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 27 2012

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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