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Tax Authority Chairman meets US official

Published: 13 Mar 2019 - 12:35 am | Last Updated: 03 Nov 2021 - 12:54 am
The Chairman of General Tax Authority (GTA) Ahmed bin Issa Al Mohannadi holding discussions with Department of Treasury Financial Attache at the US Embassy in Qatar, Lesley Chavkin.

The Chairman of General Tax Authority (GTA) Ahmed bin Issa Al Mohannadi holding discussions with Department of Treasury Financial Attache at the US Embassy in Qatar, Lesley Chavkin.

The Peninsula

DOHA:  The Chairman of General Tax Authority (GTA) Ahmed bin Issa Al Mohannadi met with Department of Treasury Financial Attache at the US Embassy in Qatar, Lesley Chavkin and Commercial Attache at the US Embassy in Qatar Ilona Shtrom.

During the meeting, they discussed mechanisms to combat the financing of terrorism and money laundering, in addition to discussing issues related to law on establishing the General Tax Authority, income tax on companies and selective tax law.

This meeting comes part of the memorandum of understanding signed between the governments of Qatar and the US in July 2017 on the cooperation in the field of combating terrorism which included joint commitments between the two countries to expand information exchange and capacity building initiatives to counter terrorist financing.