Myanmar’s tax on non-residents on the eve of a leap in FDI

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Myanmar’s tax on non-residents on the eve of a leap in FDI

August 31 2012
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The lifting of US sanctions on general investment in Myanmar is one of the key indications that this Southeast Asian frontier market is poised for a big leap in terms of foreign direct investment (FDI). Cynthia Herman, Edwin Vanderbruggen and Thida Cho Win of VDB Loi discuss how non-residents will be taxed.

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