Parliament has today approved Value Added Tax (VAT) for implementation on January 1.
MPs also approved new pension rules for public representatives that would lower benefits.
The votes were held behind closed doors after MPs voted to hold the talks in private, meaning no one except MPs, ministers, senior government officials and parliament employees can be present.
A parliamentary committee recommended that MPs approve the VAT bill.
Parliament's financial and economic affairs committee made a U-turn, after initially urging MPs to veto it on the grounds that it would raise the cost of living and the country was not ready for it.
The U-turn followed a closed-door meeting between the committee and parliament chairman Ahmed Al Mulla.
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