[kictanet] Australian Treasurer proposes 'Netflix Tax' for digital imports

[Ahmed Mohamed Maawy]

Its not about being practical or not Mwendwa. I personally know a good
number of people who have not registered businesses solely because of
overheads. But maybe that may not the point here. There are a couple of
things that we take for granted in this argument. The most important being
the role of the government in developing SMEs in the country through
incentives and other vehicles.

What Moses has raised is a concern that Australia has about supporting its
local products. Frankly speaking the tech sector in Australia is as far
advanced as it is in our dear country - we have not even talked about the
strength of the economy in such a country to support a strong base of
potential investors, who mind you, most are locals in Australia. The Indian
case study outlines the story of a blooming Silicon Valley in India that
the public sector is paying attention to in ways we are not even close with.

Question then is: How is this level play field going to look like?

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 8:57 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com
> wrote:

> Ahmed, On a practical note, I would wish to see a list of the taxes that
> hinder the growth of startups. That way, we may point to policy makers the
> impediments the next Google or Whatsapp in Kenya will face
> On Feb 10, 2016 8:27 PM, "Ahmed Mohamed Maawy" <
> ultimateprogramer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think we all understand how India is significantly ahead of us in
>> matters technology. But still, read on:
>> http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pm-modis-big-push-for-startups-3-yr-tax-holiday-rs-10-000-crore-fund/1/572377.html
>>
>> I wish we were in any way close to this Mwendwa.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva <lordmwesh at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Moses for this.
>>>
>>> Allow us to hijack the thread.
>>>
>>> Ahmed Maawy, what are these taxes you are talking about? Most
>>> governments have hundreds of taxes, considering even to bury someone
>>> attracts levies. I've heard this line of reasoning for a while. Maybe we
>>> can try to debunk it.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> *Ahmed Maawy*
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>>
>


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*Ahmed Maawy*
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Software Developer - AJ+ / EveryLayer
(KE) +254 714 960 627
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