State-owned electricity company PLN will relax bill payments this month for household customers whose bills spiked because of the company’s flawed new bill-calculation method. PLN, in a statement on Thursday, said it would only charge 40 percent of affected customers’ June bills. The remaining 60 percent would be divided and charged equally over the following […]
Read MoreThree Asean heavyweights – Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines – have offered to buy rice produced in Myanmar, U Khin Maung Lwin, deputy secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, told The Myanmar Times. The Philippines and Malaysia have offered to purchase 300,000 tonnes and 50,000 tonnes of rice from Myanmar, respectively, while Indonesia has yet to […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The threshold would now be raised from VND9 million (US$389) per month to VND11 million (US$475). The Standing Committee of the National Assembly has allowed the increase of the monthly tax-free threshold from July 1 in a move to make the cost of living match inflation. Accordingly, the threshold will be raised from […]
Read MoreExporters are being urged to make more use of free trade agreement (FTA) privileges and the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) during the coronavirus crisis, especially in high-demand categories like food, drinks and processed farm products. Keerati Rushchano, director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, said that while use of FTA privileges and the GSP by […]
Read MoreThe General Department of Taxation (GDT) has officially now put into operation an electronic filing system for all medium and large taxpayers starting from early this month, according to a senior official of the department. Speaking during the current development of the e-tax service online yesterday, GDT Director-General Kong Vibol said that at present, the […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — The impact of the movement control order (MCO) first implemented on March 18 has resulted in widespread economic and business losses in the first quarter of the year, a study conducted by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) showed. DOSM’s study on the impact of MCO in Johor, Melaka, Negri […]
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