AMMAN — Representative of the communications and information
technology sector in the Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC), Haitham Al-Rajbeh,
called for reducing sales tax to 8 percent on equipment and devices that
support Jordan's digital transformation process, according to Jordan News
Agency, Petra.
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In a press statement on Saturday, he said any reduction decision in this regard
will contribute to accelerating the transition to digital transformation and
slashing cost of its requirements, which would reflect "positively"
on citizens and revive activities of Jordan's telecom and information
technology companies sector.
The process of digital transformation, whether in the areas of education in its
various stages, or economic and life activities, has become an "urgent"
necessity and an "inevitable" reality that must be dealt with,
especially amid COVID-19 crisis-imposed challenges, according to Al-Rajbeh.
The telecom and information technology sector represents a "basic"
foundation of national security, in addition to its importance as an
"important and supportive" leverage of various economic activities,
he noted, stressing that this role was "clearly" demonstrated during
the
COVID-19 pandemic.
The sector, he noted, played an "important" role during the pandemic
in terms of supporting Jordan's efforts to combat the disease and sustaining
work of many sectors, including health, education, and some economic
activities, in addition to facilitating the citizens' lives.
The number of companies operating in the telecom and information technology
sector countrywide exceed 3,000, which employ more than 45,000 workers.
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