One of the key features of the new water resource tax is its progressive nature, where higher rates are imposed on larger water users. This approach is designed to target industries and sectors that consume the most water and are in a better position to invest in water-saving technologies and practices. By imposing higher taxes on these entities, the government hopes to create a strong financial incentive for them to invest in water conservation measures and improve their water use efficiency.Reno Omokri said he does not agree with the claim that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has 'Yorubacentric' agenda for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and the financial sector Omokri, in a post on Sunday, December 29, fumed at critics who alleged that President Tinubu is 'Yorubacentric' in his appointments at the NNPCL Omokri, a former social media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, argued that the majority of those in the lower cadre of the NNPCL were "filled by" former Nigerian leader, Muhammadu Buhari CHECK OUT: Don't let unemployment hold you back. Start your digital marketing journey today. Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 4 years of experience in public affairs and governance. FCT, Abuja - Reno Omokri, a popular social media personality, has described as baseless the notion that Yoruba people head consequential agencies in Nigeria . According to Omokri, this claim "is capable of causing the type of market ripples that negatively affect the All Share Index of the Nigerian Stock Exchange". Read also El-Rufai reacts as Kperogi accuses Tinubu of appointing Yoruba people to major positions in NNPCL Legit.ng recalls that Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state, weighed in on Professor Farooq Kperogi’s recent criticism of alleged ethnic favouritism in President Bola Tinubu's appointments. PAY ATTENTION: Follow us on Instagram - get the most important news directly in your favourite app! In an article titled " Tinubu 's Buharisation of the NNPC," Kperogi accused Tinubu of appointing "Yoruba people" to key positions at the NNPC. He said an anonymous source informed him that one Bayo Ojulari is “being proposed as group managing director (GMD) after Mele Kyari’s term expires” in early 2024. US-based Kperogi drew parallels between Tinubu's alleged "Yorubacentric" appointments in the NNPC and the "Arewacentricity" he criticised during former President Muhammadu Buhari 's tenure. Reacting to Kperogi's latest column, El-Rufai tweeted tersely: "DECEMBER MESSAGE: Two wrongs do not make a right. Sensible inclusion always trumps arrogant exclusion." 'Tinubu has no Yorubanisation agenda' - Omokri But in a counter-post on Sunday afternoon, December 29, Omokri, a known supporter of the Tinubu government, wrote : Read also Reno Omokri tells Northerners what to do about Niger Republic allegations "In Nigeria, other than the NNPCL, the Nigerian Ports Authority, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, the Nigerian Communication Commission, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, and the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation are the top five revenue earners for the Federal Government. Only two of these six agencies (when you add NNPCL) are headed by people from the Southwest. "The CEO of the NNPCL, Mele Kyari, is from the Northeast. The CEO of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Abubakar Dantsoho, is from the Northeast. The MD of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Mrs. Olubunmi Oluwaseun Kuku, is from the Southwest. The CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Aminu Maida, is from the Northwest. "The CEO of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dayo Mobereola, is from the Southwest. The CEO of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation, Bello Hassan, is from the Northwest "Flowing from the above, where is the Yorubanisation or Yorubacentricity?" Read also “I have no regret”: Wike speaks ahead of 2027, gives reason he’ll support Tinubu’s re-election Read Omokri's post in full below: Kperogi's allegations: NNPCL reacts Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the NNPCL debunked allegations of ethnic bias in its leadership structure, stating that employment decisions are based solely on merit. Olufemi Soneye, chief corporate communications officer of the NNPCL, addressed concerns raised in Kperogi's article. Soneye clarified that the NNPC's leadership structure is guided by business requirements, expertise, and merit rather than ethnicity, tribe, religion, or political affiliation. PAY ATTENTION: Сheck out news that is picked exactly for YOU ➡️ find the “Recommended for you” block on the home page and enjoy! Source: Legit.ng
