In Communist Cuba, the Tax Man Cometh

CNBC ^ | 11-28-2012 | Staff

[Red Badger]

Most Cubans have not paid taxes for half a century, but that will change under a new code starting January 1.

The landmark regulations will change the relations of Cubans with their government and are a signal that market-oriented reforms, launched since President Raul Castro succeeded his brother, Fidel Castro, in 2008, are here to stay.

[Red Badger]

"The government's free market reforms introduced over the last two years, are designed to encourage small businesses, private farming and individual initiative, along with plans to pay state workers more.

[I want the USA back]

You can’t pay taxes when government owns all the means of production, and all property.
So this is a significant, but slight, shift.