{"id":56715,"date":"2014-10-15T13:45:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T13:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=56715"},"modified":"2014-10-15T13:45:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T13:45:42","slug":"liberia-suspends-all-forms-of-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/10\/liberia-suspends-all-forms-of-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberia suspends all forms of taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"
Citi Business News has learnt the Liberian government has suspended all forms of taxes in the country as it tries to contain the deadly Ebola outbreak.<\/p>\n
This comes after the Liberian government earlier suspended taxes on rice imports to control increasing prices of essential commodities.<\/p>\n
According to the Executive Order No. 61, the Government of Liberia took the decision, after conducting an assessment into the causes of increases in the price of strategic commodities, with an intension to make it affordable to the public.<\/p>\n
The World Bank estimates the outbreak will cost Liberia close to 234 million dollars or 12% of GDP.<\/p>\n