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Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar need 18 months to implement VAT,...
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Manama: Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar will need 18 months to implement Value Added Tax (VAT), according to International Monetary Fund.
While Saudi Arabia and UAE...
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Kuwait panel rejects $3,300 driving licence fee for expats
A Kuwait parliamentary committee on Sunday rejected a series of anti-expat proposals including calls for foreign workers to pay $3,300 for driving licences. The...
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Opinion: On the Saudi expat levy
Some decisions that were taken with the intention of supporting the national economy and the citizens need review. Among others, these include the expat...
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Own a second holiday home in France? Get ready to pay...
Hundreds of thousands of second-home owners in France, including many British expats who’ve bought property in the country, can expect to cough up around...
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Thank God you’re not an Aussie expat
If the Hockeys were “normal” expat Australians, Treasurer Scott Morrison would be about to whack them with a surprise $1.1 million capital gains tax...
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Saudi business community seeks expat levy amendments
The Council of Saudi Chambers (CSC), reacting to a backlash, recommended changing the recently introduced expat levy. The law is intended to help the kingdom...
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Saudi’s new expat charges – is your company footing the bill?
In July 2017, an expatriate levy came into force, as a result of which expat employees now have to pay the kingdom SAR100 each...
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EU tax haven blacklist set to shrink further, causing outcry
European Union states are set to remove Bahrain, the Marshall Islands and Saint Lucia from a list of tax havens next week, leaving only...
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Abu Dhabi inflation jumps with new tax, but restrained by housing
Abu Dhabi consumer price inflation more than doubled in January as the United Arab Emirates introduced a 5 percent value-added tax, with a weak...
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How to cash in on Britain’s bonkers tax rules
Next time you spot a gingerbread man on a bakery shelf, take a look at how he's dressed. If he's naked you won't pay...