Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) refer to The Sydney Morning Herald’s report “Australia and Singapore plan for travel bubble and quarantine hub by July” on 14 March 2021.
Monday, March 15, 2021
Australia - From 11:59pm AEDT on 11 March 2021, quarantine-free flights from New Zealand to Australia will resume.
From 11:59pm AEDT on 11 March 2021, quarantine-free flights from New Zealand to Australia will resume.
Routine pre-departure and on arrival screening will continue.
All travellers should check the arrangements in both their place of arrival and place of final destination as quarantine requirements might apply.
France - Relaxing of conditions for entering and leaving French territory for travel outside the European area
From Friday 12 March, it will no longer be necessary to have a compelling reason to travel to or from Singapore, Australia, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea or the United Kingdom.
Friday, March 12, 2021
New Zealand - Auckland to move to Alert Level 1 at midday today, Friday 12 March
Auckland will move to COVID-19 Alert Level 1 at midday today, Friday 12 March.
This follows six days of Auckland being at Level 2, with seven days prior to that at Level 3, after 15 positive community cases emerged outside managed isolation facilities.
“Level 2 restrictions being in place until today have allowed us to get the results of day-12 testing for the last remaining contacts of case M, who are in isolation. These all came back negative overnight,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.
US - Get credit for IRA contributions made by April 15 on 2020 tax returns
The Internal Revenue Service notes that taxpayers of all ages may be able to claim a deduction on their 2020 tax return for contributions to their Individual Retirement Arrangement (IRA) made through April 15, 2021. There is no longer a maximum age for making IRA contributions.
An IRA is designed to enable employees and the self-employed to save for retirement. Most taxpayers who work are eligible to start a traditional or Roth IRA or add money to an existing account.
UK - Government focuses on recovery from Covid with new timeline for border control processes on import of goods
- Government putting COVID recovery first with new time scale for implementing border controls.
- Full processes for some imports will not be required until January 2022.
- Overall freight volumes between the UK and the EU have been back to their normal levels since the start of February.
A new timetable for introducing import border control processes has been set out by the government today (Thursday 11 March) to enable UK businesses to focus on their recovery.
India - Residential status of certain individuals under Income-tax Act, 1961
Section 6 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) contains provisions relating to determination
of residency of a person. The status of an individual, as to whether he is resident in India or a nonresident or not ordinarily resident, is dependent, inter-alia, on the period for which the person is
in India during a previous year or years preceding the previous year.
2. Relaxation for Previous Year 2019-20 Considering the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant overstay of an individual who had come to India on a visit before 22nd March 2020, circular no II of 2020 dated 8th May 2020 was issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (the Board) under section 119 of the Act to avoid genuine hardship in such cases.
It was clarified that for the purpose of determining the residential status under section 6 of the Act during the previous year 2019-20 in respect of an individual who has come to India on a visit before 22nd March 2020 and:
(a) has been unable to leave India on or before 31 st March 2020, his period of stay in India from 22nd March 2020 to 31 st March, 2020 shall not be taken into account; or
(b) has been quarantined in India on account of Novel Corona Virus (Covid-19) on or after 1 st March, 2020 and has departed on an evacuation flight before 31st March 2020 or has been unable to leave India on or before 31st March 2020, his period of stay from the beginning of his quarantine to his date of departure or 31st March, 2020, as the case may be, shall not be taken into account; or
(c) has departed on an evacuation flight before 31st March 2020, his period of stay in India from 22nd March 2020 to his date of departure shall not be taken into account.
ROSÉ - 'On The Ground' M/V
On The Ground
My life's been magic seems fantastic
I used to have a hole in the wall with a mattress
It’s funny when you want it
Suddenly you have it
You find out that your gold’s just plastic
Every day every night
I’ve been thinking back on you and I
Every day every night
I worked my whole life
Just to get right just to be like
Look at me I’m never coming down
I worked my whole life
Just to get high just to realize
Everything I need is on the
Everything I need is on the ground
On the ground
Everything I need is on the ground
Nah but they don’t hear me though (Yeah what goes up it must come down)
Nah but they don’t hear me though (You’re running out of time)
My world’s been hectic seems electric
But I’ve been waking up with your voice in my head
And I’m trying to send a message
And let you know that every single minute I’m without you I regret it
Every day every night
I’ve been thinking back on you and I
Every day every night
I worked my whole life
Just to get right just to be like
Look at me I’m never coming down
I worked my whole life
Just to get high just to realize
Everything I need is on the
Everything I need is on the ground
On the ground
Everything I need is on the ground
Nah but they don’t hear me though (Yeah what goes up it must come down)
Nah but they don’t hear me though (You’re running out of time)
I’m way up in the clouds
And they say I’ve made it now
But I figured it out
Everything I need is on the ground
Just drove by your house
So far from you now
But I figured it out
Everything I need is on the
Everything I need is on the ground
On the ground
Everything I need is on the ground
Nah but they don’t hear me though
On the ground
Nah but they don’t hear me though
Everything I need is on the ground
Thursday, March 11, 2021
China - Favorable policies to stabilize and attract foreign investment launched for multinationals
For multinational corporations grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, China emerged as a silver lining to their balance sheets last year.
The nation has launched favorable policies to stabilize and attract foreign investment, and this was underlined on March 5 when Premier Li Keqiang announced a series of opening-up measures in his Government Work Report.
Indonesia - Implementation of non-cash payment methods on Consular Services at the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore
Starting Monday, March 8, 2021, the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore applies cashless payments (PAYNOW) on Consular Services.
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