Exchange booths of Almaty to expect tax to be revoked only beginning of next year

/IRBIS, Nov.25, 99/ - Yesterday, according to Almaty office of REUTERS, Finance minister Majit Esenbaev said at the press conference the government revoked one percent tax on sales of currency to private persons introduced in April of this year. The information brought about some surprise in the market. Results of the poll of exchange booths and currency dealers, conducted by EconoMix and IRBIS, respectively, indicate neither exchange booths (EB) of Almaty nor commercial banks received any official documents regarding the tax revoke. Employees of EBs refer to "an official information" as the statement of the National Bank's head Grigorii Marchenko on TV, saying the tax to be removed from January 1, 2000. They say tax is still collected and currency trades are held with the tax build into the sale price.