In addition, as part of the VCSP program, taxpayer will agree to extend the period of limitations on assessment of employment taxes for three years for the first, second and third calendar years beginning after the date on which the taxpayer has agreed under the VCSP closing agreement to begin treating the workers as employees.

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Dilmun, one of most important ancient civilisations of the region and said to date to the third millennium BC, was a hub on a major trading route between Mesopotamia - the world's oldest civilisation - and the Indus Valley in South Asia.

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Advancing the date on which half the deputies and a third of the senators must reapply for their jobs should stem the flow of former friends across the floors of both houses.

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Entirely possible that second and fourth quarters will be booming, while first and third relatively poor as people hold off on purchasing the soon to be out of date of either the iPad or iPhone line.

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That law passed the first of three readings on February 22, but since then no date for a second or third reading has been set, which can mean that a piece of legislation has in effect been buried.

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