<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44607"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44750">Greetings,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44762"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44750"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44829"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44750">The USD.350M 4 year tax that expects to be collected must be a great incentive for the Treasury to work on this.<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_45023" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44750">A key message is on leveling the playing ground between their local players and overseas; economic interests.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44799"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44750"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44801"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44750">In Kenya for instance with the Uber entry and local taxi fights, even with the digital euphoria, it is important to listen to and work with the local voice from their perspective.<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44803"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44750"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44869"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44750">Blessed weekend!</span></div><div><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44750"></span></div><div><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44750">Regards/Wangari</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44609"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44611" class="signature">---<br><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44614" style="font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;" size="2"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44613" style="color:rgb(127, 0, 63);">Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - </span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44724" style="color:rgb(127, 0, 63);">"Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".</span></font><br></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44738" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44915" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44914" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44913" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44965" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44967" face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 18:28, Mose Karanja via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44912" class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1317851713"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44911"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44943" class="yiv1317851713"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:12.16px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:17.024px;widows:1;" class="yiv1317851713"><b class="yiv1317851713">Australia: Feb 10</b></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;widows:1;" class="yiv1317851713"><font class="yiv1317851713" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.16px;line-height:17.024px;" class="yiv1317851713"><br class="yiv1317851713"></span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44942" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;widows:1;" class="yiv1317851713"><font class="yiv1317851713" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.16px;line-height:17.024px;" class="yiv1317851713">Digital products such as books, movies, games, apps and e-books purchased by Australians from overseas could soon attract the Goods and Services Tax (GST), popularly </span><span style="line-height:17.02400016784668px;" class="yiv1317851713">‘</span><span style="font-size:12.16px;line-height:17.024px;" class="yiv1317851713"> </span><span style="line-height:17.02400016784668px;" class="yiv1317851713">Netflix</span><span style="font-size:12.16px;line-height:17.024px;" class="yiv1317851713"> Tax</span><span style="line-height:17.02400016784668px;" class="yiv1317851713">’. </span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44945" style="font-size:12.16px;line-height:17.024px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="yiv1317851713">The Treasurer (equivalent of Kenyan Cabinet Secretary of Finance) argues that this will level the playing field between Australian and overseas businesses. Importantly, for the government especially, is the possible USD60 Million tax that can be collected annually.</span><span style="font-size:12.16px;line-height:17.024px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="yiv1317851713"> </span></div></div><div class="yiv1317851713"><br class="yiv1317851713"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44940" style="widows:1;" class="yiv1317851713"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44939" class="yiv1317851713" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44938" style="line-height:17.02400016784668px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="yiv1317851713">The EU and Japan are seen as trend setters on this. </span></font><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:17.02400016784668px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="yiv1317851713">This is a policy issue we may be having in Kenya very soon, if it is hasn’t started as yet. </span></div><div class="yiv1317851713"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:12.16px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:17.024px;widows:1;" class="yiv1317851713"><br class="yiv1317851713"></span></div>Link to the story: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/treasurer-introduces-netflix-tax-for-gst-on-digital-products-to-parliament-20160210-gmq88u" class="yiv1317851713">http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/treasurer-introduces-netflix-tax-for-gst-on-digital-products-to-parliament-20160210-gmq88u</a><br class="yiv1317851713"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455266776175_44919" class="yiv1317851713">
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