Turkey: General Communiqué No. 11 on CIT Law gazetted
General Communiqué No. 11 regarding the Corporate Income Tax Law (Law No. 5520) was gazetted on 31st December 2016 and amends General Communiqué No. 1. The measure entered into force on the day of its publication. The Communiqué gives
See MoreMontenegro: Mandatory electronic filing
The Corporate Income Tax Law has been amended to oblige taxpayers to submit their annual tax declaration and tax returns electronically through the portal of the Tax Administration. The mandatory electronic filing applies from 1st January 2017. In
See MoreArgentina: DTA with Mexico expected to enter into force
The Income Tax Treaty of 2015 between Argentina and Mexico was expected to enter into force on 23 August 2017, after completing the ratification procedure. The provisions of the treaty generally follow the OECD Model Tax Convention. The treaty was
See MoreColombia announces deadlines for filing tax returns
According to official gazette of 22 December 2016, a Decree 2105 was published that announces the deadlines for filing tax returns for 2017. The Decree 2105 of 2016 also sets out tax compliance rules and requirements to provide information
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Bulgaria E-filing: The amendments to the Corporate Income Tax Act have been published in the State Gazette on 6th December 2016. Accordingly, a compulsory obligation for electronic filing of corporate income tax returns is announced and the new
See MoreArgentina: Special tax regime for small entrepreneurs
Law 27,346 published in the Official Gazette of 31st December 2016 amends the special tax regime for small entrepreneurs and professionals. The special regime is open to individuals, work cooperatives and de facto companies along with up to three
See MoreIreland publishes income tax return form for 2016
On 22 December 2016, Irish Revenue published the tax return Form 12S for 2016. This form is applicable for employees, pensioners and directors and tax authority sets the deadline for income tax return is 31 October
See MorePeru: Amendments to income tax rates
In Peru, Law Decrees Nos. 1258 and 1261 establishing certain amendments to the Income Tax Law were published in the Official Gazette on 8 and 10 December 2016 respectively. According to the amendments the general corporate income tax rate has been
See MoreTaiwan: Ministry of Finance introduces electronic filing for non-resident taxpayers
The Ministry of Finance (Gao Xiong Tax Bureau) has announced on its website that non-resident taxpayers may file tax returns online in the same way as resident taxpayers from 1 January 2017. Additionally, withholding agents of non-resident taxpayers
See MoreBulgaria: Updated list of tax havens published
The Finance Ministry has published an Order No. ZMF-1303 on 21st December 2016 regarding an updated tax haven list. This list applies from 29th December 2016 contains the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Brunei, Christmas
See MoreGreece: Incentives for business re-organization under Income Tax Code
The Public Revenue Authority has published a Circular 1198/2016 on 23rd December 2016 to provide explanations on the tax treatment of business re-organizations under the Income Tax Code (ITC). According to article 61 of Law 4438/2016, no tax, stamp
See MoreGeorgia-Published draft order introducing new corporate income tax return form
The Ministry of Finance of Georgia published a draft order on 5 December 2016 which introduces a monthly corporate income tax return form. Recently a new corporate income tax regime has been adopted and this will become effective from 1 January
See MoreLuxembourg: Parliament adopts 2017 tax reform
The Luxembourg Parliament adopted the 2017 tax reform (parliamentary document n°7020) on 14 December 2016 which introduces new tax measures affecting both individual and corporate taxpayers. The publication of the law is expected to be made in the
See MoreDenmark: CJEU decision regarding exemption for interest income
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 21 December 2016, published a judgment in the case of:Masco Denmark and Damixa about the Danish corporate tax rules that provide an exemption from tax for interest income on loans provided by a
See MoreIndia: decided to reduce the existing deemed profit rate
The Central Board of Direct Taxes announced 19 December 2016, stating that in order incentivize small traders/businesses to proactively accept payments by digital means, it has been decided to reduce the existing rate of deemed profit of 8% under
See MoreIndia: Court’s decision on Computing section 10A deduction and intra-group services
Recently, In the case of Yokogawa India Ltd, The Supreme Court of India decided that the deduction under section 10A of the Income-tax Act, 1961, is to be determined at the point when computing the gross total income of the eligible undertaking and
See MoreKorea-Tax reform bill of 2017 enacted
Korea enacted the tax reform bill of 2017 on 20 December 2016 which was approved by the National Assembly on 2 December 2016. According to the Tax Reform of 2017 domestic merged brother-sister companies would be considered as tax free if and only
See MoreOECD: Updated report provides further guidance on BEPS action 4
On 22 December 2016 the OECD released more guidance on action 4 of the action plan on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). The latest guidance is an updated version of the report providing more detail on the measures outlined in the BEPS report
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