Ghana: Tax measures of 2023 Budget
On 24 November 2022, Ghana’s Finance Minister read the 2023 Budget Statement and Economic Policy in Parliament. The 2023 Budget is focused on resetting economy and restoring macroeconomic stability. Accordingly, the Minister outlined the following
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US: IRS issues guidance related foreign tax credit
On 22 November 2022, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service issued a guidance relating to the foreign tax credit, including guidance with respect to the reattribution asset rule for purposes of allocating and apportioning foreign taxes, the cost recovery
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Italy approves draft Budget for 2023
On 21 November 2022, Italian Council of Ministers approved the State Budget for 2023 along with the multi-year budget for 2023 to 2025. The budget increasing the tax credits for the purchase of natural gas and electricity through March 2023 and
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Finnish: Parliament adopts a draft bill of new mining tax
On 18 November 2022, the Finnish Parliament has approved a draft bill which proposes the implementation of royalty-type taxes on minerals extracted in Finland. The draft bill proposed a royalty of 0.6% to be imposed on the taxable value of a
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Taiwan: Executive Yuan approves draft amendments on R&D and equipment investment credits
On 17 November 2022, the Executive Yuan approved a draft amendment providing tax credit on R&D and equipment investment. The proposed amendments will now be submitted to the Legislative Yuan for deliberation and are hoped to be implemented at
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Greece introduces simplifies tax refund procedure for legal entities
On 14 November 2022, the Greek Public Revenue Authority (AADE) published Decision A. 1160 in the Official Gazette regarding the simplified income tax refund procedures for legal entities. Accordingly, if entities file their corporate income tax
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UK: Evaluation of Creative Industries Tax Relief
On 17 November 2022 HMRC published a research report on four creative industries tax reliefs. The report which was prepared by Ipsos in partnership with Olsberg SPI and London Economics presents the results of research into the Film Tax Relief
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Kazakhstan explains amendments to the taxation of dividends
On 11 November 2022, the State Revenue Committee of Kazakhstan issued a press release regarding amendments to the taxation of dividends with effect from 1 January 2023. The amendments are made according to the Law No. 135-VII of 11 July 2022. The
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Belgium: Parliament approves amendments on statute of limitations
On 10 November 2022, the Belgian parliament approved the law amending the statutes of limitations periods. The statute of limitations periods is set as follows: A standard 3-year statute of limitations where a return has been timely filed.
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Turkey extends CIT exemptions from income on certain TRY deposit accounts
On 9 November 2022, the Turkish Revenue Administration published Law No. 7420 in the Official Gazette amending various tax related legislation. Accordingly, the application period for the corporate tax exemption provided to taxpayers who convert
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Costa Rica extends the deadline for filing informative returns for dormant companies
On 9 November 2022, Costa Rica published the Resolution No.DGT-R-033-2022 regarding further extension of deadline for filing informative returns for dormant companies. This is the third extension of the filing deadline. Previously, it was extended
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South Africa: Peer Review on Transparency and Exchange of Information
The second-round peer review report on South Africa’s implementation of standards on the exchange of information on request was published by the OECD’s Global Forum on 9 November 2022. The report notes that South Africa is largely compliant with
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World Tax Brief: November 2022
Belgium Submission of returns: On 30 September 2022, the Belgian Ruling Commission announced filing and prefiling requests related to the innovation income deduction and transfer pricing. According to the announcement, all prefiling requests
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Bulgaria proposes a temporary solidarity contribution to the fossil sector
On 1 November 2022, the Government of Bulgaria submitted a draft bill to the Parliament regarding a temporary solidarity contribution of 33% on oil, gas and coal companies in line with the Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 of 6 October 2022 on an
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Singapore introduces income tax reform Act 2022
On 4 November 2022, Singapore's official Gazette published the income tax (Amendment) Act 2022. The Act includes the following measures: Extension of withholding tax exemption to 31 March 2023 from 31 March 2022 for foreign mediators and
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Belgium declares tax payment deferral due to energy crisis
On 28 October 2022, Belgium's Federal Public Service (SPF) Finance has declared a general deferral of tax payments of personal income tax, corporate tax, and non-resident tax for tax year 2022. The tax payment deadline is extended from the
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The UK HMRC has declared that, the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee voted on 3 November 2022 to increase the Bank of England base rate to 3% from 2.25%. HMRC interest rates are linked to the Bank of England base rate. As a consequence
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Albania plans to amend income tax law
On 27 October 2022, the Albanian parliament is taking into account a draft bill, which proposed an amendment to the income tax law. The new bill includes the following measures: Extend the time period for loss carryover from 3 years to 5
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