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Morocco: Council of Ministers approve DTA with Rwanda

July 10, 2017

The Income Tax Agreement of 2016 between Morocco and Rwanda was approved on June 25, 2017 by the Council of...

Morocco: Council of Ministers approve DTA with South Sudan

July 10, 2017

The Income Tax Treaty between Morocco and South Sudan was approved on June 25, 2017 by the Council of Ministers...

Greece: Extension of submission deadline for 2016 tax returns

July 9, 2017

The Finance Ministry has announced a decision relating to the extension of the tax return submission deadline. Under Article 3...

EU and Japan reach agreement in principle on trade deal

July 7, 2017

An agreement in principle has been reached on a free trade deal between the European Union (EU) and Japan. The...

UK: HMRC wins case on loans from Employee Benefit Trust

July 7, 2017

On 6 July 2017 the Supreme Court ruled in favour of HMRC in a case involving payments from an employee...

OECD: Comments received on draft HTVI implementation guidance

July 6, 2017

On 5 July 2017 the OECD published comments received in relation to the BEPS discussion draft on the implementation guidance...

OECD Director-General reports to G20 leaders

July 6, 2017

The OECD Secretary-General’s report to the G20 leaders was published on the OECD website on 5 July 2017. The report...

GCC develops VAT and excise tax framework

July 5, 2017

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) finance ministers held an extraordinary meeting on 16th June in Jeddah and approved in principle...

Indonesia-Netherlands: Protocol to tax treaty enters into force

July 5, 2017

A pending protocol to tax treaty between the Netherlands and Indonesia of 29 January 2002 has been signed on 30...

United States: ADD/CVD Roundup for June 2017

July 4, 2017

Following table shows the Federal Register notices related to ADD/CVD cases for June 2017 in United States. Country Product Investigations...

Singapore: Agreement on exchange of Country-by-Country reporting signed

July 3, 2017

On 22 June 2017, Singapore signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) on the automatic exchange of Country-by-Country (CbC) reports....

PGA Highlights: June 2017

July 3, 2017

In the United States the following events have taken place under the several PGA during the month of June 2017....

Greece: Extension of deadlines for tax payment, levies, fees

July 2, 2017

The Financial Secretary, Katerina Papanatsiou, signed and made a decision to extend the deadlines for submission of tax returns and...

Philippines: Department of Finance certifies tax reform bill

July 2, 2017

The Department of Finance (DoF) declared that, the proposed second package of the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) will be...

US: IMF report looks at fiscal position

July 1, 2017

The IMF has published a Concluding Statement following the conclusion of consultations under Article IV of the IMF’s articles of...

WTO: Monitoring report on G20 trade measures

July 1, 2017

On 30 June 2017 the WTO issued its seventeenth monitoring report on G20 trade measures. The report indicates that the...

WTO: Measures to facilitate cross-border trade for MSMEs

June 30, 2017

On 29 June 2017 the WTO’s Director General spoke during an informal dialogue on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)....

OECD: Update on Global Forum peer reviews

June 30, 2017

A report issued by the OECD on 28 June 2017 contains updates on the work of the Global Forum on...