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<\/a> The Finance Ministry tasked Ernst & Young with building its new electronic <\/strong>billing and tax payment platform<\/strong> \u2014 the mechanism through which companies and individuals will be filing their taxes, unnamed sources told the local press.<\/a> The move to a new platform is provided for by the Unified Tax Act, which would create a single tax platform through which to file income tax, VAT, stamp tax, and real estate tax returns. Earlier this month, the Tax Authorities made it mandatory<\/a> for companies to file their taxes electronically by November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Finance Ministry tasked Ernst & Young with building its new electronic billing and tax payment platform \u2014 the mechanism through which companies and individuals will be filing their taxes, unnamed sources told the local press. 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