UK denies that it plans to drop taxes on digital giants
- Uganda summons its ambassador to Denmark over a plot to steal coronavirus aid money.
الجباية ببساطة #٣٢ – كورونا وزيادة ثروات المليارديرات في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا
أهلًا بكم في العدد الثاني والثلاثين من الجباية ببساطة. في هذا العدد يتحاور وليد بن رحومة مع أسامة دياب بخصوص البيانات الأخيرة الصادرة عن منظمة أوكسفام بخصوص زيادة ثروات المليارديرات في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا خلال أزمة جائحة كورونا.
أما في الجزء الثاني، نتناول ملخص لأهم أخبار الضرائب والاقتصاد من المنطقة العربية والعالم، ويشمل ملخصنا للأخبار: ١) إلغاء إعفاء بعض المؤسسات الحكومية المصرية من ضريبة أرباح الاستثمار في الديون الحكومية؛ ٢) المملكة المتحدة تنفي أنها تخطط لإسقاط الضرائب على الشركات الرقمية العملاقة؛ ٣) أوغندا تستدعي سفيرتها في الدنمارك بسبب مؤامرة لسرقة أموال إعانات كورونا.
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