Australia updates APA guidance
On 3 December 2020, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) published an updated law administration practice statement about the advance pricing arrangements (APA) program. The updated guidance (PS LA 2015/4) reflects changes to the APA
See MoreOECD: Enhancing International Tax Debt Management
On 8 December 2020 the OECD’s Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) issued a report entitled Enhancing International Tax Debt Management, looking at challenges around international tax debt collection. Problems faced in international tax debt
See MoreDenmark: Parliament adopts a Law regarding transfer pricing
On 3 December 2020, the Parliament adopted the draft Bill No. L 28, which proposes to implement the OECD's recommendations on permanent establishment, so that the Danish rules are brought into line with the latest international standards. The
See MoreGermany publishes a law for the ratification of BEPS MLI
On 27 November 2020, Germany published the law in the Official Gazette to ratify the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI). Germany must now deposit its ratification
See MoreOECD: How Tax Administrations Can Support SMEs with Tax Compliance
On 8 December 2020 the OECD’s Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) released a report on Strategic Planning as part of a planned series called Supporting SMEs to Get Tax Right. The report aims to support tax administrations in the development and
See MoreOECD: Digital Transformation of Tax Administration
On 8 December 2020 the OECD’s Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) released a paper entitled Tax Administration 3.0: The Digital Transformation of Tax Administration outlining a concept for digital development of tax administrations that leads over
See MoreUS: IRS announces interest rates for overpaid and underpaid tax for 1st quarter of 2021
On 3 December 2020, the Internal Revenue Service announced that interest rates for overpaid and underpaid tax for 1st quarter of 2021 which are unchanged from the previous quarter. The rates will be: three (3) percent for overpayments (two (2)
See MoreOECD: Forum on Tax Administration Agrees Action on Administrative Challenges
On 8 December 2020 representatives of the members of the OECD’s Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) agreed on an agenda for 2021 focusing on tax certainty and digital enhancement of tax administration. The FTA is a global forum on tax
See MoreFinland: Tax authority publishes CbC reporting XML schema version 2.0
On 4 December 2020, the Finnish tax authority has updated its CbC reporting guidance concerning changes in the Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting XML schema to Version 2.0. Version 2.0 (Country-by-Country Reporting XML Schema 2.0) is released by
See MoreIndonesia president sign a law providing tax exemptions on dividends
On 2 November 2020, the Indonesian President Joko Jokowi Widodo has signed the Law on Job Creation (Law No. 11 of 2020). The law provides the following tax exemptions. If dividends received from domestic companies that are to be re-invested in
See MoreSri Lanka: IRD postpones Master file and CbC reporting requirements
According to the notice of 23 November 2020, considering the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic and the multiple requests made by the stakeholders to the Ministry of Finance, the requirements to submit the TP documentations of Master Files and Country by
See MoreIreland: Revenue updates CbC user guide
On 30 November 2020, the Irish Revenue published an eBrief 216/20 on a new Tax and Duty Manual Part 38-03-21, which provides details of the release of CbC User Guide Version 2.0 and CbC XML Schema Version 2.0, which will be in use from 1 February
See MoreMexico issues general tax rules on Mandatory Disclosure Rules (MDR)
On 18 November 2020, the Mexican Tax Administration (SAT) has issued general tax rules (GTR) for 2020. The GTR includes a new ‘chapter’ related to the mandatory reporting requirements for certain transactions. Mandatory Disclosure Rules (MDR)
See MoreMalta: CFR updates CRS and CbC XML schema and user guide
On 30 November 2020, the Maltese Commissioner for Revenue (CFR) notified that the cut-off date for the version change of the CRS and CbC XML schemas for any domestic reporting is 10 January 2021. Any CRS and CbC XML data files submitted after this
See MoreEcuador: SRI issues provisions on automatic application of tax benefits
On 12 November 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (SRI) Officially published Resolution No. NAC-DGERCGC20-00000067 of 12 November 2020, amending the Resolution No. NAC-DGERCGC18-00000433 that establishes the maximum amounts and requirements for the
See MoreArgentina: AFIP delays effective date of SIRE system for VAT withholding purpose
On 26 November 2020, the Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP) published a General Resolution 4864/2020 of 26 November 2020 to extend the effective date of mandatory use of SIRE in case of VAT withholding purposes until 1 March 2021.
See MoreCanada: Finance Department introduces new GST/HST requirement for new DST
On 30 November 2020, the Finance Department published the Fall Economic Statement 2020 - Supporting Canadians and Fighting COVID-19, including prudent fiscal plan with proposed measures for a tax system for the digital economy. Under current rules,
See MoreUK: Research on Enablers and Facilitators of Tax Evasion
On 2 December 2020 HMRC published a research report by IFF Research aiming to reach an improved understanding of the situation of wealth managers, UK goods importers and freight forwarders who may be in a position where they are at risk of
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