Zambia publishes Budget for 2019
On 1 January 2019, The Zambian government published budget for 2019 to the National Assembly. Key modifications of tax rules are summarized as follows: Limit the deductibility of interest on debts owed by a taxpayer to 30 % of the
See MoreRussia: Parliament proposes to reduce the corporate property tax rate
On 6 March 2019, a draft bill was presented to the State Duma (Lower House of Parliament) proposing to lower the maximum amount of the property tax rate to be taxed at the cadastral value. According to the bill, the corporation tax rate for real
See MoreOECD: Morocco joins the inclusive framework on BEPS
On 9 March 2019 the OECD announced that Morocco has joined the Inclusive Framework on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). This means that a total of 129 countries and jurisdictions are taking part in the Inclusive Framework. The countries
See MoreOECD: Consultation on Addressing Tax Challenges of the Digital Economy
On 13 and 14 March 2019 the OECD is to hold a public consultation on the tax challenges of the digitalisation of the economy. This is related to the work on action 1 of the G20/ OECD action plan on base erosion and profit shifting. The consultation
See MoreSouth Africa introduces Budget 2019 in parliament
On 20 February 2019, Tito Mboweni (South Africa’s Minister of Finance) presented the Budget 2019 in the parliament. The budget proposal would not increase taxes in any category but proposed to increase tax collection by not adjusting for inflation
See MoreOECD: Taxpayer input required for eighth batch of dispute resolution peer reviews
The OECD announced on19 February 2019 that it is currently collecting taxpayer input in preparation for the eight batch of stage 1 peer reviews in relation to improving the tax treaty dispute resolution process under Action 14 of the project on base
See MoreOECD: Comment period extended on tax challenges of digitalisation
On 19 February 2019 the OECD announced that the consultation period in relation to the public consultation document on possible solutions to the tax challenges of digitalisation has been extended to 6 March 2019. The public consultation meeting on
See MoreUK: Support for Tax Capacity Building
On 19 February 2019 the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) announced new assistance to give support to developing countries in generating greater tax revenue, tackling tax avoidance and creating a level playing field for
See MoreOECD: Consultation document on tax challenges to the digital economy
On 13 February 2019 the OECD’s Inclusive Framework published a consultation document on issues relating to the tax challenges of digitalisation of the economy. This follows the publication on 29 January 2019 of a Policy Note and the agreement of
See MorePortugal legislates the Budget Law for 2019
On December 31, 2018, Portugal published 2019 budget law (No.71/2018) in the official gazette and generally applies as from 1 January 2019. The budget law includes changes to income tax law and other taxes. The budget law include the following
See MoreOECD: Tax Talk Summarises Latest Tax Developments
An OECD Tax Talk held on 29 January 2019 summarised the latest tax developments. Tax and Digitalisation A Policy Note agreed by the Inclusive Framework was issued in January 2019. A public consultation document is to be released in February 2019
See MoreOECD announces progress made in addressing harmful tax practices
On 29 January 2019 the OECD released a publication entitled “Harmful Tax Practices – 2018 Progress Report on Preferential Regimes”. This contains results to show that jurisdictions are pursuing their commitment to the standard on harmful tax
See MoreOECD: Inclusive Framework issues policy note on digital economy
The Inclusive Framework on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) has issued a new Policy Note under action 1 of the action plan on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) entitled Addressing the Tax Challenges of the Digitalisation of the Economy.
See MoreEuropean Commission to launch proceedings against UK over VAT treatment of commodity traders
It is reported that the European Commission is planning to take a case to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in relation to the value added tax (VAT) treatment of commodity traders in the UK. The European Commission argues that although the UK may
See MoreEU: Report by European Commission on investor residence schemes
On 23 January 2019 the European Commission issued a report on citizenship by investment and citizenship by residence schemes operated by a number of EU Member States. The report looks at current practices and identifies some of the risks from such
See MoreSingapore deposits ratification instrument for MLI
On 21 December 2018, Singapore deposited its instrument of ratification of the Multilateral Agreement for the Implementation of Measures relating to the Prevention of Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI). As of 21 December 2018, a total of 18 countries
See MoreEuropean Commission opens in-depth investigation into Netherlands tax rulings
On 10 January 2019 the European Commission announced that it has opened an in-depth investigation into tax rulings granted by the Netherlands to companies in the Nike group. The rulings may have given the companies an unfair competitive advantage
See MoreOECD to launch Corporate Tax Statistics
The OECD announced on 11 January 2019 that a new report and dataset entitled Corporate Tax Statistics is to be published containing internationally comparable statistics and analysis relevant to the debate on tax policy. These statistics that will
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