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GCC may apply VAT tax law in 2018-'19
KUWAIT: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states are most likely to apply the value-added tax law between 2018 and 2019, an accounting expert said yesterday.Kuwait, for example, issued a ministerial decree in 2015 obliging financial companies and institutions to comply with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) which enforces Americans including those living outside the US to file yearly reports on their non-US financial accounts...
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New e-passport system to be launched by Sept
Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-SabahKUWAIT: A new electronic passport system is expected to be launched in mid-September, Ministry of Interior (MoI) Undersecretary for Citizenship and Passport Affairs Gen Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah announced yesterday.In a speech at the 31st meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Directors General of Passport Authorities, which runs until tomorrow, Sheikh Mazen said that the new system would take precedence...
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12,000 Govt contract workers transferred to 250 companies
KUWAIT: The total number of government contract workers who benefited from allowing visa transfers over the past six months was around 12,000 persons working for over 250 companies that have contracts with the government, an official said yesterday. Moussa stressed that employers hailed the decision of allowing laborers to transfer their residency visas for a fee instead of having to leave the country, said Ahmad Al-Moussa, Acting Director of the...
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Expat oil workers protest unpaid allowances
KUWAIT: A number of expatriate laborers working for a company that has a contract with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) in Rawdatain yesterday went on strike in protest over not receiving salaries that have been delayed because of some problems related to the company's contract with KOC. Security forces were present at the worksite in case of any contingency while the protesters sat on the ground dressed in their uniforms.Municipal Council holds...
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MP proposes taxes on expats’ money transfer
KUWAIT: MP Faisal Al-Kundari yesterday proposed that the government should tax the overseas money transfers of expatriates working in the country.Kundari proposed a 2 percent tax for transfers of up to KD 100, 4 percent for transfers of between KD 100 and 499 and five percent for transfers above KD500.The lawmaker did not propose any similar taxes on transfers by citizens. MPs in the past made similar proposals to tax money transfers by expats to...
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Questions highlight controversy over airport expansion project
KUWAIT: MP Askar Al-Enezi yesterday sent a series of questions to Minister of Public Works Ali Al-Omair over the controversial KD 1.32 billion contract for the expansion project of Kuwait International Airport.The lawmaker said that the ministry is insisting on signing the contract with the winner Kuwaiti-Turkish consortium despite key objections by the Audit Bureau and to do that it has sent the project to the council of ministers to take a...
KUWAIT: UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi (left) and KFAED Director General Abdelwahad Al-Bader attend a press conference to announce signing a memorandum of understanding between the two sides. — KUNA
UNCHR lauds Amir's humanitarian role - UNHCR, KFAED sign landmark agreement
KUWAIT: UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi (left) and KFAED Director General Abdelwahad Al-Bader attend a press conference to announce signing a memorandum of understanding between the two sides. — KUNAKUWAIT: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) and Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday. The landmark cooperation between the two agencies was signed between UNHCR...
His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah
Prime Minister starts Asian trip today - Visit includes Bangladesh Japan, South Korea, Vietnam
His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-SabahKUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah is set to travel today to Bangladesh, the first leg on an Asian tour that will also take him to Japan, South Korea and Vietnam. Kuwait and these four Asian nations maintain close ties in all fields thanks to the frequent visit exchanges on all levels. In its quest for sustainable economic development,...
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Bangladeshi male domestic workers’ recruitment allowed
KUWAIT: Interior Ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship and Passport Affairs Major General Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah issued a circular to immigration departments in Kuwait’s six governorates allowing citizens to bring Bangladeshi domestic helpers.The decision covers male workers only, and according to certain conditions, informed security sources said. The conditions include that the citizen can bring one helper only, and must not...
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Palestinian Authority passports hinders recruiting teachers
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior (MOI) recently sent the Ministry of Education (MOE) a memo rejecting the latter’s request to issue residency visas for Palestinian teachers it intends to recruit for the next school year, because they held passports issued by the Palestinian Authority.The memo explained that those teachers would not be able to issue dependent and visit visas like other Arab countries’ passport holders unless this was approved...
KUWAIT: This handout photo shows Nabeel Ibrahim, an advisor at the Ministry of Electricity and Water who was arrested for receiving bribes to pass illegal transactions
MEW Advisor (Egyptian) collected KD 1 million in bribes
KUWAIT: The public prosecution sent a Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) advisor (Egyptian) to the central prison after he confessed to charges that he accepted bribes from companies contracted with the ministry.A security source said detectives discovered a secret account for the suspect, Egyptian, among several accounts he has in his home country, and found out that he also transfer KD 400,000 in addition to the KD 620,000 discovered...
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Man mugged by friends; Cross-dresser arrested
KUWAIT: A citizen with six of his friends beat another friend in Salwa and robbed him of his belongings. The victim lodged a complaint at Salwa police station and told them he received a phone call from a friend to go to a diwaniya, but he discovered that he was taken to a dark place where six others were waiting. They dragged him out of the car and beat him badly, then robbed him. Detectives are investigating.Ex-convict caught for theftMubarak...
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