Myanmar is in fact slipping further away from the govt’s target of reaching top 100 in the Doing Business index by 2020. It remains to be seen how Nay Pyi Taw could deliver this commitment, DESPITE the fact that Myanmar has fallen one place last year in the World Bank’s Doing Business rankings, Nay Pyi […]
Read MoreCredit Bureau Cambodia (CBC) yesterday released its report for the fourth quarter of 2017, which showed significant growth in applications for credit, particularly in the credit card and mortgage sectors. The bureau reported a 19 percent increase in applications for credit compared to the third quarter of last year, which surpassed the third quarter growth […]
Read MoreThe government has imposed more taxes on fuel and other goods and services as authorities increase efforts to collect additional revenue to meet set targets. The Ministry of Finance’s Taxation Department announced recently that the excise tax on super grade gasoline has risen from 35 percent to 39 percent. The excise tax rates on regular […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The Ministry of Industry & Trade (MoIT) will continue its efforts to divest state capital from state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in 2018, said Tao Thi Kim Van, Deputy Head of Finance and Enterprises Renovation Department. Under the restructuring plan of SOEs in the period 2016–2020 and approved by the Prime Minister, the MoIT has […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – The Singapore and Malaysia stock markets are set to be connected by a trading link by the end of this year which will allow investors to trade and settle shares in both markets in a more convenient and cost-efficient way. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) will […]
Read MoreThe Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Monday announced it had recalled mission orders issued to taxpayers under investigation, noting that tax audits failed to improve revenue collections. In a statement on Monday, the bureau also said it had ordered all revenue officers of its National Investigation Division (NID) to submit an inventory of all […]
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