Lebanon imposes new taxes on auto license plates with few digits

June 20, 2010 ⋅ 4:30 am ⋅ Post a comment

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The Lebanese cabinet agreed on Friday to impose LL500,000 ($333 ) tax on auto license plates with three digits and LL250,000($117) on four-digit plates in a move aimed at generating LL14 billion ($9.33 million).

The low digit license plates in Lebanon ( and the Middle East) are a status symbol and command very high premiums. Many car license plates are more expensive than the car itself.

Also at the request of Interior Minister Ziad Baroud, the government raised the traffic fines three-fold in an attempt to reduce mounting traffic accidents in the country.

It also established new guidelines for importing used cars and motorcycles. Cars should be maximum six years and motorcycles, three years old.

Furthermore, the cabinet decided to increase taxes on airline tickets by 10 percent.

Apart from the above measures, the cabinet did not make any drastic changes in other taxes such as the value-added tax, personal income and corporate taxes.

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Tony A

$333 is a drop in the bucket. our car has 4 digits. if it help the deficit sa7tayn but if i see a brand new yacht outside your houses im sending maria to confiscaate them lol
Tony A

$333 is a drop in the bucket. our car has 4 digits. if it help the deficit sa7tayn but if i see a brand new yacht outside your houses im sending maria to confiscaate them lol
rabih hmaydani

Funny story; I shipped my car with me from Los Angeles to Lebanon and drive it with California License plates. Its a 2007 E63 AMG so like all decent cars in Lebanon every guy wants to buy it ( or act like they do ). One guy told me he wanted my plates because the show status ( a normal lic plate that cost nothing shows status in lebanon just because its american)
rabih hmaydani

Funny story; I shipped my car with me from Los Angeles to Lebanon and drive it with California License plates. Its a 2007 E63 AMG so like all decent cars in Lebanon every guy wants to buy it ( or act like they do ). One guy told me he wanted my plates because the show status ( a normal lic plate that cost nothing shows status in lebanon just because its american)
rabih hmaydani

Triple traffic fines = police want triple the bribe they used to take before.

9 million dollars more to steal from on the lic plates.

DIG OUT THE OIL AND GAS WE HAVE AND ALL OUR FINANCIAL PROBLEMS WILL GO AWAY AND YOU CAN STEAL FROM IT AND MAKE MORE THAN YOU EVER HAVE. DIG IT OUT!!!!
rabih hmaydani

Triple traffic fines = police want triple the bribe they used to take before.

9 million dollars more to steal from on the lic plates.

DIG OUT THE OIL AND GAS WE HAVE AND ALL OUR FINANCIAL PROBLEMS WILL GO AWAY AND YOU CAN STEAL FROM IT AND MAKE MORE THAN YOU EVER HAVE. DIG IT OUT!!!!
maria

Guys you know this is a just a pure cash grab, that 9 mill is going to some partying and a few trips for these guys.

Rabih the digging is coming, but as you can see they are having quite a few meetings to discuss “budget” and as soon as they figure out how the thieves are going to split the profits, then you will hear a company has been hired to begin drilling.
maria

Guys you know this is a just a pure cash grab, that 9 mill is going to some partying and a few trips for these guys.

Rabih the digging is coming, but as you can see they are having quite a few meetings to discuss “budget” and as soon as they figure out how the thieves are going to split the profits, then you will hear a company has been hired to begin drilling.
rabih hmaydani

I have an idea. Why not tax every foreign worker in lebanon 1,000,000LL a year for working in Lebanon. Either the employer pays it or the foreigner who cares. If you want a maid pay a tax and if you want to hire non lebs pay a tax on your savings. we have about 1 mil working in lebanon so thats over $666 million in revenue. Charge another $30 at the airport for tourist visa or and with around 2 mil each year thats another 60 mil. Make the Value added tax on cigarettes 50% since its so cheap any way and we all smoke and that should bring another 300 mil a year and make a pack of cigs no more that 4000LL
(Lets say 500,000 to 600,000 packs of cigs are sold a day with an average tax of $1.5 a pack. thats how i got the 300 mil).
Lease the power company to who ever for nothing and you save 1 billion dollars and my taxes just added around 1 billion dollars for you in easy taxes. Now you can reduce the taxes on cars and all other imports to 10% and charge a 10% VAT on all sales.
rabih hmaydani

I have an idea. Why not tax every foreign worker in lebanon 1,000,000LL a year for working in Lebanon. Either the employer pays it or the foreigner who cares. If you want a maid pay a tax and if you want to hire non lebs pay a tax on your savings. we have about 1 mil working in lebanon so thats over $666 million in revenue. Charge another $30 at the airport for tourist visa or and with around 2 mil each year thats another 60 mil. Make the Value added tax on cigarettes 50% since its so cheap any way and we all smoke and that should bring another 300 mil a year and make a pack of cigs no more that 4000LL
(Lets say 500,000 to 600,000 packs of cigs are sold a day with an average tax of $1.5 a pack. thats how i got the 300 mil).
Lease the power company to who ever for nothing and you save 1 billion dollars and my taxes just added around 1 billion dollars for you in easy taxes. Now you can reduce the taxes on cars and all other imports to 10% and charge a 10% VAT on all sales.
The Middle Man

rabih i admit, you are an economics brainster!!
The Middle Man

rabih i admit, you are an economics brainster!!
maria

Rabih, you should head the economic and development department, youve got my vote!
maria

Rabih, you should head the economic and development department, youve got my vote!
John

Rabih. Good thinking man. We need people like you in the country in regards to the economy. I liked the part about taxing cigarettes since it can also encourage people to smoke less.
John

Rabih. Good thinking man. We need people like you in the country in regards to the economy. I liked the part about taxing cigarettes since it can also encourage people to smoke less.
loutfi.taha

hey
does anyone know how long can i keep my car with a dubai number plate in lebanon, and how can i renew it , and how many times it can be renewed and for how much
thank you
Anonymous

Going to ruin the beaches with that drilling.
Anonymous

Power Company? Who wants to fight over a pole??
Anonymous

Whatever happened to that pole? They might want spray it with olive oil …
Anonymous

Whatever happened to that pole? They might want spray it with olive oil …
Anonymous

Whatever happened to that pole? They might want spray it with olive oil …
Anonymous

Waste of the oil … but I know a lady I could apply it to