UAE - Expansion on Excise Tax comes into effect on 1st December

The Federal Tax Authority, FTA, is finalising its preparations to implement Cabinet Decision No. (52) of 2019 on Excise Goods, Excise Tax Rates, and the Methods of Calculating the Excise Price, which comes into force on Sunday, 1st December, 2019.

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TONES AND I - DANCE MONKEY (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Another "mess with your head" beat, can't get outta your head.

Washington - Internal Revenue Service (IRS) updates per diem guidance for business travelers and their employers

The Internal Revenue Service today issued guidance for business travelers, updated to include changes resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).

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Carrie Underwood - Drinking Alone

You can buy me a beer but you ain't taking me home.

New skilled visas to encourage migration to regional Australia

Skilled migrants who commit to living and working in a regional area will have access to two new skilled provisional visas.

The visas will allow regional businesses to fill vacant jobs faster and provide additional incentives for skilled migrants and their families to settle and remain in regional areas.

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UAE Cabinet: New law to support financially insolvent individuals in the UAE

The UAE Cabinet has approved a federal law to regulate cases of insolvency of natural persons, aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of the UAE by ensuring the ease of doing business, creating favourable conditions for individuals facing financial difficulties and protecting those who are unable to pay their debts from going bankrupt.

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Qatar - National Address Law to be Implemented Soon

The Ministry of the Interior announced that the National Address Law (Law No. 24 of 2017) would be introduced soon the procedural and operational steps required to implement the law have been completed.

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Signing of Tax Convention between Japan and Peru

On November 18 (November 19 in Japan), “Convention between Japan and the Republic of Peru for the Elimination of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income and the Prevention of Tax Evasion and Avoidance” (hereinafter referred to as the Convention) was signed in Lima, Peru by H.E. Mr. TSUCHIYA Sadayuki, Ambassador of Japan in the Republic of Peru and H.E. Mr. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Peru.

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China to issue guideline to improve business environment for foreign investors

China will roll out a guideline to better use foreign investment with a focus on safeguarding the national treatment of foreign-funded enterprises. 

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Finland - Postal strike causes delays in the delivery of tax mail

As the strike at Posti begins on 11 November, delays will be expected in the deliveries of the Tax Administration’s letters to taxpayers. 

The strike is scheduled to begin at 6 am on 11 November and to end at 12 midnight on Sunday, 24 November.

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