With a new government in office and the start of a new financial year, international non-government organisations (INGOs) are holding intense discussions over whether their well-paid expat staff should pay income tax in Myanmar. Some have been paying tax for years; others claim to have deals that exempt their foreign staff; and others would not […]
To pay or not to pay? INGOs wrangle over income tax
May 5, 2016 by Thiha
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: ActionAid, Asian Development Bank, Christian Aid, Finnish Refugee Council, Ghi Da Oo, Golden Valley, Income Tax, Inland Revenue Department, international non-government organisations, Jean Loi, Karenina Schröder, Martha Kaszubska, MOU, NGO, Oxfam, Paul Joicey, Peter Hinn, Plan, Relief and Resettlement Department, Shihab Uddin Ahmad, Solidarités International, Sudan and Somalia, Trocaire, Union Tax Law, VDB Loi, Welthungerhifle
Experts warn of ‘urgent’ need to prepare Yangon for earthquakes
February 24, 2015 by thiha
Earthquake experts met in Yangon this week to draw up plans to limit the damage that a seismic event could inflict on the city and its inhabitants. The Yangon city seismic hazard assessment project, which aims to develop a sustainable city plan, was launched on February 19. The immediate result of the project will be […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Bago Region, Bijay Karmacharya, Disaster Preparedness Programme, Earthquakes, European Commission Humanitarian Aid department, Gulf of Mottama, hazard assessment project, Myanmar, Myanmar Consortium for Community Resilience, Myanmar Earthquake Committee, Myanmar Engineering Society, Myanmar Geo-Science Society, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Relief and Resettlement Department, Sagaing, Sagaing Fault, Taungoo, U Myint Thein, U Myo Thant, U Soe Thura Tun, UN Habitat, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Yangon, Yangon City Development Committee, Yangon Region Minister for Social Welfare, Yangon University
