Senate passes Bill to facilitate $375,000 income tax credit for MSMEs

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Senate passes Bill to facilitate $375,000 income tax credit for MSMEs

Micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) will soon begin to benefit from a special income tax credit of $375,000.This follows passage of the Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2020, by the Senate last Friday to facilitate the move. The Bill was approved by the House of Representatives on December 15.

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FORT LAUDERDALE (AP) The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the US climbed to an all-time high of more than 50,000 per day yesterday, with the infection curve rising in 40 out of 50 states in a reversal that has largely spared only the north-east.In yet another alarming indicator, 36 states

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Attorney General Raoul applauds U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortions | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week applauded a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate a Louisiana law opposed by Illinois and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general that would have jeopardized access to safe, legal abortions. Last year, Attorney General Raoul joined a coalition of

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THE Maroons who live in the Blue and John Crow Mountains have sided with the Jamaica Conservation Development Trust (JCDT) in its opposition to private leases within the eponymous national park.Three Maroon community councils Moore Town, Charles Town, and Scotts Hall recently penned a letter to

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