borkenaFebruary 27,2019About 105 businessmen are arrested over an alleged tax evasion in the capital Addis Ababa. Adanech Abebe, minister of the ministry of revenue, said over 135 businesses are identified for “plundering public resources and tax evasion,” according to a report by state affiliated FanaBC. The ministry claims the alleged tax evasion to be in amount of 14 billion Ethiopian Birr. She is also cited as saying that suspects of the tax evasion are mostly distributors and importers. Government is working to recover the 14 billion Ethiopian Birr that it is allegedly lost to tax evasion, according to the minister.

Source: Ethiopian News February 28, 2019 03:56 UTC