No. 8 Ohio State seeks redemption vs. No. 1 Oregon in Rose BowlBy ROB GILLIES, Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Donald Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products , a Canadian minister who attended their recent dinner said Monday. Trump threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if they don’t stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across their borders with the United States. He said on social media last week that he would impose a 25% tax on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico as one of his first executive orders. Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, whose responsibilities include border security, attended a dinner with Trump and Trudeau at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on Friday. Trudeau requested the meeting in a bid to avoid the tariffs by convincing Trump that the northern border is nothing like the U.S. southern border with Mexico . “The prime minister of course spoke about the importance of protecting the Canadian economy and Canadian workers from tariffs, but we also discussed with our American friends the negative impact that those tariffs could have on their economy, on affordability in the United States as well,” LeBlanc said in Parliament. If Trump makes good on his threat to slap 25% tariffs on everything imported from Mexico and Canada, the price increases that could follow will collide with his campaign promise to give American families a break from inflation. Economists say companies would have little choice but to pass along the added costs, dramatically raising prices for food, clothing, automobiles, alcohol and other goods. The Produce Distributors Association, a Washington trade group, said last week that tariffs will raise prices for fresh fruit and vegetables and hurt U.S. farmers when the countries retaliate. Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the U.S. should Trump follow through on the threat. After his dinner with Trump, Trudeau returned home without assurances the president-elect will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner. Trump called the talks “productive” but signaled no retreat from a pledge that Canada says unfairly lumps it in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States. “The idea that we came back empty handed is completely false,” LeBlanc said. “We had a very productive discussion with Mr. Trump and his future Cabinet secretaries. ... The commitment from Mr. Trump to continue to work with us was far from empty handed.” Joining Trump and Trudeau at dinner were Howard Lutnick, Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department, and Mike Waltz, Trump’s choice to be his national security adviser. Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, told The Associated Press on Sunday that “the message that our border is so vastly different than the Mexican border was really understood.” Hillman, who sat at an adjacent table to Trudeau and Trump, said Canada is not the problem when it comes to drugs and migrants. On Monday, Mexico’s president rejected those comments. “Mexico must be respected, especially by its trading partners,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said. She said Canada had its own problems with fentanyl consumption and “could only wish they had the cultural riches Mexico has.” Flows of migrants and seizures of drugs at the two countries’ border are vastly different. U.S. customs agents seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the Canadian border during the last fiscal year, compared with 21,100 pounds at the Mexican border. Most of the fentanyl reaching the U.S. — where it causes about 70,000 overdose deaths annually — is made by Mexican drug cartels using precursor chemicals smuggled from Asia. On immigration, the U.S. Border Patrol reported 1.53 million encounters with migrants at the southwest border with Mexico between October 2023 and September 2024. That compares to 23,721 encounters at the Canadian border during that time. Canada is the top export destination for 36 U.S. states. Nearly $3.6 billion Canadian (US$2.7 billion) worth of goods and services cross the border each day. About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports are from Canada, and 85% of U.S. electricity imports as well. Canada is also the largest foreign supplier of steel, aluminum and uranium to the U.S. and has 34 critical minerals and metals that the Pentagon is eager for and investing for national security.
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Ravens QB Jackson leads first NFL Pro Bowl fan voting resultsTaxpayers have been eagerly awaiting, and the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have been promising to provide, rules addressing the previously taxed earnings and profits (PTEP) of foreign corporations. On November 30, 2024, the Treasury and the IRS made good on their promise. The proposed PTEP regulations are generally welcome news for taxpayers seeking certainty about long-standing issues, including the treatment of mid-year distributions, Section 961(c) basis, and partnerships that hold foreign corporations. However, those welcome developments come at the cost of substantial complexity and several taxpayer-unfavorable provisions. In