Britain's prime minister Boris Johnson has said he wants a points-based immigration system. Photo: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images
Prime minister Boris Johnson has promised an “Australian-style” points-based immigration system, and a new report this week sets out how it could work.
Downing Street has said Johnson will “carefully consider” the review, which was commissioned by government and is expected to form the basis of Britain’s post-Brexit migration rules.
While the biggest changes will come for EU citizens hoping to move to the UK, the proposals would affect all migrants seeking skilled worker or employer-sponsored visas.
A points-based system means assigning applicants ‘points’ for different characteristics, and accepting some or all migrants who score highly enough when their total points are tallied.
Australia has had a points-based system since the 1970s, though more migrants enter through other visa routes. Other countries like Canada and New Zealand also have them.
The focus on new ‘points-based’ rules will strike some migration experts as strange, as part of Britain’s immigration system is already points-based.
Non-EU migrants who have a job offer are among those already following a points-based route, introduced under former prime minister Tony Blair. But Professor Alan Manning, chair of the MAC, has said this was points-based “in name only” as migrants had to meet all criteria, rather than simply accruing enough points.
Termenul de depunere de către persoanele fizice a fost prelungit până la 25 mai
Contribuabilii persoane fizice au termen până la 25 mai să depună declaraţia unică privind impozitul pe venit şi contribuţii sociale, a decis marți Guvernul. Termenul inițial era 15 martie. Documentul trebuie depus de către contribuabilii persoane fizice care au realizat în anul 2019 venituri extrasalariale supuse impozitului pe venit prin declarare la autoritatea fiscală.
"S-a aprobat astăzi prorogarea termenului până la care contribuabilii persoane fizice trebuie să îşi îndeplinească obligaţiile declarative şi de plată a impozitului pe venit şi ale contribuţiilor sociale, a formularului declaraţie unică privind impozitul pe venit şi contribuţii sociale datorate de persoane fizice, formularul 230.
Este vorba de prorogarea termenelor de la 15 martie 2020, aşa cum este în prezent, până la 25 mai 2020. Aceasta a fost o cerinţă pe care am avut-o de la mai multe ONG- uri, pentru a se asigura că toată lumea va depune formularele la timp", a anunțat ministrul de Finanţe, Florin Cîţu, într-o conferinţă de presă la Palatul Victoria.
Potrivit acestuia, o altă modificare făcută marţi de Guvern vizează ordonanţa 6/2019.
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IMF Executive Board Completes Fifth Review of the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for Cameroon
Luni, 27 Ianuarie 2020 19:42
Cameroon to receive the sixth US$76.1 million disbursement from the IMF.
· Program implementation in 2019 was mixed and faced challenges.
· Despite short-term headwinds, the medium-term growth outlook remains broadly positive.
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the fifth review of the arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Cameroon. The completion of the review enables the disbursement of SDR55.2 million (about US$76.1 million), bringing total disbursements under the arrangement to SDR427.8 million (about US$590 million).
The Executive Board also approved the authorities’ request for a waiver of nonobservance of the continuous performance criteria on the non-accumulation of new external payments arrears, based on the corrective actions taken by the authorities.
Cameroon’s three-year arrangement was approved on June 26, 2017 for SDR 483 million (about US$666.1 million, or 175 percent of Cameroon’s quota— see Press Release No.17/248 ). The arrangement aims at supporting the country’s efforts to restore external and fiscal sustainability and to lay the foundations for a more sustainable, inclusive and private sector-led growth.
Balanţa de plăţi şi datoria externă – noiembrie 2019
Duminică, 26 Ianuarie 2020 20:01
În perioada ianuarie - noiembrie 2019p, contul curent al balanţei de plăţi a înregistrat un deficit de 9 924 milioane euro, comparativ cu 8 205 milioane euro în perioada ianuarie - noiembrie 2018; în structură, balanţa bunurilor a consemnat un deficit mai mare cu 2 473 milioane euro, balanța serviciilor a înregistrat un excedent mai mare cu 135 milioane euro, balanța veniturilor primare a înregistrat un deficit mai mic cu 485 milioane euro, iar balanța veniturilor secundare a înregistrat un excedent mai mare cu 134 milioane euro.
