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Tax Benefits of a Special Economic Zone – South Africa

Tax Benefits of a Special Economic Zone – South Africa

menos de 1 minuto In his State of the Nation address, President Ramaphosa announced that South Africa would be looking into the possibility of creating more special economic zones. A special economic zone is a distinct demarcated area that has been earmarked for economic development and which provides tax incentives to attract investment to the area. The tax incentives are available to certain types of companies operating within that special economic zone (SEZ). The main tax benefit available to a qualifying company within a Continue lendo

Prefeito Paulo Piau tenta mais prazo para ZPE e descarta abandono de projeto

Prefeito Paulo Piau tenta mais prazo para ZPE e descarta abandono de projeto

3 minutos Prefeitura tenta nova prorrogação do prazo para implantação de infraestrutura básica em área destinada à ZPE (Zona de Processamento de Exportação). A informação é do prefeito Paulo Piau (MDB), justificando que a medida é necessária para dar tempo para o Congresso Nacional definir as mudanças referentes às exigências para instalação de empresas na ZPE.  A data-limite para realização das obras de infraestrutura na ZPE em Uberaba já foi estendida duas vezes pelo governo federal. O prazo agora vence em junho deste ano, Continue lendo

Industrialisation: Special economic zones offer fresh vista

Industrialisation: Special economic zones offer fresh vista

8 minutos The Federal Government appears unrelenting in its push for rapid, inclusive and sustainable industrialisation, job creation and diversified export earnings. Undeterred by the barrage of import ban on Nigeria’s agro-allied products by some importing countries over the failure to meet international quality standards, government has, this time, turned to the use of export-oriented Special Economic Zones (SEZs). SEZs operate against the background of highly efficient infrastructural facilities, less bureaucracy and streamlined one-stop-shop operational procedures. This is partly because of the bespoke incentives Continue lendo

What’s so special about special economic zones?

What’s so special about special economic zones?

3 minutos The special economic zones (SEZs) are special, because they promise to offer something that the country in which they are located does not offer. SEZs provide a more liberal business environment, a much better governmental interface and lucrative incentives. But most importantly, they promise to resolve the fundamental investment constraints that the country faces. What holds back investors from investing in Pakistan? Besides quoting security concerns that are now rapidly fading, businesses and investors often complain about poorly skilled workforce, corruption, cumbersome Continue lendo

ZPE do Açu na mesa de Witzel

ZPE do Açu na mesa de Witzel

2 minutos O governador Wilson Witzel (PSC) anunciou nesta quinta-feira (14) que retomou o processo administrativo para a criação da Zona de Processamento de Exportação (ZPE) na região do Porto do Açu, em São João da Barra. Witzel também se encontrou com o secretário nacional da Indústria e Comércio, Caio Megale, o presidente da Companhia de Desenvolvimento Industrial (Codin), Fábio Galvão, e o secretário de Estado de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Geração de Emprego e Renda, Lucas Tristão, para tratar do assunto. — A ZPE Continue lendo