Colombia published inflation component and presumptive interest rates

April 25, 2016

According to Decree 536 of 2016, published on along with applicable as of 5 April 2016, sets out the inflation component rates concerning to financial income exempt from income tax and financial expenses that are non-deductible, and the presumptive

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UK: Amendment to provisions for farmers’ averaging of profits

December 31, 2015

A policy paper released by the UK government on 9 December confirms that legislation is to be included in the Finance Bill 2016 to amend the provisions on farmers’ averaging of profits. The new provisions will allow an individual engaging in a

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Korea: Tax reform bill of 2016 enacted

December 20, 2015

The National Assembly of Korea passed the Tax Reform Bill of 2016 on 2 December 2015. The bill was enacted on 15 December 2015 and certain Enforcement Decrees are expected to be approved by the Government in the near future. According to the

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Ukraine: Draft law proposed to introduce thin capitalization rules

November 11, 2015

Draft law No. 3357 on amending the Tax Code of Ukraine regarding tax liberalization was registered in the Ukrainian parliament on October 26, 2015. The draft law have proposed several tax measure including thin capitalization rules and distributed

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UK: bad debt relief on peer to peer lending

June 02, 2015

In the Autumn Statement for 2014 delivered in December 2014 the Chancellor announced a package of measures in support of peer to peer lending and crowdfunding platforms. The reforms are intended to modernize the regulations and tax rules. One of the

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Russia: The MoF clarifies requirements to claim tax deduction of expenses

February 17, 2015

The Federal Tax Service has released Letter No. 03-03-10/4547 to clarify the requirements that must be completed by the primary accounting documents and it was issued by the Ministry of Finance (MoF). In accordance with the article 252 and article

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Malaysia: IRB Issues Public Ruling On Qualifying Plant And Machinery For Claiming Capital Allowances

January 05, 2015

The Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) released a public ruling (No.12/2014) on qualifying plant and machinery for claiming capital allowances on December 31, 2014. The objective of this Public Ruling (PR) is to explain whether an asset is a

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South Africa: SARS Issues Revised Capital Gains Tax Guide

December 28, 2014

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has issued a revised version of its Comprehensive Guide to Capital Gains Tax (CGT). This update includes various changes since the guide was last published in 2011. As before the guide looks at what should be

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Basis of imposing tax of Resident Companies is wider than non-resident companies in Ireland

November 04, 2014

Resident company is taxed on its worldwide income and capital gains. It excludes most distributions received from other Irish-resident companies. A non-resident company operating through its Irish Branch is taxed on the profits obtained from that

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Luxemburg: Tax circular governing the functional currency regime

June 16, 2014

A tax circular letter containing framework of rules governing the functional currency regime (FRC) was issued by the Luxemburg Tax Authorities on 16 June 2014. It will apply to corporations that expresses in a currency other than Euro and maintain

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New Zealand: Approved new tax rate on employer loans

June 06, 2014

The Revenue Minister has approved the new interest rate on employer’s loan, which will be 6.13% (previously it was 5.90%). This new interest rate will be effective from 1 July of

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French Local Tax Reforms Have Cut Tax Burden

May 25, 2014

A report issued by the Board of Compulsory Levies (CPO) in France suggests that small and medium enterprises have benefited by the introduction of the local economic contribution in place of the local business tax. This contribution is the most

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Germany: Draft guidance amending corporate tax loss limitation rules

May 18, 2014

Germany has issued draft guidance to replace prior advice on the corporate tax loss limitation rules. The current guidance was issued in 2008 and although there have not been any changes to the basic provisions in this area the new guidance aims to

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Lithuania : Loss carry forward limitations, extended incentives and reduced VAT rates

February 23, 2014

Losses carry forward limitations: Beginning in 2014, the ability of corporations in Lithuania to carry forward tax losses, for corporate income tax purposes, is limited. In calculating their corporate income tax for 2014 and subsequent tax periods,

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Italy: Requirement of additional anti-fraud reporting on taxable supplies

August 01, 2013

All resident companies in Italian are now obliged by the Italian tax office to produce an annual report detailing all individual supplies (both sales and supplies received) of goods or services above Euro 3,600 to other businesses or consumers. In

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Philippines: New regulation on tax deduction in the event of failure to withhold tax

July 28, 2013

The Philippines issued Revenue Regulation 12-2013 (Rev. Reg. 12-2013) on 13 July 2013. Rev. Reg. 12-2013 is applicable to payments made to both domestic and foreign beneficiary and it will effective from 28 July 2013 for payments that are related

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Austria:Corporate tax guidelines limit interest deductions

May 08, 2013

The Austrian Ministry of Finance published revised corporate income tax guidelines in March 2013, to tightening the rules with respect to interest deductions in connection with “debt push-down models” and concerning tax loss carry forwards

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Thailand Refuses To Give Foreign Dividend Tax Exemption

July 09, 2012

It was published on 9 July 2012 that the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister have immediately rejected a call from Thailand’s business sector for a tax exemption on dividends received from overseas investments. The Thai Chamber of Commerce

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