OECD: Design of Presumptive Tax Regimes
An OECD Tax Working Paper on the design of presumptive tax regimes was published on 14 February 2023. Presumptive tax regimes aim to simplify the tax compliance process for micro and small businesses. They aim to bring taxpayers into the formal
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OECD Tax Talk Outlines Latest Developments
On 27 February 2023 the OECD gave an update of recent developments in their tax work. G20 Chair’s summary The G20 Chair’s summary following the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors confirmed that the G20 remains
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OECD Report to the February 2023 Meeting of G20 Finance Ministers
On 24 February 2023 the OECD published its report to the February 2023 meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. Inclusive Framework The report notes that the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS (Inclusive Framework)
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Colombia amends the tax return and payment deadline in 2023
On 15 February 2023, the Colombian Ministry of Finance published Decree 0219 amending the deadlines for filing and payment of the tax return (declaration) in 2023 for specific taxpayers. Some of the key deadlines for companies depend on the last
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US: IRS extends the tax relief measures for taxpayers in disaster area
On 24 February 2023, the Internal Revenue Service announced that tax relief measures for disaster area taxpayers in California, Alabama and Georgia has been further extended to 16 October 2023. Previously, the deadline had been postponed to May 15
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Malaysia: PM presents the revised budget for 2023
On 24 February 2023, Anwar Ibrahim, the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, presented the revised budget for 2023. The budget was first introduced on 7 October 2022, but Parliament dissolved shortly after that ahead of the November 2022
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Malta amends the income tax group deduction rules
On 21 February 2023, Malta published Legal Notice 40 of 2023 in the Official Gazette amending the income tax group deduction rules. According to the amendments, the total allowable deductions that may be claimed shall not exceed EUR 1 million per
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Turkey extends tax compliance deadline for additional areas due to earthquakes
On 16 February 2023, the Turkish Revenue Administration further announced emergency tax measures for the taxpayers located in Elazig due to earthquakes. Moreover, the Revenue Administration announced the emergency tax measures on 21 Feb 2023 for the
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Singapore intends to implement BEPS GloBE rules from 2025
On 14 February 2023, Singapore announced in its Budget 2023 intending to implement Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) rules under BEPS Pillar 2 and Domestic Top-up Tax (DTT) for large Multinational Enterprise (MNE) groups from businesses' financial
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Netherlands: Late payment interest rates for CIT and WHT remain unchanged
On 23 February 2023, the State Secretary for Finance issued a letter announcing that the interest rates for late payment of corporate income tax (CIT) and withholding tax (WHT) will remain unchanged at 8% after March 1, 2023. Additionally, the
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Italy: Tax authority clarify windfall tax for energy sector
On 23 February 2023, the Italian tax authorities have published Circular No. 4/E with clarifications on the temporary solidarity (windfall tax) contribution for the energy sector. The clarifications regarding the solidarity contribution includes
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US: IRS and Treasury issue final regulations on e-file for businesses
On 21 February 2023, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations T.D. 9972 amending the rules for filing returns and other documents electronically (e-file). These regulations will require certain filers
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Czech Republic revises Non-Cooperative jurisdictions list for CFC Rules
On 24 February 2023, the Czech Republic released Financial Bulletin No. 3/2023, that announced the non-cooperative jurisdictions list for the Czech Republic's controlled foreign company (CFC) regulations. The list has been updated in accordance with
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South Africa: Finance Minister delivers Budget 2023-2024 in parliament
On 22 February 2023, the South African Finance Minister presented the Budget 2023 in the parliament providing following tax proposals related to corporate taxation: Expansion of the renewable energy tax incentive: Under the expanded incentive,
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Hong Kong: Tax measures proposed in 2023-24 Budget
On 22 February 2023, the Financial Secretary delivered the budget speech for 2023-24 proposing the following tax measures. The Secretary proposed a one-off reduction of profits tax, salaries tax and tax under personal assessment for the year of
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US: IRS publishes interest rates on overpaid and underpaid tax for Q2 of 2023
On 13 February 2023, the Internal Revenue Service announced the interest rates for the calendar quarter beginning April 1, 2023. The rate will remain same as first quarter. Here is a complete list of the new rates: 7% for overpayments (payments
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Turkey sets 0% withholding tax on share buyback
On 14 February 2023, Turkey published Decision No. 6791 in the Official Gazette, which sets 0% (reduced from 15%) withholding tax rate for fully liable capital companies acquiring their own shares or partnership shares (buyback shares). The Decision
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Poland: MoF extends the filing deadline for CIT to 30 June 2023
The Polish Ministry of Finance has announced a proposal to extend the filing and payment deadline for corporate income tax returns by three months, until 30 June 2023. Last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the deadline for filing forms CIT-8,
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