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Ministry says most NGOs ignore tax requirements

Only 200 of some 5,000 domestic NGOs have submitted required banking details to the Interior Ministry, its spokesman said on Monday, as the government steps up enforcement of tax requirements on organizations that may have racked up huge unpaid bills. ...

Hang Sokunthea and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-says-most-ngos-ignore-tax-requirements-133324/

Cambodia Daily slapped with huge tax bill

Government-aligned media outlet Fresh News has published a leaked letter from the Taxation Department to the Cambodia Daily claiming that it owes $6.3 million in back taxes, a disclosure accompanied by scathing anonymous “letters” attacking the English-language newspaper and prominent NGOs. ...

Phak Seangly and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-daily-slapped-huge-tax-bill

Cambodia, Brunei sign double taxation agreement

On 27 July 2017, the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Government of Brunei Darussalam reached an agreement on avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income. ...

So Sophavy
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=106730

Tax department rakes in $1.2B in revenue

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected a whopping $1.19 billion in tax revenue during the first half of this year, an increase of 32 percent compared to the same period last year, led by a surge of value-added tax (VAT) and profit-tax revenue. ...

Kali Kotoski and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-department-rakes-12b-revenue

Government collects $915M in taxes in first semester

The government collected $915 million in tax revenue during the first six months of the year, according to figures released yesterday by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-collects-915m-taxes-first-semester

Tax pulled after mutiny

Just one day after the Kingdom’s microlenders mutinied and said they would not implement a government directive requiring all financial institutions to implement a 10 percent value-added tax (VAT) on fees for financial services, the Tax Department announced it would back down and temporarily suspend ...

Kali Kotoski and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-pulled-after-mutiny

GDT’s hands tied on sign fees

The tax authority yesterday refuted local media claims that it had endorsed a private sector call to end Phnom Penh City Hall’s taxation of billboards and commercial signage throughout the capital, which advocates have said imposes an onerous levy on local businesses. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdts-hands-tied-sign-fees

GDT officials work on tax treaty with Hong Kong

Cambodian tax officials met with their counterparts in Hong Kong last week as part of the first round of discussions for drafting a double taxation agreement (DTA) aimed at preventing dual taxation and fiscal evasion, the General Department of Taxation (GDT) said yesterday in a ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-officials-work-tax-treaty-hong-kong

Call to increase tax on tobacco

The government has been urged to increase tax on tobacco to improve public health and reduce poverty in the country. ...

Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38855/call-to-increase-tax-on-tobacco/

SMEs urged to comply with tax changes

The majority of small and medium enterprises are still unaware of how to comply with new tax regulations that came into force at the end of last year, according to an Economy Ministry official. Srun Angkaren, a deputy director in the general department of taxation, said ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38595/smes-urged-to-comply-with-tax-changes/

Tax collection soars

Tax collections rose to $768 million in the first quarter of this year, a 92 percent rise on the same period last year. General department of taxation director-general Kong Vibol told a meeting chaired by Finance Minister Aun Pornmoniroth yesterday that the collection figure was a ...

Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37671/tax-collection-soars/

Tax Department collects $760M in first quarter

The Cambodian government collected more than $760 million dollars in tax revenue during the first quarter of this year, an increase of more than 90 percent compared to the same period last year, according to a report released yesterday by General Department of Taxation (GDT). ...

The Phnom Penh Post staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-department-collects-760m-first-quarter

Soft tax approach sends mixed signals

The Tax Department has announced a one-month extension to its traditional March 31 deadline for companies to submit their annual corporate tax filings – an unprecedented last-minute move that some legal experts argue could be sending the wrong message to taxpayers. ...

Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/soft-tax-approach-sends-mixed-signals

Tax exemption offered to SMEs

A two-year income tax exemption is being offered to small and medium-sized enterprises that register with the Ministry of Economy and Finance before the end of 2018.   ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35749/tax-exemption-offered-to-smes/

NagaCorp casino 2016 profits show modest growth

Cambodian casino operator NagaCorp Ltd posted a net profit of $184.2 million last year, a 7 percent increase over the previous year, with growth largely tempered by a lacklustre surge in business volume across all gaming segments at its NagaWorld casino complex in Phnom Penh.While ...

Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nagacorp-casino-2016-profits-show-modest-growth

ANZ to offer online tax payment system

ANZ Royal customers will be able to make tax payments in local currency and in US dollars at all bank branches and online starting in April following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Economy and Finance Ministry on Friday. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35105/anz-to-offer-online-tax-payment-system/

Tax tweak makes it hard to hide

An amendment to the tax code gives government auditors clearer authority to access individual and corporate financial data, providing a tool to identify tax evasion and a deterrent to prevent it, tax professionals said yesterday. ...

Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-tweak-makes-it-hard-hide

Construction industry cooling down: analysts

Government revenue collected on property transfers and construction services dropped off by 25 percent last year, reflecting a slowdown of the Kingdom’s construction sector despite a surge in the reported value of investment in real estate development projects, according to analysts. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/construction-industry-cooling-down-analysts

Sleeker tax system nets more revenue

Efforts to introduce an effective, modern taxation system appear to be paying off as government coffers swelled last year, giving the state more revenue to use for development at a time when donor aid is drying up. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sleeker-tax-system-nets-more-revenue

Tax app launched next year

The first ever smartphone tax app is set to be launched next year in an effort to make tax payments by companies more transparent. The app developed by the General Department of Taxation (GDT) of the Ministry of Finance and Economy, is a platform for individuals ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31521/tax-app-launched-next-year/

43 awarded tax agent licenses

As part of ongoing government efforts to modernize and streamline the country’s tax system, 43 tax agent licenses were awarded yesterday. The 43 companies are now legally recognized as offering tax declaration services to the public and private sectors. Eighteen had previously been doing this work ...

Chea vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31518/43-awarded-tax-agent-licenses/

Casinos pay $37.4M in tax during first 9 months

Tax revenue from Cambodia’s 69 licensed casinos reached $37.4 million for the first nine months of the year, growing 35.5 percent compared to the same period last year, according to a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/casinos-pay-374m-tax-during-first-9-months

Chinese dual tax burden relieved

An extensive tax treaty that would shield Chinese businesses operating in the Kingdom from double taxation, and vice versa, has been drafted and is expected to be approved imminently, according to a senior Cambodian tax official. ...

Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-dual-tax-burden-relieved

Customs, excise tax collection rise

The tax collection from General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) in the first nine months of the year amounted to $1.3 billion, up 16 percent from the same period last year. ...

Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30669/customs--excise-tax-collection-rise/

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