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</html><description>Addendum by Ehsani2 (May 22, 2009) The initial impetus for my comment on taxes came from reading the latest change in Syria&#x2019;s tax code. The amendment concerned the initial tax bracket that is exempt from taxation. Income up to SYP 5,000 was exempt from tax. This number was raised to just over SYP 6,000. The [&hellip;]</description><thumbnail_url>http://paulbuckley14059.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/taxes.jpg</thumbnail_url></oembed>

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