Papua New Guinea enacts Income Tax Act 2025
Papua New Guinea’s new Income Tax Act 2025 came into effect on 1 January 2026. Issued on 20 October 2025, the new Income Tax Act modernises and simplifies the country’s tax framework, replacing the former regime under the Income Tax Act 1959.
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Czech Republic: New government plans corporate tax cut, key economic reforms
The Czech Republic's new incoming government has unveiled its draft program, pledging not to increase taxes. The draft program declaration of the Czech Republic government, slated for November 2025, outlines an ambitious plan for securing sound
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Hungary: Parliament reviews Autumn Tax Package measures
Hungary’s draft autumn tax package, presented on 14 October 2025, proposes adjustments across corporate, VAT, insurance, retail, and advertisement taxes—including R&D incentives, global minimum tax compliance, reduced VAT on beef,
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Australia: ATO issues final ruling on thin capitalisation third-party debt rules
The TPDT, introduced by the 2024 Treasury Laws Amendment, replaces the arm's length debt test for general investors and financial entities with a simpler, more streamlined method. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has issued Taxation Ruling TR
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Denmark: Parliament approves changes to Pillar Two minimum tax, Pillar One Amount B, related measures
The Parliament approved Bill L 194A on 3 June 2025. Denmark’s parliament has approved Bill L 194A, amending the Minimum Taxation Act, Corporate Tax Act, and other laws on 3 June 2025. Minimum Taxation Act and Corporate Tax Act The
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Australia: ATO issues guidance on thin capitalisation rules, related provisions
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) released guidance on 3 November 2024, outlining how the thin capitalisation rules interact with other provisions. The thin capitalisation rules limit the amount of debt deductions you can claim. Regard must
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Chile updates tax compliance law, introduces changes to GAAR, transfer pricing, and CFC
Chile's Internal Revenue Service (SII) has announced that the Law on Compliance with Tax Obligations (Law No. 21.713) has been published in the Official Gazette on 24 October 2024. General and Special Anti-Avoidance Rules changes The General
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UN Tax Committee: Transfer Pricing Issues
On 16 October 2024 the UN Tax Committee discussed transfer pricing issues. The transfer pricing subcommittee presented for approval a paper on dispute resolution addressing the implementation of advance pricing agreement (APA) programs. The
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Chile: Parliament passes tax compliance bill
Chile’s Chamber of Deputies have passed the Tax Compliance Bill (Proyecto de Ley de Cumplimiento de las Obligaciones Tributarias). Earlier, Chile’s Senate approved the Tax Compliance Bill on 24 September 2024 which included key changes to
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Chile passes tax compliance bill with income, VAT, transfer pricing measures
Chile’s Senate has approved the Tax Compliance Bill on 24 September 2024, which will be presented to the Lower House for final approval. The newly approved tax measures include modifications to the general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR), statute of
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OECD: Report on Simplified Peer Review of Nigeria under BEPS Action 14
On 16 September 2024 the OECD published the simplified peer review report on Nigeria under Action 14 of the project on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). The report sets out the results of Stage 1 of the simplified peer review of the
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OECD: Report on Simplified Peer Review of Costa Rica under BEPS Action 14
On 16 September 2024 the OECD published the simplified peer review report on Costa Rica under Action 14 of the project on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). Members of the OECD Inclusive Framework have committed to implementing the minimum
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OECD: Secretary General’s Tax Report to G20 Finance Ministers
On 19 February 2024 the OECD published the Secretary General’s tax report to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors for their meeting of February 2024. The report covered important international tax developments since their previous
See MoreUN: Committee Discusses Terms of Reference for Framework Convention on Tax
On 20 February 2024 the first meeting took place of the Ad Hoc Committee to draft terms of reference for a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. The Committee was established by UN Resolution 78/230 of 22 December 2023. It aims
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OECD: Report on the Simplified and Streamlined Approach Under Amount B
On 19 February 2024 the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework released the report on Amount B of Pillar One, following a previous consultation. The report sets out how jurisdictions can choose to apply the simplified and streamlined approach to qualifying
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OECD releases ICAP statistics
On 29 January 2024 the OECD released the first aggregated statistics from the Forum on Tax Administration’s International Compliance Assurance Programme (ICAP). ICAP The ICAP is a voluntary risk assessment and assurance program whose
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Russia: MOF publishes tax policy plans for 2024
On 2 November 2023, the Ministry of Finance in Russia released a statement regarding the tax policy proposals announced by State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Finance, Alexey Sazanov, during a recent event hosted by the B1 company. The statement
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OECD: Guidance on Transfer Pricing Issues for Bauxite
Following the completion of a previous consultation, on 6 November 2023 the OECD published a toolkit with the title Determining the price of minerals: A Transfer Pricing Framework – Schedule A: Bauxite. This toolkit follows on from the publication
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