Bolivia updates list of tax haven jurisdiction
On 15 February 2019, Bolivia's National Tax Service issued Resolution No. 101900000002 to update the list of jurisdictions considered to have low or no taxation, which also contains jurisdictions recognized as non-cooperative, applies from the date
See MoreSlovak Republic: New proposal to revise R&D tax regime
On 21 February 2019, the government of Slovak Republic proposed to amend the research and development (R&D) tax regime. The proposed amendment would increase the allowable deduction with qualifying R&D expenditures. According to proposal,
See MoreLuxembourg: Tax Authority clarifies the new Permanent Establishment definition
On 22 February 2019, Luxembourg tax authorities issued a new circular (No.19) that clarifies recently added the new Permanent Establishment (PE) definition as set forth in article 16(5) of the Tax Adaptation Law (StAnpG). Under the new paragraph,
See MoreHong Kong: IRD publishes 2018/19 profits tax returns and supplementary forms
On 18 February 2019, the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has published the sample Profit Tax Returns for 2018/2019 including new Transfer Pricing Disclosure Form and other supplementary forms. The supplementary forms are also provided for
See MoreCosta Rica: MOF publishes resolution on tax residence certificates
On 19 February 2019, Costa Rica's Ministry of Finance (MOF) published a Resolution (was first published in the Official Gazette on 4 February 2019), which provides rules on the determination of tax residence and the issuance of residence
See MoreSouth Africa introduces Budget 2019 in parliament
On 20 February 2019, Tito Mboweni (South Africa’s Minister of Finance) presented the Budget 2019 in the parliament. The budget proposal would not increase taxes in any category but proposed to increase tax collection by not adjusting for inflation
See MoreArgentina: Resolution for benefits under mining regime
On 4 February 2019, Argentina published Resolution 6/2019 of 31 January 2019 in the Official Gazette, which establishes a special promotion regime for the development of the mining activity in the Argentine territory provided by Law No. 24,196. The
See MorePeru: Tax authority clarifies the scope of CFC rules
On 7 February 2019, the Peruvian Tax Authority published a report (097-2018-SUNAT / 7T00000) clarifying the passive net income attribution of CFC rules to its Peruvian shareholders. The Ministry of Finance simplifies the following issues in the
See MorePortugal: Parliament proposes to implements The Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive
Recently, the Portuguese Government has submitted to Parliament the Bill No.177/XIII introducing changes to the Income Tax Act to implement certain ATAD-1 rules. The bill proposed rules for the limitation of interest deductions and rules for
See MoreSingapore presents Budget for 2019
On 18 February 2019, the Finance Minister of Singapore delivered the Budget for 2019. The main tax-related measures are summarized below: To maintain support to companies in their automation, productivity and scale-up efforts, the 100%
See MoreKenya simplifies the taxation of non-tax profits distributed as dividends
On 8 February 2019, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) published a notice clarifying the new measure introduced by the Finance Act, 2018. The Act introduced a new corporate rate on untaxed gains or profits from which dividends are distributed with
See MorePortugal legislates the Budget Law for 2019
On December 31, 2018, Portugal published 2019 budget law (No.71/2018) in the official gazette and generally applies as from 1 January 2019. The budget law includes changes to income tax law and other taxes. The budget law include the following
See MoreSpain introduces law on digital service tax
On January 25, 2019, a bill on the digital service tax was published in the law sheet of the Spanish legislature. If adopted, it is expected that the bill will be applied in the second half of 2019. The digital services tax would apply to taxpayers
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: February 2019
Colombia Main corporate tax rate: On 28 December 2018, Colombia enacted the Tax reform bill for 2019. The Tax Reform reduces the corporate income tax (CIT) rate from 33% in 2018 to 32% for 2020, 31% for 2021 and 30% for 2022 and onwards. The 4%
See MoreBelgium: Parliament approves new restriction on interest deduction
On 31 January 2019, the parliament of Belgium approved legislation implementing the 30% of Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) restriction on interest deduction to 1 January 2019. The restriction is according to the
See MoreUK: Use of new technology in tax administration
On 17 January 2019 the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) issued a paper entitled “Technology Review: A vision for tax simplicity”. This looks at the role of new technology in improving taxpayer experience and taxpayer interaction with the tax
See MoreItaly: Tax authority releases new corporate tax return forms
On 30 January 2019, Italy’s tax authority issued protocols (No.23599/2019 and No. 23568/2019) approving the new electronic corporate income tax return form and regional tax on productive activities return form to be used for tax year 2018. Forms
See MoreBulgaria: NRA publishes corporate income tax return form for 2018 with barcode
On 4 February 2019, the National Revenue Agency (NRA) published the annual tax return under Art. 92 of the CITA for 2018 with BARCODE on the website of NRA. Detailed instructions for downloading, completing and submitting the statement are added to
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