KBZ is The Biggest Tax Payer for Six Years Running

KBZ is the largest lender in the local market, and has paid income taxes up to K28 billion in the Fiscal Year 2017 making itself the biggest tax payer in the country for six years running, according to Internal Revenue Department under the Ministry of Planning and Finance. Internal Revenue Department announced lists of the […]

Parliament Rejects e-Lottery Bill

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw has rejected the government-proposed Aungbarlay Lottery Bill which hopes to introduce e-lottery and provisions that would allow private-government partnership in lottery operations. U Tun Tun Hein, member of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Joint Bill Committee, told The Myanmar Times that as Aungbarlay Lottery Bill was sent back to the government. “Hluttaw cannot accept the fact […]

Tax Exemption on Interest Income Questioned

​​ The Ministry of Planning and Finance has issued a statement on February 19 that income tax will not be levied on interest from bank savings and deposits. The statement means that tax on interest from bank deposits will be exempted in the coming 2017-18 fiscal year. However, interest from bank deposits is not the […]

Yangon to develop river transport express system

The Yangon Region government is planning to build a river express system for passengers – part of fundamental transport reforms that government officials hope will bring a new wave of industrial goods and commuters onto the country’s waterways. Myanmar is unique in Southeast Asia in boasting waterways – primarily the Ayeyarwady and Chindwin rivers – […]