A ceremony to present honorary awards and certificates to the highest taxpayers for the 2017-2018 tax year was held at the Presidential Palace in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. President U Win Myint conferred the awards on individuals with outstanding payments for income tax, commercial tax, and specific goods tax. The importance of paying taxes At […]
New policies unavoidable if Myanmar is to keep up in AEC
September 20, 2018 by
With just three months remaining before it is due to join the Asean Economic Community (AEC), time is running out for Myanmar to improve its economic policies and prepare local businesses for foreign competition. By January 1, 2019, Myanmar, together with the other CMLV countries, which includes Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, will officially be part […]
Myanmar workers in Thailand victims of a broken system
July 18, 2017 by
MYAWADDY, Myanmar: With only meagre belongings stuffed into backpacks and duffel bags, tens of thousands of Myanmar migrants have streamed home across the Thai border over the past two weeks. But it is not a joyous homecoming for the truckloads of men and women, who fled Thailand in fear of a new law that hardens […]
Myanmar growing at breakneck speed
September 1, 2013 by
When Singapore lawyer Chester Toh starting working in Yangon, Myanmar’s commercial centre, 18 months ago, his commute to the centre took 15 minutes; now it’s a 45-minute slog through increasingly clogged streets. Call it the price of progress, or reform to be more exact. Toh, a partner at law firm Rajah & Tann, told The […]