this On the Subject , we provide a brief overview of PTEP and why it matters and share five key takeaways from the proposed regulations. In Depth OVERVIEW OF PTEP The PTEP rules provide that when earnings of a foreign corporation have been included in the US shareholder’s gross income, when those earnings are distributed, they are excluded under Section 959(a) from the US shareholder’s gross income to ensure the same earnings are not subject to US taxation twice. Under Section 959(b), PTEP distributions from a lower-tier controlled foreign corporation (CFC) to an upper-tier CFC are also excluded from the upper-tier CFC’s income for purposes of determining the upper-tier CFC’s gross income. The Section 961 rules provide for adjustments in the US shareholder’s basis in CFC stock to prevent taxpayers from obtaining a loss when the stock is sold before PTEP is distributed. Under Section 961(a), Subpart F and global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) inclusions increase the US shareholder’s basis in the CFC. Under Section 961(b), distributions decrease it. Section 961(c) provides that similar adjustments are made to an upper-tier CFC’s basis in a lower-tier CFC but only for purposes of determining the amount included under Section 951 in the gross income of a US shareholder. The PTEP rules have become much more important to US-based multinationals since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) vastly increased the amount of foreign corporations’ earnings subject to current US taxation as GILTI. Post-TCJA, some shareholders may even prefer a distribution of untaxed earnings and profits, which may qualify for the Section 245A dividends received deduction and does not require a Section 961(b) reduction in basis. The current Section 959 PTEP regulations are from 1965 and do not address many key issues. In 2006, the Treasury and the IRS issued proposed PTEP regulations, but the proposed regulations did not expressly permit taxpayer reliance, and the rules were withdrawn in 2020. The newly proposed rules are complex, but here are five key takeaways to keep in mind: 1. They Are Generally Prospectively Effective and Cannot Be Relied Upon Now (But Can Be Relied on Retroactively if and When the Rules Are Finalized). Most of the regulations will be effective for taxable years ending on or after the date the regulations are finalized. Taxpayers are not allowed to rely on the proposed regulations prior to them being finalized. The Treasury has indicated that they did not allow taxpayers to rely on the regulations while in proposed form because of the complexity of the rules and the fact that they introduce new concepts not previewed in prior guidance. The regulations may also be changed before finalization after considering taxpayer comments. However, once the rules are finalized, taxpayers will be able to elect to apply them retroactively to any open tax years as long as they apply all of the proposed rules in full and are consistent about applying the rules to related corporations. The rules include transition rules to bridge years for which the regulations are effective with prior years. 2. They Require Shareholder and Foreign-Corporation-Level Accounting. The proposed PTEP rules are quite complex in that they require PTEP to be tracked at both the US shareholder and the foreign corporation level. In addition to PTEP, shareholders must track (1) a US dollar basis pool, which is their US dollar basis in the original PTEP inclusion for purposes of recognizing foreign exchange gain or loss under Section 986(c), and (2) a PTEP tax pool, which is the US dollar basis of foreign income tax pools associated with the US dollar basis pool. The proposed rules largely follow the ordering rules set forth in Notice 2019-01, which was released in late 2018. These rules generally require that 10 different PTEP groups be tracked within each Section 904(d) foreign tax credit category on an annual basis. To slightly simplify compliance, taxpayers may elect to combine years within a PTEP group and Section 904(d) foreign tax credit category, rather than tracking each year separately. These ordering rules include a rule to treat Section 965(a) and Section 965(b) PTEP, which resulted from the one-time transition tax as part of the TCJA, as being distributed first before other types of PTEP (even PTEP earned in a more recent tax year). The rule was aimed at reducing complexity by allowing Section 965 PTEP to come out first so corporations and the IRS would not have to track Section 965 PTEP groups in perpetuity. The proposed PTEP regulations set forth rules for when adjustments to PTEP and associated stock basis are made. One key rule is that increases to PTEP for GILTI or Subpart F inclusions are done at the beginning of the year, so PTEP (and the associated stock basis) is available for mid-year distributions. 