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(ANSAmed) - AMMAN, JUNE 4 - The Jordanian ministry of Finance is in the final stages of finalising a decision to reduce sales tax imposed on internet down to between 5-8% to increase the number of users, according to Jordanian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Bassem Roussan. Jordan's Internet prices are amongst the highest in the region as the Kingdom imposes a 16% sales tax on Internet, while most other countries in the region the tax ranges from 0 to 5%. The decision, which is expected to be announced soon, will help increase the internet penetration in the Kingdom that currently stands at about 20% and help in the acceleration of the implementation of the country's ICT strategy's goal to increase the number of Internet users up to 50% by the year 2012, Roussan has said recently. The Kingdom ranks second in terms of sales tax on the Internet only to Morocco, which applies a 20% sales tax on Internet, according to Roussan. A study released by the Department of Statistics (DoS) in August last year indicated that around a third of Jordanian households have PCs, but only 16% of these are connected to the Internet, a study said. The DoS study attributed the low penetration rate, regarding households in particular, to the high cost of Internet. (ANSAmed).