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First tranche of fuel compensation disbursement concludes
By Petra - Apr 30,2014 - Last updated at Apr 30,2014
AMMAN — The Income and Sales Tax Department (ISTD) on Wednesday finished the disbursement of the first tranche of fuel compensation for 2014.
ISTD Media Spokesperson MousaTarawneh said 930,000 heads of families from the public and private sectors applied for the compensation, 750,000 of whom were eligible.
The total amount disbursed reached around JD88 million, with an average of JD95 for each family.
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