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OECD: Tax disclosure rules for advisors and intermediaries

March 16, 2018

On 9 March 2018 the OECD has issued model disclosure rules requiring lawyers, accountants, financial advisors, banks and other service...

OECD: Third round of peer reviews on dispute resolution mechanisms

March 16, 2018

On 12 March 2018 the OECD released the third round of peer reviews relating to improving tax dispute resolution mechanisms...

Qatar: New VAT regime will come from January 1, 2019

March 15, 2018

As a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member state, Qatar is expected to introduce a harmonized VAT regime with a standard...

Brazil releases Private Ruling regarding deduction of payments for certain Intra-group services

March 14, 2018

Brazil has recently released Private Ruling 1001 of 9 January 2018 regarding the deduction of certain cross-border payments to a...

UAE: New deadline for registration extended till April 30

March 13, 2018

The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has made an announcement to advise businesses to take benefit from the FTA decision to...

Bulgaria: E-filing is mandatory from 2018

March 13, 2018

The Bulgarian National Revenue Agency has declared that all declarations under the Corporate Income Tax Act (CITA), for which the...

OECD and Egypt launch programme on implementation of BEPS standards

March 10, 2018

On 7 March 2018 the OECD and Egypt’s Ministry of Finance launched a programme entitled Enhancing domestic resource mobilisation in...

WTO: LDC members request implementation of capacity building measures

March 9, 2018

The Council for Trade in Services of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) met on 2 March 2018. At the meeting...

Turkey: Draft Law 3065 amends VAT law

March 8, 2018

The Finance Minister, Naci Ağbal, has stated that a draft law, number 3065, revised the value-added tax (VAT) law and...

Canada: CRA tightens its GST/HST Voluntary Disclosure Program

March 8, 2018

The Government is committed to cracking down on tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance to ensure a system that is...

Turkey: Decree publishes that amends investment incentive rules

March 8, 2018

The Government has published Decree No. 2018/11297 on February 22, 2018, in the Official Gazette. It has already come into...

PGA Highlights: February 2018

March 5, 2018

In the United States the following events have taken place under the several PGA during the month of February 2018....

Korea: Government Postponed Reduced Exemption Threshold for Withholding of Capital Gains Tax

March 4, 2018

Korea decides against lowering ownership threshold for withholding of capital gains tax for foreign investors. Under the rule, if a...

France: Publishes new corporate taxation measures

March 4, 2018

The Ministry of the Economy and Finances published a summary of the main measures introduced by the Finance Law 2018...

Italy: Draft transfer pricing regulations and corresponding adjustments

March 4, 2018

On February 21, 2018 the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance released its draft transfer pricing rules to comply with...

United States: ADD/CVD Roundup for February 2018

March 4, 2018

Following table shows the Federal Register notices related to ADD/CVD cases for February 2018 in United States. Country Product Investigations...

US: IRS files pre-trial memorandum against Coca Cola in transfer pricing dispute

March 3, 2018

On 15 February 2018 the IRS filed a pre-trial memorandum against The Coca Cola Company on the grounds that the...

IMF: Fiscal Management of Mining and Petroleum in West Africa

March 2, 2018

On 27 February 2018 the IMF Deputy Managing Director addressed relevant issues at the opening of the Conference on Fiscal...