Afghan Business Taxes: Action Has Been Taken to Address Most Tax Issues, But the Afghan Government Continues to Assess Taxes on Exempt U.S.- Funded Contracts

Abstract

WHAT SIGAR REVIEWED. Since 2002, Congress has appropriated over$133 billion to U.S. government agencies, primarily the Department of Defense (DOD),Department of State (State), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), to implement reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan; contractors continue to play important roles in these efforts. DOD, State, and USAID have negotiated agreements in place with the Afghan government that exempt work performed by U.S. government contractors from certain Afghan business taxes. However, contractors told SIGAR that the Afghan government assessed inappropriate taxes and penalties on work they performed under tax-exempt contracts in Afghanistan.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1137576

Entities

People

  • John Sopko

Organizations

  • Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Afghanistan
  • Agreements
  • Antiterrorism
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • Taxes
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.