Posts by Abdur Rouf

Corporate tax, Transfer Pricing, Global Trade, Tax Treaty, VAT.
Sweden plans temporary VAT cut on food to ease costs

November 26, 2025

Sweden’s Ministry of Finance released a draft proposal to lower the VAT on food from 12% to 6% for a...

Colombia: DIAN plans crypto reporting under CARF

November 26, 2025

Colombia’s tax authority (DIAN) has proposed a draft resolution to implement the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) to standardise tax...

Russia: State Duma approves 2026 tax code amendments

November 26, 2025

Russia’s State Duma has approved amendments to the Tax Code introducing key tax measures for 2026. Draft Law No. 1026190-8...

Ireland: DoF opens consultation on Phase One of interest tax reform

November 26, 2025

Ireland’s Department of Finance has opened a consultation on Phase One of its proposed reform of the country’s interest taxation...

Russia expands VAT exemptions for precious metal banking transactions

November 26, 2025

Russia has introduced new VAT relief measures for banking operations involving precious metals following the publication of Federal Law No....

Austria: Government approves tax amendment Act 2025 to align with EU rules

November 25, 2025

The Austrian Government gave its approval to the proposed Tax Amendment Act 2025 (Abgabenänderungsgesetz 2025) on 18 November 2025. The...

South Africa: SARS lowers official interest rate for taxing low-interest loans

November 25, 2025

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has updated its Table 3, reducing the official interest rate used to tax interest-free...

Austria: Government approves draft law to implement crypto reporting rules (DAC8)

November 25, 2025

The Austrian government has approved a draft law to implement the Amending Directive to the 2011 Directive on Administrative Cooperation...

UAE: FTA publishes corporate tax payment guide

November 25, 2025

The UAE Federal Tax Authority released the Taxpayer User Manual: Corporate Tax Payments on 10 November 2025. The guide is...

Sweden: Parliament adopts amendments to interest deduction rules

November 25, 2025

The Swedish parliament (Riksdag) approved a law that includes targeted amendments to the Income Tax Act on 19 November 2025...

France: National Assembly rejects first part of 2026 Finance Bill

November 25, 2025

France’s National Assembly rejected the revenue (tax) section of the 2026 Finance Bill on 22 November 2025. A general vote...

Estonia: Government approves draft law to ratify 2025 tax treaty with Andorra

November 24, 2025

The Estonian government approved a draft law on the ratification of the Income and capital tax treaty 2025 on 20...

Peru ratifies 2025 income tax treaty with UK

November 24, 2025

Peru approved the 2025 Income Tax Treaty with the UK through Supreme Decree No. 051-2025-RE on 20 November 2025, with...

Mauritius revises tax treaty protocols with Oman, Rwanda

November 24, 2025

The Mauritius Revenue Authority has announced that discussions are in progress to revise the protocols for the 1998 tax treaty...

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Germany: MoF expands CbCR to additional jurisdictions

November 24, 2025

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Finance has announced on 19 November 2025, that the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) on the...

Russia: MoF to introduce 2026 VAT measures for marketplace sales

November 24, 2025

Russia’s Ministry of Finance has clarified that taxpayers using the simplified taxation system can sell goods on marketplaces without paying...

Ireland publishes feedback statement on interest tax reform

November 24, 2025

Ireland’s Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris T.D. has published a Feedback Statement for Phase One of the reform...

Bangladesh: NBR extends 2025-26 PIT income tax return deadline

November 24, 2025

Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) has announced a one-month extension for filing income tax returns for the 2025-26 tax...