World Tax Brief: October 2020
AlgeriaSubmission of returns: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government provides policy measures for small business and SMEs. The subscription deadline for the annual results declaration (balance sheet and appendices) is extended until 30 June
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: September 2020
AngolaGAAR: The Government Officially published a Law to introduce a general anti-abuse rule allowing the tax authorities to disregard for tax purposes any acts aimed at obtaining a tax advantage with abuse of legal forms, and to apply standards of
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: August 2020
ArgentinaDue dates main corporate income tax: The Federal Administration of Public Revenue made an extension in the deadline to apply for the tax payment facility from 30 June 2020 to 31 July 2020.See the story in RegfollowerAustraliaReduced rate:
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: July 2020
ArgentinaPayment of tax: The Federal Administration of Public Revenue declared that application for including to the new tax payment facility regime needs to be done by 30 June 2020. The first installment will expire on 16 July 2020.See the story
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: June 2020
AustraliaFiling return: The Australian taxation office extended the lodgment day for 2018–19 company tax returns until 5 June 2020, which were due on 15 May 2020.See the story in RegfollowerBoliviaFiling return: On 9 May 2020, the National Tax
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: May 2020
AlgeriaFiling return: The Directorate General of Taxes made a postponement of annual tax return submission deadline for 2019 until 31 May 2020 for the taxpayers registered at the DGE.See the story in RegfollowerAngolaDue dates main corporate income
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: April 2020
GuatemalaFiling return: SAT has extended the 31 March 2020 tax filing deadline to 15 April 2020 that corresponds to the fiscal year 2019 for companies, the 2019 transfer pricing information return annex, and the February 2020 value added tax
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: March 2020
NamibiaIncentives: On 19 February 2020, the Minister of Finance tabled the first income tax amendment bill of 2020 in Parliament that repeals the tax incentives applicable to registered manufacturers and export processing zones. See the
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: February 2020
South AfricaCFC rules: On 13 January 2020, President signed Taxation Laws Amendment Act 2019, which amends section 9D of the Income Tax Act, 1962 regarding the definition of controlled foreign company rules and extends the application of
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: January 2020
Qatar PE rules: On 11 December 2019, Qatar introduced new Income Tax Law No. 24 of 2018, effective from 12 December 2019. The new Law provides additional guidance on permanent establishments (PEs) rule. Computation of
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: December 2019
DenmarkPE rules: On 6 November 2019, the Danish Minister of Taxation published a bill L.48 on international taxation. The bill proposed to change the domestic PE definition in order to align with the new definition in Article 5. CFC rules:
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: November 2019
Russia Interest on late payments: On 25 October 2019, the Russian Central Bank reduced the interest rate from 7% to 6.5% with effect from 28 October 2019.See the story in RegfollowerTax base: On 30 September 2019, the Russian
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: October 2019
Costa Rica Computation of taxable income: On 25 September 2019, the Costa Rican Ministry of Finance issued a Resolution No DGT-R-55-2019 on the list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. According to the list, all expenses
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: September 2019
TaiwanBusiness income taxation: On 26 August 2019, the Taiwan National Tax Bureau for the Northern Area (NTBNA) published a notice for domestic companies. The Notice clarifies that domestic companies purchasing e-services from a foreign
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: August 2019
HungaryIncentive on small business: On 12 July 2019, the Hungarian Lawmakers approved the 2020 budget. The budget reduced the rate of small enterprise tax (KIVA) from 13% to 12% and cancel the simplified entrepreneurial tax (EVA). Payment
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: July 2019
SloveniaCorporate income tax rate: On 18 June 2019, the Ministry of Finance proposed changes to corporation tax rates. As a result, the CIT rate increased by one percentage point from 19% to 20% from 2020 onwards. In addition, a minimum
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: June 2019
Puerto Rico Incentives-Industry/manufacturing: On 14 May 2019, Governor of Puerto Rico signed the Senate Bill 1147 (the Opportunity Zones Development Act), offering tax incentives for investments in qualifying Opportunity Zones. The act
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: May 2019
MexicoIncentives-Industry/manufacturing: On 29 April 2019, the Mexican Tax Administration has published the Miscellaneous Tax Code of 2019. Accordingly, the regulations grants special tax incentive decree for interest on corporate debt
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