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Arafat Al-Ashtar, Financial Advisor at the General Directorate of Studies and Fiscal Settlement, Tax Policies Unit, revealed that "more than 61% of those subject to the income tax table saw an increase in their net salary, due to a tax reduction, by more than 50 dinars and 5% of the net wage rate before the increase." Al-Ashtar confirmed in a press statement during his supervision today, Tuesday, in Sfax, of the ninth session of the Tax Forum organized by the Arab Institute of Business Leaders under the title "Labor Taxation and the Pressure of Mandatory Deductions," that "the income tax table has significantly contributed to improving purchasing power and increasing net income for natural persons." He added that "one of the main objectives of the income tax table is to achieve tax justice for low and middle-income earners, taking into account all situations, improving purchasing power, reducing tax on low and middle-income individuals, and driving investment for institutions." Former Director General of the National Social Security Fund and former Minister of Vocational Training and Employment, Hafez Al-Omari, considered that "the income tax table is a storm in a teacup, especially for high-wage earners who represent 1.6%, and even for those in the public sector and low-income groups, as deductions or increases in their salaries represent only a small percentage," according to his assessment. The speaker expressed optimism about the signs of investment climate reform occurring in Tunisia, adding that "the foreign investor, and even the Tunisian, does not care about low or high wages as much as he cares about transparency in the financial and business environment and administrative facilities." He emphasized the necessity of "linking citizens' tax contributions to the services and benefits provided by the state to them." He concluded by saying that "the state's budget focused on tax because there is no other income, in the absence of investment, and the economic crisis the country is going through." For his part, Khaled Al-Salami, President of the Sfax branch of the Arab Institute of Business Leaders, considered that "this forum in its ninth session is characterized by addressing a real problem related to the purchasing power of the worker and the consumer, following the change in the income tax table for natural persons, and its impact on purchasing power." He explained that "in terms of financial balances, the income tax table serves the interest of the state budget, but reducing the wages of senior executives, who we need to develop the economy, by increasing their competitiveness, will lead to their loss and the loss of the quality of work they do, by attracting them to major global companies in large competitive economic societies." He emphasized the need to "find mechanisms to develop institutions, the economy, and added value, in order to overcome the psychological and economic crisis that Tunisia is going through, in a difficult global situation, and technological development, which leads to the loss of jobs, exacerbating unemployment, and the emergence of new professions that adapt to modern technologies," according to his assessment.
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