[kictanet] PROPOSED RADIATION TAX: PROTECTION OR A BARRIER TO ACCESS?

[Grace Bomu]

See article on proposed radiation tax that appeared in business daily....
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/New%20tax%20jolts%20mobile%20phone%20pricing%20/-/539550/877542/-/item/2/-/18ln3sz/-/index.html
New tax jolts mobile phone pricing
By Okuttah Mark  (email the author <javascript:void(0);>)

A new “radiation tax” is threatening to upset household budgets at a time
when families are grappling with the rising cost of living despite the
recent adoption of a less volatile method of tallying consumer price
changes.

The tax is one of the sticking points in proposals by the Radiation
Protection Board to beef up its revenues.

Besides proposing higher fees for its services, the board has broadened the
range of items on which it can charge penalties for releasing harmful rays
to the atmosphere to include mobile phone handsets, microwave ovens and
transmission masts owned by telecommunications companies.

Industry players fear the new fees will dampen the recent growth in the
telecommunications and consumer electronics sectors by pushing up retail
prices for handsets, microwave ovens and other household items deemed to
emit electromagnetic rays beyond the reach of the majority.

The board is seeking public views on the proposed levies, which some
stakeholders have vowed to resist because they will mean additional taxation
and a burden on consumers.

See full article here:
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/New%20tax%20jolts%20mobile%20phone%20pricing%20/-/539550/877542/-/item/0/-/18ln3uz/-/index.html


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