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2018 National Budget “private sector-friendly” but tax reversal impact will be slow- Private Sector Commission official
The Private Sector Commission (PSC). A senior Private Sector Commission official Tuesday night welcomed government's decision to roll back a...
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New formula floated to share oil earnings; GOGA says it’s time to revise outdated production sharing agreement
Attorney-at-Law, Charles Ramson Jnr. (NewsSource photo) Government has decided to revise its model Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with oil companies...
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2018 National Budget “disastrous”; tax amnesty smacks of a deal- Jagdeo
Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo flanked by People's Progressive Party parliamentarians Juan Edghill and Gail Teixeira Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo Monday...
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Tax return amnesty for companies, individuals; small businesses to get provisional licences
Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Godfrey Statia. In background is Finance Minister, Winston Jordan. Companies and individuals...
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VAT on education scrapped; tributors tax on miners slashed by 50 percent
FLASH BACK: Parents, teachers and students of several private schools picketing the Ministry of Education. The 14 percent Value Added...
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GRA targeting more fuel smuggling locations
Stamped Alochol from the Launch of the Excise Stamp Programme The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will next year be establishing...
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Countrywide ‘rates and taxes’ may increase next year
Finance Minister, Winston Jordan on Monday signaled that rates and taxes in towns and villages countrywide will possibly increase next...
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Guyana’s sugar production slumps again
Aerial view of the Skeldon Sugar Factory. Sugar production by the ailing state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation is expected to further...
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GPL blamed for fire at La Jalousie house that left several homeless
Five persons, including several children, were Sunday morning left homeless after a fire widely believed to be of electrical origin...
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Taxi driver shot, car stolen after women lure him
A taxi driver was shot by carjackers after he was lured by two women to Mocha Road, D'urban Backlands to...
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