Russia: Proposes health tax on tobacco products
The Ministry of Health announced a proposal on 16 March 2017, to impose a health tax on tobacco products, based on the recommendations of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation following discussions of the new anti-smoking strategy. Currently,
See MoreVietnam: Recently released a new transfer pricing decree
Vietnam’s Government has recently released a Transfer Pricing (“TP”) Decree No. 20/2017/ND-CP on 24 February 2017, provided that tax administration applicable to enterprises having controlled transactions’ (Decree 20), which will take effect
See MoreIndia: Delhi High Court removed the penalty assessment for related-party transactions
The Delhi High Court, in the case of: Pr.CIT v. Mitsui Prime Advanced Composites India Pvt. Ltd. (ITA 913/2016, CM APPL.46519/2016), dismissing tax department’s appeal and upheld the Tribunal’s order deleting penalty under Section 271(1)(c) of
See MoreGhana: Parliament Approves the Budget for 2017
The Parliament approved the Budget for the 2017 financial year after six days of fierce debate on it between the Majority and Minority sides. The budget which was the first one for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government since assuming power on
See MoreSweden publishes regulation on automatic exchange of CbC reporting
The regulation on the automatic exchange of country-by-country (CbC) reporting (the Regulation) was published in the Official Gazette on 14 March 2017. The law proposal had been adopted on 1st March 2017. The Regulation, which will enter into force
See MoreDominican Republic: Publishes new processes for filing corporate income tax return
The Dominican tax authorities issued new guidance that is intended to improve tax filing procedures for the annual corporate income tax return and appendices. The tax agency (DGII) published General Notice No.12-17, in an effort to improve the tax
See MoreRussia: Clarifies the taxation of CFC profits in determining the corporate tax base of a consolidated tax group
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on 3 March 2017, published Guidance Letter No. 03-12-11/3/5790 of 3 February 2017, clarifying the taxation of CFC profits in determining the corporate tax base of a consolidated tax group (CTG). According to article
See MoreRussia: Publishes the draft procedure on multilateral APAs
The Russian Finance Ministry on 3 March 2017, published a draft Procedure outlining the process for handling multilateral Advanced Pricing Agreements (APAs). The Procedure is intended to enable a taxpayer to conclude an APA in relation to a foreign
See MoreDTA between Ghana and Mauritius signed
Ghana and Mauritius signed a tax treaty for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion in Port Louis on 11 March
See MoreIndia: GST Council approves draft CGST and IGST Bills
The GST Council approved the draft Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Bill and Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) Bill on 4 March 2017. Some of the significant points of the CGST and IGST Bills are summarised below: A State-wise single
See MoreIndia: Related-party Relationship Upheld by The Tribunal
Recently, the Chennai Bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) in the case of: Hospira Healthcare India Private Limited v. DCIT (ITA No. 821/Mds/2016 - AY 2011-12), held that under a provision of India’s tax law, “influence”
See MoreAustria: Approves draft bill on reduced air travel tax rates
The government approved a draft bill amending the air travel tax law on 7 March 2017. The draft bill provides for reduced air travel tax rates. Accordingly, the rates will be reduced from EUR 7 to EUR 3.50 for short distance flights, from EUR 15 to
See MoreIndia signs fifth bilateral advance pricing agreement with Japan
On 6 March 2017, India has signed a bilateral advance pricing agreement with the Indian subsidiary of a Japanese company, India's Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has announced. With this agreement, India and Japan have concluded five bilateral
See MoreSweden approves the new legislation on transfer pricing documentation and CbC reporting
Sweden's parliament on 1 March 2017, adopted the government’s proposal on transfer pricing documentation and country-by-country reporting. The adoption amounts to the ratification of OECD’s guidelines for transfer pricing documentation and
See MoreRussia: Clarifications on carry-forward of CFC losses
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) issued Guidance Letter No. 03-04-05/5577(2 February 2017), clarifying the issue of losses incurred by a controlled foreign company (CFC) on 7 March 2017. The Ministry of Finance identified that, under Article 25.15,
See MoreGermany: Ministry of Finance publishes guidance on application of OECD’s Common Reporting Standard
The German Ministry of Finance on 3 March 2017, published official guidance (1 February 2017), on the application of the OECD's Common Reporting Standard concerning the automatic exchange of information and application of the Germany-United States
See MoreGhana: Proposes the Budget for 2017
The Minister of Finance presented the Budget for 2017 to Parliament on 2 March 2017. The following tax measures are proposed in the Budget: Capital gains tax (CGT): Exemption from CGT on gains realised from the sale of securities listed on the
See MoreDTA between Jersey and Mauritius signed
A Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between Jersey and Mauritius for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion was signed on 3 March 2017 in
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