{"id":3823,"date":"2025-03-25T14:49:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T12:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=3823"},"modified":"2025-03-25T14:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T12:49:42","slug":"south-sudan-revenue-authority-why-do-we-pay-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=3823","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan Revenue Authority: Why Do We Pay Taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Juba: Alnaeim Mubarak Kuol<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The South Sudan Revenue Authority (SSRA) affirms its commitment to raising awareness about tax compliance. It posted on its Facebook page urging taxpayers to comply with payments and raised the question: Who qualifies as a taxpayer? Understanding one\u2019s tax obligations is key to national development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, who is a taxpayer? To answer this question, as part of education and awareness, the answer provided is that a taxpayer is any individual or entity legally required to pay taxes based on income, business activities, or transactions. This includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 Individuals \u2013 salaried workers, self-employed professionals, and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u2705 Businesses &amp; companies \u2013 small, medium, and large enterprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u2705 Importers &amp; exporters \u2013 those involved in international trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u2705 Property owners \u2013 those earning income from rentals or real estate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 Investors &amp; contractors \u2013 engaged in government or private sector projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why are taxes paid? Taxes are paid to fund public services, support infrastructure, healthcare, education, and security, ensure business legitimacy, access contracts, financial services, and legal protections, enhance economic growth, and strengthen the national economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#HurryToPayTaxes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juba: Alnaeim Mubarak Kuol The South Sudan Revenue Authority (SSRA) affirms its commitment to raising awareness about tax compliance. It posted on its Facebook page urging taxpayers to comply with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3825,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823\/revisions\/3825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}