Blacks don’t have culture of paying tax: Chinamasa

FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa has challenged MPs to proffer constructive suggestions to help the government increase its revenue inflows, indicating that a paltry 3% of every $100 collected as revenue was going towards service delivery with the bulk of the money consumed by the wage bill.

“We must come to Parliament to change that structure and we cannot change it if we continue to speak in tongues,” he said yesterday.

“If you do not want to be taxed, please do not shout and expect better service delivery.

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