3. They Adopt a Share-by-Share Approach to Section 961 Basis The proposed regulations provide that, unlike PTEP accounts, section 961 basis is specific to particular shares or items of property, such as partnership interests. The timing of basis adjustments is intended to generally match the timing of adjustments to PTEP accounts. The share-by-share approach to section 961 basis differs from the proposed regulations’ approach to section 959, which does not tie particular dollar basis pools of PTEP to particular shares held by a US shareholder. In certain cases, this mismatch could give rise to a shareholder recognizing gain on some shares even though the shareholder has unrecovered basis on other shares, a result arguably inconsistent with the repatriation-facilitating goal of the TCJA. Taxpayers should consider whether they have “lumpy” basis in CFC stock that could give rise to such a mismatch. Post-TCJA, a distribution of PTEP (historically a good attribute) may be less favorable in certain circumstances than a distribution of untaxed earnings and profits that qualifies for the Section 245A dividends received deduction and generally does not require a reduction in basis. 4. They Provide Detailed Rules for Lower-Tier Basis In addition to providing rules for Section 961(a) basis, the proposed regulations also provide rules for lower-tier basis, including both (1) “derived basis” (a new term applicable to shares or partnership interests owned by a partnership and distinct from the partnership’s common basis in such shares or partnership interests), and (2) Section 961(c) basis (applicable to shares of a lower-tier CFC owned by an upper-tier CFC). The proposed regulations provide that both derived basis and Section 961(c) basis can be negative. Derived basis can be negative to the extent of common basis; amounts exceeding the common basis are recognized as gain. Taxpayers should be careful to track Section 961(c) basis – yet another separate type of basis or account to track – to ensure that “negative” Section 961(c) basis is not inadvertently triggered as gain, which can even occur in connection with transactions that are otherwise nonrecognition transactions. 5. They Don’t Address Certain Key Items As expected, the proposed regulations do not address certain key items, such as whether/how PTEP transfers from one shareholder to another in Section 304 transactions, redemptions, and most nonrecognition transactions, such as 351 transactions and liquidations. The Treasury and the IRS plan to address those issues in a second tranche of PTEP guidance. The proposed regulations also do not address what happens to Section 961(c) basis when an upper-tier CFC inbounds to the United States ( e.g. , whether the Section 961(c) basis can be used as “regular” basis), which Notice 2024-16 permits in the case of “covered inbound transactions.” CONCLUSION The proposed PTEP regulations cover a lot of ground. The Treasury and the IRS have requested comments on several provisions and encourage taxpayers to provide comments on whether the proposed regulations get it right. Taxpayers should study the rules carefully and consider whether there are provisions worth asking the Treasury and the IRS to reconsider.
Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson, the reigning NFL Most Valuable Player, leads fan balloting for the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games after one week of voting, the league announced on Monday. Ravens superstar Jackson set the overall pace with 44,681 votes followed by teammate Derrick Henry, the running back leader, in second overall at 40,729 votes. Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley was third overall at 40,602, only 127 votes behind Henry in the rusher's race, with Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen fourth overall on 36,574 and Detroit running back Jahmyr Gibbs fifth on 35,637. The Detroit Lions lead all clubs in total votes received, followed by the Ravens, the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, the Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers. The NFL's revamped all-star event will be staged in Orlando, Florida, for the second consecutive year. In all, 88 players will gather on February 2 in skills competitions and a flag football showdown with coaches Peyton and Eli Manning. While other vote totals were not revealed, Washington rookie Jayden Daniels was the top NFC quarterback in the fan voting and top receivers were Minnesota's Justin Jefferson in the NFC and Cincinnati's Ja'Marr Chase in the AFC. NFL fans can vote as often as they wish through December 23 with selections decided by a consensus of ballots by players, coaches and fans with each group counting for one-third of every player's final total. NFL players and coaches will cast votes on December 27. js/rcwFans will no doubt be divided on the decision to sell their top striker, but one thing is for certain – the coming transfer window promises to be an exciting time for Manchester United supporters. With the club rumored to be ready to splash the cash in pursuit of a new attacking talisman, the stage is set for a summer of intrigue and excitement at Old Trafford.
