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Ransomware payment may be allowed tax deductible in US

The IRS, the US body for tax administration, offers no formal guidance on ransomware payments, but multiple tax experts interviewed by The Associated Press said deductions are usually allowed under law and established guidance. It’s a “silver lining” to ransomware victims, as some tax lawyers and accountants put it.
Ransomware has become a multibillion-dollar business, and the average payment was more than $310,000 last year, up 171% from 2019, according to Palo Alto Networks.

Gulf states will take at least 10 years to end oil dependence: Moody’s

Oil and gas accounts for over 20% of gross domestic product and at least 50% of state revenues for most Gulf countries.”If oil prices average $55/barrel … we expect hydrocarbon production to remain the single largest contributor to GCC sovereigns’ GDP, the main source of government revenue and, therefore, the key driver of fiscal strength over at least the next decade,” it said.

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