Tax Treaty News: September 2018
Singapore and Nigeria On 1 November 2018, the Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between Nigeria and Singapore will enter into force and applies from 1 January 2019. The agreement contains Dividends rate 7.5%, Interest rate 7.5% and Royalties rate
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Chile Business income taxation: On 21 August 2018, the Chilean president announced that a bill on tax reform would be submitted to Congress. The tax reform laws would propose a single integrated corporate tax system that would eliminate the
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Australia Special rules for hybrid instruments or entities: On 16 August 2018, Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Integrity and Other Measures No. 2) Bill 2018 containing the hybrid mismatch integrity measures was passed by the Parliament. The bill
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Following table shows the Federal Register notices related to ADD/CVD cases for August 2018 in United States. Country Product Investigations Case Number Details Belgium Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate Initiation of Antidumping Duty
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Finland and Spain On 30 July 2018, the Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between Finland and Spain was entered into force. The agreement contains Dividends rate 0% for pension fund, 5% for at least 10% holding; otherwise 15%, Interest rate 0% and
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Austria CFC rule: On 11 July 2018, the Federal Council of Austria adopted the text of the Annual Tax Act 2018 as approved by the National Council (lower house) on 4 July. For the first time, Austria has introduced a comprehensive CFC regime.
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Australia Rule: On 9 July 2018, ATO published draft Schedule 2 compliance guideline (PCG) 2017/1, covering ATO's compliance approach to transfer pricing issues related to centralized operational models involving procurement, marketing, sales and
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Following table shows the Federal Register notices related to ADD/CVD cases for July 2018 in United States. Country Product Investigations Case Number Details Austria Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate Initiation of Antidumping Duty
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UK and Belarus On 27 June 2018, the United Kingdom ratified the Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) with Belarus. Once in force and effective, the new DTA will replace the existing DTA of 1985. UK and Ukraine On 27 June 2018, the United Kingdom
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Following table shows the Federal Register notices related to ADD/CVD cases for June 2018 in United States. Country Product Investigations Case Number Details Argentina Lemon Juice Suspended Investigation A-822-804 See the Federal Register
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Sweden Restriction on interest deduction: On 14 June 2018, the Parliament passed a bill regarding a general provision limiting the deductibility of net interest expense to 30% of earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization
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Bangladesh Main corporate tax rate: On 28 June 2018, the Parliament passed the national budget for fiscal year 2018-2019. The corporate tax rate has been reduced to 40% from 42.50% for non-publicly traded banks, insurance and financial
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Finland and Spain On 30 July 2018, the Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between Finland and Spain will enter into force and applies from 1 January 2019. From this date, the new DTA replaces the existing DTA of 1967. Brazil and Norway On 30 May
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Hong Kong Main corporate tax rate: On 16 May 2018, the Legislative Council passed the Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill 2018 providing special tax measures including a 75% one-off reduction in profits tax, for the year of assessment 2017/18 is
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Following table shows the Federal Register notices related to ADD/CVD cases for May 2018 in United States. Country Product Investigations Case Number Details Austria Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate Antidumping Duty Order; Opportunity
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Sweden: Financial services-Restriction on interest deduction: On 3 May 2018, draft legislation has been submitted to the Swedish parliament which includes safe harbour rule and limit to interest deduction. Under the proposed rules, the
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Kyrgyzstan and UK On 24 April 2018, the United Kingdom ratified the Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) with Kyrgyzstan. Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, Korea (Rep.), Poland, UK and Japan On 19 April 2018, the tax authority of Chile has
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Japan PE rules: On 28 March 2018, Japan’s Diet enacted the tax reform plan for 2018 and changes the domestic PE definition in line with BEPS recommendations. The scope of the agent PE would be extended to effectively include commissionaire
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