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Ethiopia customs threatens legal action against rogue car importers

11/02/09

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Ethiopia customs threatens legal action against rogue car importers

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Ethiopia customs threatens legal action against rogue car importers

By Yohannes Anberbir

Ethiopia's Revenue and Customs Authority (RCuA) is threatening to take legal action against individuals who have defaulted on their tax payments for more than 900 vehicles.
The vehicles were imported duty free following the incentive given four years ago to encourage Diasporas to return to their home country, but then the privilege was abused by selling the vehicles to third parties against regulations, says RCuA.
The authority's warning about legal action is partly an attempt to save the possible large losses of several insurance companies that issued a customs guarantee bond on behalf of the importers.

The federal government issued the importation incentives for automobiles and other household materials for citizens who had been abroad for at least five years.
The plan worked as intended for many Diaspora, but there were others who abused it: more than 10,000 cars were imported over the years and sold on the local market. Some residents here are also said to have imported vehicles using forged duty free documents. The authority became cognizant of the problem after most of the offences were committed. It has seized more than 5,000 of the vehicles and it is still seeking to impound others involved in abuses of the system.


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msg Comment from: Jemal1 [Visitor]
The plan worked as intended for many Diaspora, but there were others who abused it: more than 10,000 cars were imported over the years and sold on the local market!

This say it all!
Guess who abused the system? Always those who with connections and know the short cut.
PermalinkPermalink 11/02/09 @ 17:48

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msg Comment from: TeddesseBirruuIsMyHero4Ever [Visitor]
The photo has nothing to do with the this story.In u.s if the car you'r buying price is $21,000 the tax you have to pay to the IRS is $1,500 or less.Can someone tell us how much money did the people saved for importing cars to ethiopia.I think shipping cars to Ethiopia coasts a lot of money.It's better to buy cars from Kenya and just drive it into Ethiopia you will save a lot of money.
PermalinkPermalink 11/03/09 @ 00:27

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msg Comment from: Ambaw [Visitor]
Why is it important to give insufficient reason, where the intent is so clear; filter certain group of people to take the advantage and acquire all kinds of previlages, avoid the diaspora from any intervention.
Let every body know that it is the sole responsibility of the Government to control the wrong doing, but not to denay the basic rights of the citizens.

You can't fool people all the time using the same elementary tactics.

Long live Ethiopia.
PermalinkPermalink 11/03/09 @ 04:50

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msg Comment from: mamo [Visitor]
Two years ago, 18 years old corolla was selling around 14,000US on the street of Addis. The same car costs less than 1000US in US. The main reason for this is the absurd tax imposed by the government.

As long as the government is not willing to reduce the importation tax, fraud will continue.

You want to desporas to come? Make it easy for them to come and enjoy the simple things in life, like driving a car.
PermalinkPermalink 11/03/09 @ 05:55

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msg Comment from: alex [Visitor]
This is the duty of the government to
control coraption in this case.The rules
and regulation is abused.

Those individuals should have to be
punished. This is the responsibilty of
custums autority in Ethiopia.DO IT!!!!!
PermalinkPermalink 11/03/09 @ 08:11

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msg Comment from: klashinkoff [Visitor]
why the govrnment is doing like this the more car we importe the mor we consiume a fule
by now we are importing a fule not producing it so let the dispor sel his car and breang the money be cause ethiopias problw is not a car but it is a money money

look howe much selfish they are they granted to import the car but not for sell but because the are selfish they inport and sold it they just broke the rule

GURANY DISPORA HODAM RASWEDAD ATIMTA KEFELEK IZAW KIR BETAM RAS WEDAD NACHU:no::no::no::no:

PermalinkPermalink 11/03/09 @ 10:56

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msg Comment from: klashinkoff [Visitor]
no more diaspora just stay away form ethiopa ymost of you are selfish and gureny

go wash yeferng kit las leb achberbary

PermalinkPermalink 11/03/09 @ 11:01

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msg Comment from: klashinkoff [Visitor]
no more diaspora just stay away form ethiopa most of you are selfish and gurenya

go wash yeferng kit las leba achberbary

importing additional car is jut dubling importing of feul if you are true honest for your cauntry just sell your car and purchaise a machine or atrctor to resque you daing brothers creat a job oportunity b very little money

do try to be GURANYA but try to help
CONTRBUT SOME THING


PermalinkPermalink 11/03/09 @ 11:13

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msg Comment from: Yoyoma [Visitor]
I hope they focus on emission too. if you polute the air pay more and more. I have seen them guys bringing dirty old trucks that smoke black toxic fume that you don't want to be behind that truck for a mile.
PermalinkPermalink 11/03/09 @ 23:13

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msg Comment from: Esq H.Zenebe [Visitor]
I think what my friend Ambaw has said is corrrect. About the unfaireness of the tax which was imposed on the good diasporas who are tring to make a diffrence to them self and to there birth country. The tax which was imposed is unfaire due to some gredy diasporas who have a diffrent agenda on this matter,to make proft from the good will which the gov. has made privously. Now they seem to have made some good grounds in identifing the perpraters, they have to allow the freedom to the diaspora to bring in one car per family or persone when one returnes back to Ethiopia. As it's there wright to do soo.
PermalinkPermalink 11/04/09 @ 07:45

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