Planned Egypt ‘coronavirus tax’ sparks online criticism

  • Date: 23-May-2020
  • Source: Jordan Times
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Egypt
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Planned Egypt ‘coronavirus tax’ sparks online criticism

CAIRO - Egypt's cabinet has preliminarily approved a bill that taxes one per cent of citizens' salaries to cushion the impact of coronavirus on strained government finances, sparking online criticism.. "All governments across the world give out money to their people except for Egypt" to help cushion the effects of coronavirus, said one Twitter user.. The Egyptian government "reaches into the pockets of Egyptians to take 1 per_cent.". The draft law provides for a possible exemption of those "working in sectors that were economically harmed due to the coronavirus spread," the statement said, without elaborating..