Canada: Ontario unveils 2025 budget, proposes increased tax credit for corporations
Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy, of the Canadian province of Ontario, presented the 2025 Ontario Budget: A Plan to Protect Ontario on 15 May 2025. It confirms no new changes to corporate or personal income tax rates. However, qualifying
See MoreUS: IRS announces 2025 inflation adjustment for carbon sequestration credit
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released the inflation adjustment factor for the carbon oxide sequestration credit under IRC section 45Q for 2025 (Notice 2025-25, IRB 2025-20). The inflation adjustment factor for calendar year 2025 is
See MoreBrazil reportedly plans to offer tax breaks to attract data centres
Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad will be heading to Silicon Valley in the US this week in a bid to lure data centres to Brazil by offering federal tax exemptions on related tech investments, according to sources familiar with the
See MoreUS: Arkansas offers tax credits for headquarters relocations and automation investments
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed new legislation on 17 April 2025, which introduces tax incentives to attract corporate headquarters and encourage modernisation investments. Tax credits for new corporate headquarters
See MoreNigeria plans new investment incentive with multi-year tax credits
Nigeria plans to launch a new Economic Development Incentive (EDI) scheme to promote sustainable economic growth and attract investment in key sectors. The scheme targets key sectors like agriculture, manufacturing, and critical infrastructure
See MoreUS: Republican lawmakers tackle clean energy dilemma as significant investments clash with Trump’s skepticism
Republican lawmakers planning to extend US President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts, also known as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA),” are facing a clean-energy dilemma as significant investments in their districts clash with Trump's skepticism of
See MoreItaly approves tax credit forms for simplified logistics zone investments
Italy’s tax authorities have approved the forms that qualifying enterprises must submit to claim the tax credit for investments in simplified logistics zones (ZLS) under Law Decree No. 202/2024. The regulations are detailed in Protocol No.
See MoreCanada: Quebec announces tax measures in 2025-26 budget
The Canadian province Quebec's finance minister, Eric Girard, delivered the province’s 2025-26 budget on 25 March 2025. The minister unveiled a budget projecting a CAD 13.6 billion deficit, with CAD 2.2 billion allocated for debt repayment and
See MoreIreland: Department of Finance consults R&D tax credit, potential measures to foster innovation
Ireland's Department of Finance has initiated a public consultation regarding the R&D tax credit and potential measures to foster innovation. A tax credit regime for Research and Development (R&D) was introduced in Ireland in Finance Act
See MoreCanada announces 2025 budgets for New Brunswick, Saskatchewan
Canada’s provincial states New Brunswick and Saskatchewan have announced their budgets for 2025. New Brunswick 2025-16 budget Finance Minister René Legacy presented the provincial 2025-26 budget for New Brunswick on 18 March 2025. It
See MoreCanada extends mineral tax credit to March 2027
Canada's Ministry of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs issued a release on 3 March 2025 proposing to extend the 15% Mineral Exploration Tax Credit for investors in flow-through shares for an additional two years, until 31 March 2027. The
See MoreNetherlands revises definition of exempt investment institutions
The Netherlands’ government issued guidance on changes to the definition of exempt investment institutions (VBI) on 17 January 2025. The guidance outlines tax exemptions and obligations concerning VBIs. It also highlights new rules restricting the
See MoreCanada consults on EV supply chain investment tax credit
Canada's Department of Finance has announced a consultation on draft legislative proposals on 21 February 2025 to implement Budget 2024's Electric Vehicle Supply Chain Investment Tax Credit (EVSC-ITC). Canada’s 2024 Budget announced a
See MoreUS: IRS announces safe harbours for commercial clean vehicle credit
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Notice 2025-9 on the Section 45W Credit for Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicles and Incremental Cost for 2025. This notice provides safe harbours regarding the incremental cost and retail price
See MoreUS: Michigan enacts R&D credit law
Michigan’s governor has approved the legislation (2023-HNB-5100) on 13 January 2025, which introduces a research and development (R&D) tax credit in Michigan. This new incentive will take effect for tax years beginning on or after 1 January
See MoreUS: Treasury publishes guidance on clean fuels
The US Department of the Treasury has released new guidance on the Clean Fuels Production Credit (section 45Z) on 10 January 2025. Section 45Z provides a tax credit for the production of transportation fuels with lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG)
See MoreEcuador enacts tax relief measures law, includes tax credit for companies expanding their workforce
Ecuador introduced the Organic Law for Financial Relief and Economic Strengthening of Generations on 9 December 2024, which took effect on the same date. This legislation includes several key measures which includes an income tax credit for
See MoreUS: Treasury, IRS finalise rules on tax credit for clean energy investments
The US Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released the final rules for the Section 48 Energy Credit – also known as the Investment Tax Credit (ITC), on 4 December 2024. The rules were scheduled to be published in
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