Collection of Arrears of Taxes in Syria and Lebanon

Type

Decision

Number

1070

Date of the text

15/10/1921

Official Gazette

published in 1921

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

1

What it provides

This decree provides for collecting all arrears of taxes, fees and dues for years before 1921 across Syria and Lebanon, converting Ottoman piastres at 300 Syrian piastres per 100, with arrears for 1920 in the former western zone deferred to 1 December 1921.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1921. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.