Leading businesspeople urged State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to reduce tax and bank loan interest rates during a meeting in the administrative capital Naypyitaw on Tuesday. Potential investors are maintaining a wait-and-see attitude and Myanmar’s economy is experiencing a slowdown, said leading builder U Maung Weik. Reducing bank loan interest and tax rates […]
Businesspeople Urge State Counselor to Reduce Tax And Loan Interest Rates
September 4, 2018 by Thiha
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Property cycle at trough, turning point in sight, agents say
July 25, 2018 by Thiha
Property prices in Mandalay have dropped between 10 to 30 percent over the past five years, with steeper falls seen in less populated residential estates, local real estate agents told The Myanmar Times. After slipping from its peak in 2013 though, the property market could now be at a turning point. “Recent market conditions are […]
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UMFCCI members push for lower tax rates
January 15, 2018 by Thiha
BUSINESSES at the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry have urged Nay Pyi Taw to lower the tax rate, while the Internal Revenue Department said the tax rate has been lowered on an annual basis. Businesses collectively asked the tax rate to be reduced during the Chief Financial Officer conference (CFO […]
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Tax hike on auto imports ‘not right solution’: merchants
August 31, 2017 by Thiha
Japanese used cars being imported across the Thaungyin River. Myanmar merchants on the Myawady border with Thailand complain that a pending increase in tax on imported vehicles is negatively impacting ordinary people. The border point has seen a rise in vehicle imports this month after the government declared it would increase vehicle import taxes from […]
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Trade on the rise, more FDI needed: U Ye Min Aung UMFCCI VP
July 12, 2017 by Thiha
U Ye Min Aung, vice president of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, told the Global New Light of Myanmar his views on Myanmar’s economy in an exclusive interview. Q: Please tell us about the current economic situation in Myanmar? A: At the present period, global economy […]
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Govt to issue revised tax brackets
January 21, 2014 by thiha
Parliament is expected to announce new tax rates as early as next month in a bid to raise revenue from 3 to 4 percent of GDP to 4.5pc for the 2014-2015 fiscal year – and to more than 10pc in future years, officials said. U Win Myint, a member of parliament’s Banks and Monetary Affairs […]
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