Jamaica Gleaner News "FINANCE MINISTER Audley Shaw yesterday announced the largest tax package of the calendar year as the Government moved to plug a $17.9-billion hole in the Budget.
The package, the third announced by Shaw this fiscal year, is intended to raise $21.8 billion annualised through the medium term.
It brings to $47.6 billion the total tax bundle announced by Shaw since April.
Speaking in Parliament yester-day, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the move to pull more taxes from Jamaicans was necessary to heal the nation's ailing economy."
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