Under the Royal Decree Issued under the Revenue Code on Reduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) Rate (No. 715) B.E. 2563 (A.D. 2020) (“RD No. 715”) published in the Government Gazette on 23rd September 2020, effective from 1st October 2020, the current reduction of the VAT rate from 10% to 6.3% will be extended for... Read More

On 29th May 2020, the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (“ETDA”) issued its Electronic Signature Guideline under the Electronic Transactions Act B.E. 2544 (“ETA”) for individuals and legal entities to use for creating electronic signatures for use with different kinds of electronic transactions. Types of E-Signatures The Guideline classifies electronic signatures into 3 types as discussed... Read More

1.   On 28th August 2020, the Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar (“MOC”) issued Order No. 63/2020 to announce the Soft Opening of the Trademark Office (“TMO”) under the Intellectual Property Department (“IPD”) for re-filing of registered trademarks and filing of used but non-registered trademarks under the Myanmar Trademark Law 2019 (“MTL2019”). 2.   The Soft Opening... Read More

Effective from 7th November 2020, a party to a dispute can file a petition with the Court for a Court order of a pre-case filing mediation.  This is made possible by Section 20 ter of the Civil Procedure Code as latest amended by the Act on Amendment of Civil Procedure Code (No. 32) B.E. 2563... Read More