NAYPYITAW — Planning and Finance Minister U Kyaw Win has admitted that Myanmar’s economy has not improved as well as expected, six months after he compared the country’s economy to a jet plane about to take off. “There are suggestions that the country’s economy has not picked up as we expected. Considering the current situation, we […]
Tax Cut Planned For Low-Cost Housing Purchases
January 20, 2017 by
The government is planning to drastically reduce the taxes it levies when people purchase state-commissioned low-cost housing, which developers say puts many units out of reach for ordinary buyers. Union Planning and Finance Minister U Kyaw Win, in a speech to developers and business leaders last week, said that the only taxes levied on […]
