{"id":33039,"date":"2022-03-17T11:23:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T10:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=33039"},"modified":"2022-03-17T11:45:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T10:45:12","slug":"im-in-favor-of-lifting-the-vat-tax-on-oil-says-former-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/im-in-favor-of-lifting-the-vat-tax-on-oil-says-former-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m in favor of lifting the VAT tax on oil, says former minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019m in favor of temporarily lifting the VAT tax on oil,\u201d \u2013 said Kosovo\u2019s ex-minister of commerce and industry, Ismet Mulaj.<\/p>\n<p>Mulaj was invited to speak on Euronews Albania about the current economic crisis and the rise in the price of oil and other basic food products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past 4 days, oil has gone down by \u20ac1.38 euros. Taxes are 59 cents. Excise is 36 cents a liter and VAT tax is \u20ac1.85. \u00a0There have been efforts to lower the VAT tax \u2013 as it is a definite burden to citizens,\u201d \u2013 said Mulaj.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Mulaj explained that the VAT tax can be lifted temporarily for a period of 1 to 3 months at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, when asked about the price of oil in Albania, Mulaj pointed out that in our country, we are faced with 7 additional taxes that pile up on top of the original price.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlbania has twice as many cars [as Kosovo], and it spends 50% less fuel. This speaks of a high level of tax evasion in our country. Having so many taxes on one single product isn\u2019t particularly effective and it creates the necessary grounds for abuse,\u201d \u2013 he argued.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/03\/09\/how-is-the-oil-crisis-manifesting-itself-in-kosovo\/\">How is the oil crisis manifesting itself in Kosovo?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/15\/oil-and-gasoline-prices-will-be-fixed-at-e1-72-euros-liter\/\">Oil and gasoline prices will be fixed at \u20ac1.72 euros\/liter<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/08\/rama-in-the-worst-case-scenario-well-suffer-from-oil-and-energy-shortages\/\">Rama: In the worst-case scenario, we\u2019ll suffer from oil and energy shortages<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019m in favor of temporarily lifting the VAT tax on oil,\u201d \u2013 said Kosovo\u2019s ex-minister of commerce and industry, Ismet Mulaj. Mulaj was invited to speak on Euronews Albania about the current economic crisis and the rise in the price of oil and other basic food products. \u201cOver the past 4 days, oil has gone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":33041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[815,151,469,633,914],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I\u2019m in favor of lifting the VAT tax on oil, says former minister - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/im-in-favor-of-lifting-the-vat-tax-on-oil-says-former-minister\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I\u2019m in favor of lifting the VAT tax on oil, says former minister - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI\u2019m in favor of temporarily lifting the VAT tax on oil,\u201d \u2013 said Kosovo\u2019s ex-minister of commerce and industry, Ismet Mulaj. 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