RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday cut taxes on oil companies in a major move that could attract investments in its energy giant Aramco, expected to be offered to investors in 2018.

King Salman decreed a new set of income tax rates on oil companies working in the kingdom, ranging from 50 percent to 85 percent depending on the firms’ investments, after it was 85 percent across the board.

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