HANOI — The Ministry of Finance has proposed the Government raise the individual income tax imposed on capital/securities transfer to 2 per cent for trades not registered to the Vietnam Securities Depository and not made on the securities market. The individual income tax imposed on each securities/capital transaction is calculated by the selling price minus […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Market investors continue to be in the market but with guarded optimism ahead of the 2017 corporate income results, as well as the full year economic performance of the country, analysts said. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) gained 43.10 points, or 0.48 percent, to finish at 8,857.72 while the broader […]
Read MoreINFLATION expectations in Singapore stayed tame as geopolitical uncertainties cooled the euphoria from global economic growth, a survey by the Singapore Management University (SMU) showed on Tuesday. The results ofthe survey last month showed that Singapore households expect the median one-year-ahead headline inflation (or CPI-All Item inflation) to inch up to 2.97 per cent from […]
Read MoreThe Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has started to collect data on e-commerce, the results of which will be used to help the government introduce a policy on the industry. Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara said for the initial step, the BPS would focus on the data collection of certain business sectors including transportation, specialty stores, […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) recorded that Indonesia foreign debt until November 2017 amounted to USD 347.3 billion. The number is a 9.1 percent increase year on year (YoY). Based on borrower group, the public sector experienced a significant increase in foreign debt. Through the Foreign Debt Statistics, the central bank published that the position of the public sector foreign debt […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – App-based ride-hailing service Go-Jek complied with the request of Bank Indonesia to stop the company`s trial of the QR-based electronic payment. “Bank Indonesia has recently asked Go-Pay to end the trial period. We are currently obeying the request,” said Go-Pay Chief of Compliance Officer Budi Gandasoebrata in a press release on Tuesday, January 16. Go-Jek trial tested their […]
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