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With a new tax on the horizon, regions envision fiscal independence

By: Samuel Bogale
Published On: January 14, 2023

Who should be in charge of collecting property tax was a more contentious question and debatable than whether or not it was necessary to do so in the first place. The debate was finally concluded on Wednesday, January 11, 2023. The power to collect property taxes had been given to the regional and city administrations rather than the federal government, whose officials had advocated taking 25 percent of the entire amount collected.