South Korea approves budget for 2023
On 23 December 2022, South Korea’s National Assembly approved the budget for 2023 including the tax reform proposal for 2023. Accordingly, South Korea changes the existing tax-related measures including transfer pricing measures. The key tax
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Belarus issues law on various tax amendment
On 4 January 2023, Belarus published Law No. 230-Z in the Official Gazette amending various tax measures. The following are the key amendments to the tax code: From 1 January 2023, the deadline for submitting transfer pricing documentation to
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Kazakhstan: National Bank sets its base rate from January 2023
On 13 January 2023, the Monetary Policy Committee of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan made a decision to set the base rate 16.75% annually with the interest rate corridor of +/- 1.0 percentage points. The rate is used for computing
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Belgium amends guidance on interest deduction rule
On 12 January 2023, Belgium issued Circular 2023/C/8, which provides instructions on the application of the 30% of EBITDA interest deduction limitation starting from 1 January 2019, in line with the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD). A summary
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Turkey extends additional R&D and design deduction until 2028
On 10 January 2023, Turkey issued Presidential Decision No. 6652 in the Official Gazette on additional research and development (R&D) and design deduction. According, Turkey extends the application of additional deduction for R&D and design
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Philippines: FIRB finalizes tax incentive guidelines
On 12 January 2023, the Philippines Department of Finance has announced that the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) is finalizing the guidelines on the suspension or withdrawal of tax incentives, and the cancellation of project or activity
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Finland: Government proposes to impose windfall tax on electricity companies
On 29 December 2022, the Finnish government has published its law proposal (HE 320/2022 vp) for the introduction of windfall taxes on the profits of electricity and fossil fuel companies. Under the proposal, the tax would be 30 percent of the net
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Irish revenue issued new guidance on interest limitation rules and foreign currencies
On 10 January 2024, the Irish Revenue released eBrief No. 014/24, which includes updated guidance (TDM 35D-01-01) related to the interest limitation rule (ILR). In accordance with Article 4 of ATAD, the ILR limits the interest deductibility of
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World Tax Brief: January 2023
Armenia Incentives-Industry/manufacturing: The Armenian parliament has approved a law for the extension of tax incentives for start-ups of information technology (IT) industry. The incentives include a 100% corporate income tax exemption and
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Hong Kong: IRD publishes updated guidance on foreign-sourced income exemption regime
On 23 December 2022, the Inland Revenue Department of Hong Kong has published updated guidance on the new Foreign-Sourced Income Exemption (FSIE) regime in the Official Gazette. The FSIE which is introduced by the Inland Revenue (Amendment)
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Singapore: IRAS releases guidance on tax treatment of gains or losses from the sale of foreign assets
On 8 December 2023, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) released an updated e-tax guide on the tax treatment of gains or losses from the sale of foreign assets under the recently introduced Section 10(L) of the Income Tax Act (ITA).
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Australia: ATO announces latest GIC and SIC rates
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has announced the latest general interest charge (GIC) rates and shortfall interest charge (SIC) rates for the third quarter of the 2022-23 income year. The General Interest Charge (GIC) annual rate is 10.06%
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Taiwan extends the deadline for business tax payment for Q4 2022 and January 2023
On 4 January 2023, the Ministry of Finance of Taiwan issued a press release regarding the tax payment deadline for Q4 (4th quarter) and January 2023. Accordingly, the deadline has been extended to 22 February 2023. The Ministry of Finance reminds
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In January 2023 the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued an Exposure Draft with proposed amendments to IAS 12 (Income Taxes). The amendments relate to tax and accounting implications of the implementation of the global minimum
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Dominican Republic: DGII extends exemptions for agricultural sector
On 5 January 2023, the Dominican Tax Authorities (DGII) published General Rule No. 01/2023 regarding temporary exemptions for the agriculture sector. The major benefits include following measure: Exemption from the requirement to pay income tax
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Romania introduces windfall profit tax on fossil fuel industry
On 29 December 2022, Romania published Ordinance No. 186/2022 in the Official Gazette. The ordinance enforces a windfall tax on surplus profits in the fossil fuel industry. This tax is based on the EU Council Regulation 2022/1854 and applies to
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Malaysia: IRBM issues public ruling on tax incentives for investments in R&D companies
On 29 December 2022, the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) issued Public Ruling No. 12/2022 and Public Ruling No. 13/2022, on tax incentives for investments in R&D companies. The objective of this Public Ruling (PR) is to provide an
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Spain publishes a law containing tax measures for 2023
On 24 December 2022, Spain released “Law31/2022” in the official gazette, including some tax measures for the 2023 national budget. The tax rate for micro-enterprises whose net turnover in the immediately preceding tax period is less than EUR
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