Miners call for inclusivity in tax amendments
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Nyamadzabo
Anglo American Group Head of Tax, Keith Tucker was speaking during the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA) conference on Monday here. He said governments should recognise specific characteristics of the mining industry, including relief for exploration infrastructure spending and appropriate reliefs for capital expenditure.
“The overall impact and interaction of all applicable taxes, the tax base and when a tax is levied is more important than any specific tax rate.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...