Bosnia and Herzegovina: Government adopts Law on Profit Tax
On 16 January 2020, Government adopted the amendment in Law on Profit Tax. The Law proposed to exclude leasing companies from the interest deduction limitations provisions. On the other hand, this Law stated that income statements are not necessary
See MoreUkraine: Parliament adopts draft law on amendments to the Tax Code
On 16 January 2020, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted Law No 1210 on amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine with regard to improvement of tax administration, elimination of technical and logical discrepancies in tax legislation. The important
See MoreSouth Africa: President signs five revenue related Bills into Law
On 21 January 2020, the National Assembly released a Media Statement, which provides that on 13 January 2020, President, Cyril Ramaphosa, signed into law five different revenue related bills. These bills, which have now been promulgated include the
See MoreNorway: The new statutory GAAR enter into force from 1 January 2020
Norway introduced a new general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR) with effect from 1 January 2020. The new statutory GAAR is similar to the previous GAAR in terms of scope, content and threshold for use with a few exceptions. The statutory GAAR will
See MoreNigeria: President signs Finance Bill 2019 into Law
On 13 January 2020, the President, Muhammadu Buhari, signed the 2019 Finance bill into law. It was submitted alongside the 2020 budget to the National Assembly. The new law contains over 90 changes to 7 different tax laws. Corporate income
See MoreBelgium enacts EU mandatory disclosure regime (DAC6)
On 12 December 2019, the Belgian Parliament adopted legislation implementing the EU Directive on the mandatory disclosure and exchange of cross-border tax arrangements (DAC6) and it was published in the Official Gazette on 30 December 2019. Under
See MoreBulgaria: Parliament accepts tax loss carry forward for CFC
The Parliament recently approved tax loss carry forward rules for controlled foreign companies (CFC). It was stated that the losses may be carried forward for up to five years and should be applied to tax losses incurred after December 31,
See MoreEcuador: President made objections on second tax reform bill
On 14 December 2019, the President, Moreno, made objections on the second tax reform bill approved by the National Assembly. Accordingly, he proposed to limit the application of the thin-capitalization rules to inter-company loans. Accordingly,
See MoreOECD: Report on Transfer Pricing in Brazil
On 18 December 2019 the OECD issued a report entitled Transfer Pricing in Brazil: Towards Convergence with the OECD Standard. This examines the differences between Brazil’s transfer pricing rules and the OECD transfer pricing guidelines with a
See MoreArgentina: Executive Power publishes Executive Branch Decree 862/2019
On 9th December 2019, the Executive Power published Executive Branch Decree 862/2019 in the Official Gazette, which approves a new revised text of the regulatory decree of the Income Tax Act and incorporated provisions that were contained in
See MoreMexico implements economic package 2020
On 9 December 2019, Mexico has published a decree to implement economic package 2020 which was approved by Mexican Congress on 30 October 2019. This Decree will enter into force on January 1, 2020. The economic package consists of the following
See MorePeru: SUNAT issues report on interest deduction limitations
On 29 November 2019, the Peruvian Tax Administration (SUNAT) has published Report No. 171-2019-SUNAT/7T0000 on its website regarding exception for the taxpayers engaged in public infrastructure projects, public services and applied research and
See MoreBulgaria: Government publishes Law on Amendments to the Corporate Income Tax Act
On 6 December 2019, Law on Amendments to the Corporate Income Tax Act was published in the Official Gazette and it was adopted by the National Assembly on 21st November 2019. Similar amendments in Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) and transfer
See MoreRussia updates CFC notification form
On 18 November 2019, the Russian Federal Tax Service published updated controlled foreign company (CFC) notification form with e-filing instruction. This form applies from 1 January
See MoreDenmark publishes the Bill no. L 48 on international taxation
On 6 November 2019, the Danish Minister of Taxation published Bill no. L 48 on international taxation. The bill updated the existing PE (permanent establishment) rules, CFC rules and strengthen the Transfer pricing (TP) rules. PE rules: The
See MoreKenya: President approves the finance act 2019
On 7 November 2019, the Kenyan president approved a law of the parliament, the Finance Act of 2019. The act proposes significant changes to various tax laws in Kenya, including the Income Tax Act, the Capital Markets Act and the Banking Law. Key
See MoreBulgaria proposes changes to the Corporation Tax Act
On 12 November 2019, a proposal to changes the Corporation Tax Act was submitted to Parliament. The law proposed the following measures: propose to amendments the thin capitalization rules in order to increase the level of expenditure that is
See MoreRussia: MOF clarification on CFC profits
On 5 November 2019, the Russian Ministry of Finance (MOF) issued the letter No. 03-03-06 / 1/85022 concerning the profits of controlled foreign companies (CFC) in cases where a controlling person has an indirect participation in a CFC through legal
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