The 2024 finance bill (PLF) does not include measures to combat the parallel economy, does not encourage private investment, and does not support the industrial and commercial sectors, indicating the Confederation of Citizen Enterprises of Tunisia ( Connect).
โDuring a hearing session organized Tuesday, November 21, 2023, by the finance and budget committee of the Assembly of People’s Representatives (ARP), the members of the Conect office considered that the measures linked to the orientation of the subsidy to rights holders have not been studied as part of a global and prospective strategy to support structuring. They stressed that the forecast growth rate cannot absorb unemployment,โ reads a press release from the ARP published on Wednesday. They proposed amendments to articles 27, 38, 39, and 48 in order to encourage the increase of State resources through tax measures and to have a positive impact on the development, investment, and development of private companies and job creation.
Members of the Connect office highlighted the importance of encouraging the vocational training sector, calling on stakeholders to encourage students to join these centers, taking into account the needs of the labor market in terms of vocational training.
They also underlined the importance of reducing the tax pressure on training establishments. And businesses in general in order to encourage them to invest and create jobs.