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By Rohith Nair (Reuters) - A FIFA sub-committee report on Qatar's 2022 World Cup legacy said soccer's world governing body has a responsibility to compensate migrant workers but the organisation has not acted on a recommendation to do that by using its legacy fund. The report prepared by the FIFA Sub-Committee on Human Rights & Social Responsibility looked into a request made at the FIFA Congress by the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF), who asked what steps FIFA might take to compensate workers. FIFA launched a $50 million legacy fund this week for social programmes but was criticised by Amnesty International for not doing anything for families of migrant workers who died or were exploited when building Qatar's stadiums for the World Cup. The Middle Eastern country has denied that workers were exploited. "There are workers who have contributed to the resounding success of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 who have not yet benefited from any, or any adequate, remediation," said the report, which was published 11 months after it was submitted. "Whilst the main responsibility to rectify such shortcomings lies with the direct employers of these workers as well as with the Government of Qatar... FIFA too has a responsibility to take additional measures to contribute to the provision of remedy to these workers." The report said many "human rights impacts" occurred in Qatar from 2010-2022 for workers, including deaths, injuries, wages not being paid for months and debt faced by workers and their families reimbursing fees they paid to obtain jobs. "The due diligence measures put in place by FIFA and its partners did not prevent these severe impacts from occurring," it added. FAIR COMPENSATION "The report provides clear guidelines to FIFA on what constitutes effective and fair restitution to ensure migrant workers get the compensation they are entitled to," NFF president Lise Klaveness said. "FIFA must now implement the recommendations in the report and ensure that migrant workers who contributed to the World Cup are fairly compensated." FIFA said all reports and recommendations were considered during a comprehensive review. "While all recommendations could not be met, practical and impactful elements were retained. It should be noted that the study did not specifically constitute a legal assessment of the obligation to remedy," a FIFA spokesperson told Reuters. The spokesperson added that the creation of the legacy fund was "unanimously endorsed" by the FIFA Council while a Workers' Support and Insurance Fund was established in Qatar in 2018. At the World Cup in Doha, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said the Workers' Support and Insurance Fund had provided compensation of more than $350 million to workers in cases mainly related to non-payment of wages. Amnesty and other rights groups had led calls for FIFA to compensate migrant workers for human rights abuses by setting aside $440 million, matching the World Cup prize money. (Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)Bills vs. 49ers Under Snow Weather Warning for NFL Week 13; 2-3 Feet in ForecastDEM Party expected to hold face-to-face meeting with Abdullah Ocalan, who has been in prison for 25 years. Turkiye will allow parliament’s pro-Kurdish party to visit the jailed founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on his island prison, setting up the first such visit in nearly a decade. The Justice Ministry approved a request by the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) to meet Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving life in solitary confinement, a DEM spokesperson said late on Friday. Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc confirmed the move in remarks to the TGRT news channel. “We responded positively to DEM’s request for a meeting. Depending on the weather conditions, they will go to Imrali tomorrow [Saturday] or Sunday,” he said, referring to the prison island where Ocalan has been held for 25 years. Friday’s decision came after DEM requested the visit last month, soon after a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expanded on a proposal to end the 40-year-old conflict between the state and Ocalan’s outlawed PKK. Devlet Bahceli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party, made the call a month after suggesting that Ocalan announce an end to the rebellion in exchange for the possibility of his release. Erdogan described Bahceli’s initial proposal as a “historic window of opportunity”. After the latest call last month, Erdogan said he was in complete agreement with Bahceli on every issue and that they were acting in harmony and coordination. “To be frank, the picture before us does not allow us to be very hopeful,” Erdogan said in parliament. “Despite all these difficulties, we are considering what can be done with a long-range perspective that focuses not only on today but also on the future.” Bahceli regularly condemns pro-Kurdish politicians as tools of the PKK, which they deny. Regional changes DEM’s predecessor party was involved in peace talks between Ankara and Ocalan a decade ago, last meeting him in April 2015. The peace process and a ceasefire collapsed soon after, unleashing the most deadly phase of the conflict. DEM MPs Sirri Sureyya Onder and Pervin Buldan, who both met Ocalan as part of peace talks at the time, will travel to Imrali island to meet him this weekend, the party said. Turkiye and its Western allies designate the PKK as a “terrorist group”. More than 40,000 people have been killed in the fighting, which in the past was focused in the mainly Kurdish southeast but is now centred on northern Iraq, where the PKK is based. Growing regional instability and changing political dynamics are seen as factors behind the bid to end the conflict with the PKK. The chances of success are unclear as Ankara has given no clues on what it may entail. Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria this month, Ankara has repeatedly insisted that the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia, which it sees as an extension of the PKK, must disband, asserting that the group has no place in Syria’s future. The YPG is the main component of the US-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). SDF commander Mazloum Abdi (also known as Mazloum Kobani) acknowledged the presence of PKK fighters in Syria for the first time last week, saying they had helped fight ISIL (ISIS) fighters and would return home if a total ceasefire was agreed upon with Turkiye, a core demand from Ankara. Authorities in Turkiye have continued to crack down on alleged PKK activities. Last month, the government replaced five pro-Kurdish mayors in southeastern cities for suspected PKK ties, in a move that drew criticism from DEM and others.
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