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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to also contribute. From the onset, I support the VAT (Digital Market Place Supply) Regulations and the added regulations to deal with the electronic tax invoice. These have come at the right time to support our businesses. The Government has been losing a lot of money, especially when we use electronic tax register (ETR) receipts. Fake receipts used to be printed at River Road to offset input tax. The Government used to lose a lot of money. I support any amendment which will ensure we collect more tax. However, the greatest culprit in all this is the Government, especially when it comes to paying contractors and suppliers. The KRA demands that when invoicing, you have to pay VAT. You invoice the Government, but they do not pay you. You incur penalties, yet they are not captured anywhere within the contract. As we make these Regulations, this is something that we need to review and find a way of how the Government will support businesses. Sometimes you will find that the Government will pay principal amount, then they fail to pay you VAT. We suffer as businesspeople. The other problem is that this House has been used before to reduce the budget for development. We reduce the budget not knowing that some businessmen have incurred a lot of costs. They have invoiced, not been paid, yet we sit here and deduct. Before we do that, we need to consider our businessmen and support them. As we support the Government, they should also support our businessmen. With those few remarks, since a lot has been said, thank you very much for giving me the chance to contribute."
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