Russia: Applicability of thin capitalization rules under certain conditions

07 July, 2014

The Ministry of Finance has issued Letter No. 03-08-05/9669 on May 6, 2014 that clarifies the application of thin capitalization rules to the interest paid by a Russian company (borrower) to another Russian company (lender) under a controlled loan

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Slovak Republic: Thin capitalization rules has considered related-party debt

16 June, 2014

The Ministry of Finance is currently considering the chance of re-initiating thin capitalization rules into Slovak tax law. With the help of an internal document the Ministry of Finance highlights that low capitalization expresses an effective tax

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Colombia: issues regulations on thin capitalization provisions

28 April, 2014

The Colombian government issued Decree 627 on 26 March 2014. This Decree regulates the thin capitalization rules (article 118-1 of the Tax Code) that were brought in as part of the recent tax reforms and takes effect from the date of publication.

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Russian Appeal Court rules on thin capitalization

16 April, 2014

Russia’s Arbitration Court of Appeal issued a decision on 24 February 2014 holding that a loan from a foreign related company of United Bakers Pskov LLC1 was subject to the thin capitalization legislation. This ruling by the Court was made on the

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Colombia: Thin capitalization provision

09 February, 2014

Under the Decree 3027 of 27 December 2013, the thin capitalization provisions interest is fully deductible up to a debt to equity ratio of 3:1. This applies to domestic and foreign loans from related or unrelated

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Norway reduces corporate tax rate and enacts interest deductibility restrictions

03 February, 2014

On 13 December 2013, the newly proposed Norwegian interest deduction limitation rules were adopted by the Norwegian Parliament and the reduction of the corporate income tax rate from 28 to 27 % was adopted. The interest deduction limitation rules

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Russia-Applicable fields for applying thin capitalization rules

10 December, 2013

The Ministry of Finance has published Letter No. 03-08-05/23521 regarding the applicability of the thin capitalization rules to interest payments made by a Russian company on a loan granted by a Russian bank issued on June 21, 2013. For example, a

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Russia- Court rules for establishing thin capitalization to a sister company loan

09 December, 2013

Russia’s Federal Arbitration Court of the North-West region has issued Ruling No. А52-4072/2012 on September 18, 2013 concerning the establishment by a sister company of thin capitalization rules to a loan issued. Russian court practice already

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Australia: Liabilities classification for Thin Capitalization

09 September, 2013

As a consequence of changes to Australia’s thin capitalization rules taxpayers may need to review their thin capitalization position. Now every entity must have to consider whether their liabilities are debt or non-debt and the effect on the

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Poland – Changes to transfer pricing documentation, thin capitalization rules

05 March, 2013

Legislation to expand the scope of Poland’s corporate income tax law is intended to be effective in 2014. The provisions of the legislation released on February 18, 2013 include changes to the transfer pricing documentation and thin capitalization

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Implementation of Malaysian thin capitalization has been deferred

23 December, 2012

The Ministry of Finance announced on 11 December 2012 that the implementation of the thin capitalization rules has been deferred until the end of December

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