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Finland: Uniform Tax Treatment Of Pension Benefits For Foreign Entities And Finnish Pension Institutions

January 10, 2015

Starting 2015, and subject to certain restrictions, foreign corporate entities comparable to Finnish pension institutions are entitled to a similar...

Singapore: New Revised Transfer Pricing Guidelines for 2015

January 10, 2015

The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) publishes revised transfer pricing (TP) guidelines on 6 January 2015. The 2015 TP...

Kazakhstan: Law No. 269 has signed for tax code amendments

January 9, 2015

The President of Kazakhstan has signed Law No. 269 on 29th December 2014 for announcing the following Tax Code amendments...

Luxembourg: Double Taxation Treaty (DTT) Protocol With Denmark Enters Into Force

January 9, 2015

The Double Taxation Treaty (DTT) Protocol between Denmark and Luxembourg has entered into force on December 28, 2014. The notice...

France: New Tax Laws Permit Sister Companies To Consolidate

January 9, 2015

France’s 2015 Finance Act and the Rectificative Finance Act for 2014 have entered into force. According to new law, the...

US-Qatar Sign FATCA Agreement

January 8, 2015

The United States and Qatar signed an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA), on January 7, 2015, for implementation of the Foreign Account...

Spain: Cabinet Ratifies The Double Tax Treaty With Uzbekistan

January 8, 2015

The Cabinet has approved an Agreement, on December 26, 204, establishing referral to Parliament the Convention between the Kingdom of...

Ecuador: Enacts tax reform Bill

January 8, 2015

Ecuador enacted a proposed tax reform bill on 29 December 2014. The legislation was effective from 1 January 2015. There are several changes...

GCC: Free Trade Agreement With Singapore Enters Into Force

January 8, 2015

Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Singapore has entered into force on January 01, 2015. The GCC...

Singapore: Publishes e-Tax Guide on Transfer Pricing

January 8, 2015

The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) has releases second edition of Transfer Pricing Guidelines on January 6, 2015. The...

Belgium – Saudi Arabia Double Tax Agreement initials

January 8, 2015

In accordance with an update from the Saudi tax authority on 29th December 2014, Saudi Arabia and Belgium has recently...

Italy:Parliament Approves a Law to Ratify a Pending Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) Protocol with Mexico

January 8, 2015

The lower of Parliament of Italy has approved a law on December 18, 2014 to ratify a pending Double Taxation...

Turkey: Blacklist of taxpayers has published

January 7, 2015

The Finance Ministry in Turkey has published on its website the blacklist of taxpayers with unpaid tax and fines that...

Turkey: Individual Income Tax Tables have updated

January 7, 2015

The Income Tax Announcement No. 287 issued by the Ministry of Finance has released in the Official Gazette on 30th...

Japan: Tax Reform Plan for 2015

January 7, 2015

The government of Japan outlined its Tax Reform Plan for 2015 on 30 December 2014. The main changes are summarized...

US: IRS Updates Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens And Foreign Entities

January 7, 2015

The US IRS has updated publication 515 regarding withholding of tax on nonresident aliens and foreign entities. The Publication is...

Italy: Introduces New Reduced Tax Regime for Self-Employed Individuals

January 6, 2015

Italy has introduced new reduced tax regime for Italian self-employed individuals and which will be effective from January 1, 2015....

Czech Republic-US FATCA agreement enters into force

January 6, 2015

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Model 1A agreement (2014) between Czech Republic and United States has entered into...