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Malaysia: The end of international tax planning?

CROSS-border taxation in current times is poised for significant changes. Tax is key in foreign ventures. Absent tax strategies and foreign tax leakages would erode margins and return of investment. Although international tax-efficient strategies to mitigate capital gains tax (CGT), withholding tax (WHT) and the risk of creating a taxable presence (also known as permanent […]

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Thailand: Thai-British deal on track after meeting

Britain and Thailand are committed to moving ahead with a bilateral free-trade pact and have agreed to set up a joint committee to work out the details. Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, who last Friday met Alok Sharma, Britain’s minister for Asia and the Pacific, said the two countries proposed speeding up trade talks and […]

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Cambodia: Mekong economies on course

The Greater Mekong Subregion has become a magnet for manufacturing FDI while bucking a global slowdown in trade. The Post’s Kali Kotoski sat down with Eugenia Victorino, South and Southeast Asia economist for ANZ, to talk about the region’s long-term economic outlook. What potential for growth do you see in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)? […]

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Vietnam: Vietnam on the move

People are migrating to cities in big numbers, creating a growing consumer class, big opportunities for investors and more challenges for the government. Vietnam has made steady progress since the beginning of the Doi Moi reforms in 1986, and while the Communist government has yet to fully embrace capitalism, the country’s young and growing middle […]

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Indonesia: Gov’t Encourages SMEs to Fulfill National Standards Requirements

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Chief of Legal, Organization and Public Relation Division of the National Standardization Agency Nudi Rahardjo said that the Agency will accelerate the implementation of standardization principles for micro, small and medium enterprises (UKM) this year. “The target is that 90 percent of small-medium enterprises can get the Indonesia National Standard [SNI] this year,” […]

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Indonesia: Sri Mulyani Provides Incentives for SMEs

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Directorate General of Customs and Excise has decided to facilitate capital goods and raw material imports for small-medium enterprises (SMEs). The initiative is expected to reduce production costs and at the same time, increase cash flow. The new regulation is also hoped to improve businesses activities in the domestic and international market. […]

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