Economy
Declining VAT revenues reveal weak domestic consumption
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Revenues from value-added tax collected on domestic transactions fell by 45.9% during the second quarter of 2026, compared with the same period last year. This decline comes amid the economic conditions left by the war, and the accompanying downturn in the number of arrivals to Lebanon…
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