Over the past year, as the price of Saudi crude tripled, he doubled visa fees for foreign labourers, introduced a hefty airport departure tax and slashed subsidies on electricity and petrol.

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With the blessings of the government of Laos and help from international investors, he plans to build more hotels and casinos, housing estates, a motor-racing stadium, tea plantations, an airport and a tax-free banking zone.

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The report includes separate data for central city and airport locations, as the tax structures are often distinct.

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Thailand's recreational and industrial heft may tax the new airport's capacity even if Singapore is also successful with its expansion.

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MSPs then took evidence on air passenger duty (apd) and aggregates tax from Amanda McMillan from Glasgow Airport and Richard Bird from the British Aggregates Association.

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The association that represents the airlines which use Kennedy is protesting that the special tax should be spent on improving the airport itself, not paying for the city's public-transit system.

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"Two trillion dollars are too many reckless tax cuts, " he said at the airport.

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They tightened up a 1996 law that is supposed to extract ten years of taxes from tax-motivated expatriates as they head for the airport.

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Overseas Foreign Workers or "OFWs" as they are known in the Philippines get tax breaks and a special line at Manila's International Airport.

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Eventually, she rose to senior managing director at Bear Stearns, working in municipal finance and helping the Denver International Airport, the New York State Thruway Authority and other public entities to sell tax-exempt bonds.

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