Laws and Taxes
LBP 505 MILLION: FINES BY POLITICIANS AGAINST MEDIA OUTLETS
MAJOR GENERAL JAMIL SAYYED,
GENERAL MICHEL AOUN
AND THE LEBANESE FORCES TOP PLAINTIFFS
Nationality Recovery Law-Will it restore sectarian balance?
The right of expatriates descending from Lebanese origins to regain the citizenship of their country of origin has been a primary and pressing demand for the Christian political and religious forces in Lebanon. Should it happen, recovering the Lebanese citizenship would help bring back the...
Ministry of Finance-Taxes Balconies
Over the past two years, the Ministry of Finance has issued several circulars raising taxes on previously excluded items through a new interpretation of legal texts. The most recent circular prescribing an increase in taxes was Circular no. 4414/S1 dated December 1, 2015.
Laws on Residential Rents in Lebanon. 2015-By Paul Mourani
There is no question that the owner-tenant conflict has been festering for too long and requires a decisive solution. The new rent law of 2014 currently being reevaluated in a parliamentary committee, and most of the counterproposals being considered, combine some of the worst aspects of...
After presidential vacuum-Election of a president does not require constitutional amendment
The term of former President General Michel Suleiman expired on May 25, 2014. No successor has been elected to the vacant office, in recurrence of what happened upon the expiry of the term of his predecessor President Emile Lahoud on November 24, 2007. It is yet to be seen when the presidential...
Decisions to exempt from penalties deprives State LBP 25 billion
Fines are imposed by the competent departments of the Ministry of Finance on the individuals and companies that commit tax declaration offences or fail to settle their due tax liabilities on time. However, the Ministry of Finance or the Cabinet issues decisions approving reductions on the said...
Minimum wage : LBP 675,000, LBP 371,000 or LBP 300,000?
Lebanon’s minimum wage is used as an index to calculate a number of the allowances decreed for civil servants. Yet, it seems that this index remains an unsettled subject of controversy. Law No. 717 dated November 5, 1998 restructured the salary scale for the public sector and raised the minimum...
Customs exemptions for Embassies and Organizatioms
Lebanon has formal diplomatic ties with hundreds of countries around the world. These ties are maintained through the Lebanese embassies overseas and the foreign embassies hosted on Lebanese territories, with a few exceptions to the rule. Accredited embassies are entitled to import motor vehicles...
Lebanese Citizens Prohibited from Changing Their Place of Registration
The freedom of an individual to select his or her domicile is a right safeguarded by the Lebanese Constitution. Logically, this right should be accompanied with the freedom to transfer or change the place of original civil registration to where one has taken up residence. Although the laws in force...
Salary Scale : Funding Available without the need for Further Taxation-Amine Saleh
In the context of the country’s crises, which appear to be a lifelong struggle, the salary scale controversy has emerged as an acute economic and social crisis that should be addressed through the general government objectives that all governments, whatever their political and economic...
