TAXES: 2% levy on mobile phones, computers etc. will begin “soon”

The implementation of two per cent levy on mobile phones, computers, photocopiers, scanners and similar products will commence soon, the Director-General, National Copyright Commission, Mr. Afam Ezekude, has said. Ezekude said this at a press briefing to mark the 2015 World Book and Copyright Day in Abuja on Thursday. He said the order for the […]

The implementation of two per cent levy on mobile phones, computers, photocopiers, scanners and similar products will commence soon, the Director-General, National Copyright Commission, Mr. Afam Ezekude, has said.
Ezekude said this at a press briefing to mark the 2015 World Book and Copyright Day in Abuja on Thursday. He said the order for the levy had been put into a gazette, adding that the only thing that remained was a nod for its implementation from the Minister of Finance.
The levy order is applicable to all imported or locally produced materials used or capable of being used to infringe copyright in a work both imported and manufactured in the country, and it is designed to compensate the right owners for the envisaged infringement.
The NCC boss said, “The copyright levy on particular materials order has not been abandoned. It places a levy on any material either manufactured locally or coming into the country from outside.
Source Punch