The House of Representatives, headed by Chancellor Dr. Hanafi Jebali, witnessed a wide debate between the deputies and the Minister of Finance and their rejection of the amendments, because of the almost unconstitutionality of the existence of a clear distinction between citizens, about the bill submitted by the government to amend some provisions of the income tax law issued by Law No. 91 of 2005, on the tax of real estate actions, to the plan and budget committee again to re-examine it.
A large number of deputies demanded that the amendment of the bill apply to real estate actions so far and not to the date specified by the law, which is 19 May 2013, stressing that this does not have social justice and creates a kind of discrimination between citizens.
In their speeches, the deputies stressed that the bill’s implementation of the bill is fair and will encourage all citizens to pay the tax and preserve real estate wealth, and that the reduction of the tax will ease the burden on citizens, and will increase the tax revenue.
They pointed out that the bill would encourage citizens to pay the tax on real estate actions in preparation for completing the rest of the steps registered in the real estate month or the register in kind, which positively affects the total real estate wealth in the country and the plans of the state on it.
Under the bill, article 42 of the Income Tax Act No. 91 of 2005 should be added to a final paragraph, which reads: Except for the provision of the first paragraph of this article, there will be a tax on its conduct, which occurred before 19 May 2013, in accordance with the following segments, even if such actions are multiplied: the first tranche: up to 250,000 pounds, 1500 pounds
The second tranche: more than 250 thousand pounds up to 500 thousand pounds gets the amount of 2000 pounds, and the third tranche: more than 500 thousand pounds up to one million pounds gets the amount of 3000 pounds, and the fourth tranche: more than one million pounds gets the amount of 4000 pounds.
The Plan and Budget Committee considered amending the first paragraph of the proposed text to emphasize that the collection of the lump sum imposed only once, even if there were many actions to avoid burdening the latter with the burden of previous actions, read: “Except for the provision of the first paragraph of this article, the tax shall be for the last act in the contracts signed before 19/5/2013, even if the previous actions were numerous”