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KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue has withdrawn a notification issued three years ago related to electronic service of tax notices, paving ways for the recovery.Through a notification issued on...

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has withdrawn a tax policy clarification of 2018 in which an electronic mode of serving notice to the taxpayers may be

Staff Nurse: General Nursing and Midwifery/ Basic B.Sc. (Nursing)/ Post Basic B.Sc. (Nursing) Medical Officer: MBBS Degree included in the First Schedule OR Second Schedule OR Part 2 of the Schedule 3 of the IMC Act General Duty Medical Officer: MBBS Degree included in the First or Second Schedule or Part-II of the Schedule 3 of the Indian Medical Council Act Eligible candidates must apply on the official site, wbhrb.in for the preferred posts on or before the prescribed date. WBHRB Recruitmen...

1 March 2020. The Exemption Order, which exempts from stamp duty for qualifying loan or financing agreements relating to the restructuring or rescheduling of existing business loans or financing, has been amended by the Amendment Order in the following respects - The deletion of the word " business" in paragraph 2(1) of the Exemption Order so that the exemption applies to instruments or financing agreements for the restructuring or rescheduling of a " loan or financing" whereas previously, the ...

It is worth reiterating that gas flaring reduction potential was part of the underlying opportunity for the (otherwise laudable) project. PI&D obtained arbitral award against Nigeria, sought to enforce same inclusive of the substantial interests and Nigeria after some initial lethargy and missteps is now actively challenging same, arguing that the entire project was a fraud. See Fikayo Akeredolu, Nigeria and P&ID: The Story Behind the $9.6 Billion Judgement, Nigeria Wins Another Victory Agains...

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has dismissed a leave application by youth movement Muda in its bid to challenge the Registrar of Societies (RoS) rejection of its application to be registered as a political party. The application for leave to initiate judicial review was rejected after Justice Mariana Yahya allowed an objection by the Attorney Generals Chambers (AGC) during online court proceedings on Thursday (Feb 4). When contacted, AGC Senior Federal Counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambali said the co...

The Tax Laws (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2020 (the Bill) has been gazetted with the view of making changes to various tax laws as discussed further below. Once enacted, the Bill shall come into force on 1 January 2021. However, we note that the National Assembly is currently in recess up to 8 February 2021 and it is therefore unclear whether it will be reconvened earlier to pass the Bill and have it in force by 1 January 2021. Amendments to the Income Tax Act, Chapter 470, Laws of Kenya (the ITA)...

Munya Cracks the Whip on Cartels in Kenyas Food Sector 2 February 2021 - 3:32 pm Agriculture CS Peter Munya speaks at the National Agriculture Summit at Safari Park Hotel on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Facebook Agriculture Cabinet Secretary, Peter Munya has announced new regulations that are expected to deal with cartels dominating the food industry, particularly in the cereals sector.  The new regulations target traders who operate warehouses that deal with food commodities.  Such warehous...

Harare Wetlands Trust (HWT) and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) appreciate the Ramsar Convention 2021 World Wetland Day theme of “Inseperable: Water, Wetlands and Life” to mark the celebration, as it reflects the need to preserve Harare’s headwater wetlands which play a large contributory factor in the provision of water to the City and its residents. Harare is a wetland city. The geographical location of Harare on top of the watershed shows that the Manyame, Gwebi and Mazowe Riv...

The New Standard Scale of Fines : A Fine Mess  [ Background to the Notice Statutes which create criminal offences usually specify the penalties that courts may impose, and the penalties often consist of fines whether or not coupled with terms of imprisonment.  Before 2004 fines were expressed as monetary amounts but inflation kept reducing their real value so that statutes had to be amended constantly in order to keep the fines realistic.  Hence section 280 of the Criminal Law Code, enacte...