Australia: Implementing the OECD Hybrid Mismatch Rules
The Australian Government announced in the 2016-17 and 2017-18 Budgets that it would implement the Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development’s (OECD) rules aimed at eliminating double non-taxation benefits from hybrid mismatch
See MoreOECD and Egypt launch programme on implementation of BEPS standards
On 7 March 2018 the OECD and Egypt’s Ministry of Finance launched a programme entitled Enhancing domestic resource mobilisation in Egypt through a better tax and exchange of information system. The programme involves funding from the EU to support
See MoreItaly: Draft transfer pricing regulations and corresponding adjustments
On February 21, 2018 the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance released its draft transfer pricing rules to comply with the Article 8-10 OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project. The draft rules are declared in their website for
See MoreOECD: Project to examine differences between Brazil’s transfer pricing rules and the Guidelines
On 28 February 2018 the OECD and Brazil began a joint project to examine the similarities and gaps in approaches to valuation of cross-border transactions. The project aims to produce an assessment of possibilities to bring the transfer pricing
See MoreLithuania: Parliament issues a draft bill for the ratification of the BEPS MLI
On 2 February 2018, the Lithuanian Parliament issued a draft bill for the ratification of the MLI (the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures) to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting. Lithuania submitted its MLI
See MoreCanada: MLI ratification process begins
The Parliamentary Secretary on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Matt DeCourcey, had presented the OECD Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI) on January 31, 2018,
See MoreCzech Republic: Cabinet approves ratification of BEPS MLI
The Cabinet of Czech Republic on February 14, 2018, approved ratification of the Multilateral Instrument (MLI) to implement into bilateral tax treaties the tax treaty-related measures arising from the OECD / G20 BEPS Project to tackle base erosion
See MorePlatform for Collaboration on Tax: Closing Statement of Conference on Tax and SDGs
On 16 February 2018 the Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) released the closing statement following its conference on taxation and the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The PCT was set up by the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank at the request
See MoreIndia: Union Budget introduces the digital permanent establishment rule
On 1 February 2018, the Finance Minister has released India’s 2018-19 budget and finance bill. The budget proposes to update the definition of a permanent establishment (PE) to tax non-resident digital firms operating in India. According to the
See MoreIndia: Budget introduces the digital permanent establishment rule
On 1 February 2018, the Finance Minister has released India’s 2018-19 budget and finance bill. The 2018 budget proposed to amend the definition of a permanent establishment for the taxation of non-resident digital companies operating in India.
See MoreMalaysia signs the BEPS multilateral instrument
On 24 January 2018, Malaysia signed the OECD Multilateral Convention to implement tax treaty related measures to prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (“Multilateral Instrument” or “MLI”). At the beginning of 2017, Malaysia announced its
See MoreOECD: Comments received on discussion draft on mandatory disclosure of CRS avoidance arrangements
On 18 January 2018 the OECD published comments received in relation to new tax rules on the disclosure of common reporting standard (CRS) avoidance arrangements and offshore structures. This follows the issue of a consultation document on the
See MoreOECD: International Compliance Assurance Programme
On 23 January 2018 a pilot program was launched in relation to multilateral risk assessment of large multinational groups. The program known as the International Compliance Assurance Programme (ICAP) is a the pilot for a voluntary programme to use
See MoreHong Kong: BEPS Legislation working on strengthening transfer pricing enforcement regime
Hong Kong Government proposes a bill, passed on 29th December 2017, with the goals to bring in the transfer pricing principles into a system and to execute the minimum standards released to tackle Base Erosion and Profit Shifting in Hong Kong. The
See MoreSweden publishes CbC reporting threshold rules
The Swedish Tax Agency published a guidance on companies' country-by-country reporting (CbC) obligations with respect to short and extended tax years, and company divestments and restructurings on 15 January 2018. The guidance provides following
See MorePanama signs agreement for exchange of financial account information
On 15 January 2018 Panama signed the CRS Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (CRS MCAA), the agreement for implementing the automatic exchange of financial account information under the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative
See MoreOECD: Tax Talk Summarizes Progress on Tax Topics
On 15 December 2017 the OECD gave an online Tax Talk to summarize the progress made on the various ongoing tax initiatives. Harmful Tax Practices Peer review reports on the exchange of tax rulings were published in December 2017. More than 10,000
See MoreBulgaria: Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement signs for exchange of CbC reports
Bulgaria has signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) on November 17, 2017 for the exchange of country by country (CbC) reports under action 15 of the OECD’s BEPS
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