Dr. Mohammed al-Hussein answered the press inquiries about Minister of Finance decision which was supposed to be increasing the exit fee on the Syrian .To be more clear ,he explained the decision that it didn't mean increasing while including the non-Syrian travelers with the exit fee ,and he mentioned the details of how to execute legislative decree No.31 for year 2008 prepared by both ministry of Finance and ministry of Transport which includes defining the exit fee on the Syrian and non-Syrian . click more…
On Tuesday 24 June, 2008, in the Ministry of Finance with the presence of Dr. Mohammed al-Hussein, Minister of Finance and head of Syrian side in the Syrian –Romanian joint committee, Dr. Amer Lutfi, Minister of Economy, and Dr. Varujan Vosganian, Romanian Minister of Economy and Finance and head of Romanian side in the joint committee, three agreements has been signed with Romania including the Agreement of encouraging and protecting investment, the Agreement of avoiding the double taxation and the Agreement of exempting the diplomatic missions in both countries from the Value Added Tax (VAT). Click more…
Dr. Mohammed al-Hussein, minister of finance, opened on Saturday 26 January,2008 in the Ministry of Finance, a definitional workshop concerns of the new financial and accounting systems which includes regulating the financial and accounting affairs of public bodies of administrative nature, local administrative units and endowment directorates. The Minister pointed out that these decrees, which include new accounting standards, are for the first time in Syrian Accounting System. The minister referred to the importance of implementing theses decrees properly. Click more
Public Customs Administration generalized to its departments the approval of economic committee that includes adopting the agreed basics with a fuel company in order to provide passing tracks to Syria with the global price of gas oil… whereas the Customs Houses in Yaroubia, Tannf and al-Boukamal will be informed at the beginning of each month with the global price of gas oil that defined by the fuel companies, which was for this month about 40 SP. Click more
Finance Minister, Dr. Mohammed al-Hussein described Law No./40/ dated 26/12/2007 which was issued by President Bashar al-Assad , containing thebudget, and auditing the accounts of the Public State Budget for the year 2006 as unprecedented because it is the first time theaccounts of the budget were audited for the next year directly… Mr. president also issued the decrees No. 488, 489, 490 dated 26/12/2007 . Click more..
Minister of Finance, Dr. Mohammed al-Hussein, affirmed on Sunday November 11, 2007 that the Syrian insurance market's growth has amounted between 25% and 30% during few last months, which reflects the activities of insurance companies and the competition among them. Click more…
Under the patronage of President Bashar al-Assad, the 1st Micro Finance National Conference organized by the State Planning Commission kicked off on Saturday November 10, 2007 at the OmayadConferencePalace. Click more…
The 3rd Damascus Insurance Assembly concluded its activities on Sunday November 11, 2007 by affirming the importance of moving from the local framework into Arab meeting with international participation. Click more
The Syrian Investment Commission and Qatar Investment Department signed on Saturday 3/10/2007 an agreement on the statute of the Syrian-Qatari Holding Company and the document of exchanging authentication papers. Click more…
Minister of Finance, Mohammed al-Hussein, discussed on Monday 29 October 2007 with Bosnian Deputy Finance Minister, Fouad Kasumovic, means to improve cooperation relations between the two countries in financial and economic fields. Click more