Australia: ATO announces GIC and SIC rates for Q3 2023-24
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has announced the general interest charge (GIC) rates and shortfall interest charge (SIC) rates for the third quarter of the 2023-24 income year. For the quarter commencing on 1 January 2024, the GIC annual
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Germany: MOF issues draft guidance on anti-tax avoidance measures
On 30 November 2023, the German Ministry of Finance (MoF) issued draft guidance on anti-tax avoidance measures targeting non-cooperative jurisdictions. This follows the 2021 Tax Haven Defense Act, responding to EU guidelines against harmful tax
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Singapore: IRAS releases updated guidance on tax residency and certificates of residence
On 29 November 2023, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) released updated guidance on the tax residency of a company/ certificate of residence and applying for a certificate of residence/ tax reclaim form for companies. The most
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Nigeria: FIRS offers waiver of penalties and interest on tax liabilities
On 3 December 2023, Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) announced in a public notice that it is offering a full waiver of penalties and interest on all outstanding tax liabilities. The waiver only applies if all outstanding tax
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Colombia implements comprehensive regulatory framework for taxation of SEP rule
On 27 November 2023, the Colombian Ministry of Finance issued Decree No. 2039, through which Colombia implements comprehensive regulatory framework for taxation of significant economic presence (SEP) rule as a part of Law 2277 of 2022 (tax reform
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Czech Senate passes global minimum tax rule
On 1 December 2023, the Czech Senate passed a law to enforce the Pillar 2 global minimum tax under Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523 of 14 December 2022. On 27 October 2023, the law was approved by the Chamber of Deputies. On 30 August 2023, the
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Turkey extends tax compliance deadline in earthquake affected areas
On 29 November 2023, Turkey announced the extension of the force majeure period until 30 April 2024 in earthquake affected areas hit by 6 February 2023. This extension impacts tax-related deadlines: Tax returns and declarations from 6 Feb 2023
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Peru extends deadline for individual and micro and small enterprises tax return
On 22 November 2023, Peru published Law No. 31940 in the Official Gazette extending the deadlines for annual income tax returns and payments for individuals and small enterprises until June of the following tax year. The standard deadlines,
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Hong Kong passes bill for amending the foreign-sourced income exemption regime
On 29 November 2023, the Legislative Council of Hong Kong announced the passage of the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Taxation on Foreign-sourced Disposal Gains) Bill 2023. The Bill refines Hong Kong's foreign-sourced income exemption (FSIE) regime
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UK Autumn statement details
The UK’s autumn statement was delivered on 22 November 2023. The significant tax changes are summarised below. National insurance contributions The main rate of Class 1 employee national insurance contributions (NICs) is to be reduced from
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UN Adopts Resolution to Set Up a Framework Convention on Tax
On 22 November 2023 the UN general assembly adopted a resolution to commence the process of setting up a framework convention on tax. The framework convention could ensure that the UN is the main body for decision-making on international tax
See MoreGermany: Bundesrat refused to approve draft business tax reform bill
On 24 November 2023, the upper house of the German parliament (Bundesrat) declined approval of the "Growth Opportunity Act," a business tax reform bill previously sanctioned by the lower house on 17 November 2023. Instead, the upper house referred
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Slovenia accepts draft bill implementing Pillar 2 global minimum tax
On 22 November 2023, the Slovenian government presented a draft bill to the National Assembly for the implementation of the Pillar 2 global minimum tax rule in accordance with Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523. The draft bill aims to establish a
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Vietnam: NA passes resolution to implement Pillar 2 global minimum tax
On 29 November 2023, the National Assembly (NA) passed a resolution to implement the Pillar 2 global minimum tax rules. According to this resolution, multinational enterprises with a total consolidated revenue exceeding €750 million (around $800
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Kazakhstan: National Bank reduces the annual base interest rate from November 2023
On 24 November 2023, the National Bank of Kazakhstan decided to reduce the annual base interest rate from 16.00% to 115.75% annually with the interest rate corridor of +/– 1 percentage point. The rate is effective from 27 November 2023 and is
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Australia: Government releases amended interest limitation rule
On 28 November 2023, the Australian government released the amendments and a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the interest limitation rules within the Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share—Integrity and
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Slovenia proposes temporary additional bank tax and corporate income tax rate increase
Slovenia has announced plans to introduce a new 0.2% tax on banks' balance sheets and raise the corporate income tax (CIT) from 19% to 22% to fund measures to support areas affected by the floods of August 2023. The temporary bank tax will be in
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Malaysia: House of representatives passes finance bill (No. 2) 2023, including pillar two
On 28 November 2023, Malaysia’s Dewan Rakyat, also known as the House of Representatives, passed the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023. Earlier, the House of Representatives, which is the lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia, deliberated the
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