MINISTRY of Small and Medium Enterprises Permanent Secretary Subeta Mutelo says the Ministry is receiving a number of complaints from SMEs on the high taxation placed on them. In an interview, Monday, Mutelo said the taxes that SMEs were subjected to pay annually were too much. “So, there’s a lot of complaints on issues of taxation from the SMEs. So, when it comes to bidding, the sectors that are asking for procurement, the procurement departments are asking for financial statements, how can an SME have a financial statement who is just beginning business for example? And because somebody is just beginning business, you do not have to take them out of the participatory ride just because they do not have...