Statistics released by the Jordanian treasury authorities show that the value of the collected income and profit taxes grew to 173 million Jordanian Dinars ($244 million) in the first 10 months of the current year, up from JD 144 million during the corresponding period in the previous year, a 20.4 percent rise, reported Al-Rai. The income and profit taxes during this period constituted 84.6 percent of the expected income and profit tax revenues for the entire year of 2001. — (menareport.com)
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