France-Amended Finance Bill for 2014

01 August, 2014

The national assembly of France adopted the Amended Finance Law and the Amended Finance Law on Social Security for 2014 on 23 July 2014.The Constitutional Court will now review the law and after signing by the president the law will enter into

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Nigeria: Changes Income tax law for companies

24 July, 2014

According to section 55 of the income tax law for companies, the Federal Inland Revenue of Nigeria has declared a policy change and stated that non-resident companies will be required to file their returns. Non-resident companies have filed their

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Peru-New resolution on reporting of stocks and shares

21 July, 2014

The Peruvian tax authority issued Resolution 200-2014-SUNAT/4B0000 which entered into effect on 28 June. The resolution amended the Resolution 169-2014-SUNAT/4B0000. According to the new resolution Form 1065 need not to be filed for the issuance,

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Philippines: BIR strengthens control over large taxpayers

21 July, 2014

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has strengthened its monitoring of the country’s large taxpayers, particularly on the value-added tax (VAT). BIR’s collections of first half of this year reached PHP643.2bn (USD14.8bn), which is more than

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Chile: The Senate endorses tax reform bill

20 July, 2014

According to a statement from the Ministry of Finance, the Chilean Senate has approved tax reform bill from the President on July 15, 2014. An agreement between the government and the Senate's Finance Committee has taken place earlier this month for

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Qatar: An unique incentive have been introduced by the QFC

16 July, 2014

An unique and innovative incentive have been introduced by the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority as amendments to the Tax Regulations and Tax Rules regarding using new areas of tax relief and tax losses, mostly providing an advantage for Qatar

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Russia: Revised draft changes related to introduction of CFC rules

16 July, 2014

The Ministry of Finance has released a revised version of the draft law regarding introduction of CFC rules. The important changes of the revised draft law are given below: • Concepts regarding “Beneficial owner” and “actual right to receive

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US: Government tends to curb on Offshore Deals

16 July, 2014

The Obama administration called for immediate congressional action to stop U.S. companies from using cross-border mergers to avoid the country’s tax system. A growing number of U.S. companies are looking to escape their federal tax bills by

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Vietnam: Issues new Circular on Corporate Income Tax

15 July, 2014

The Ministry of Finance published Circular No. 78/2014/T-BTC (Circular No. 78) on 18 June 2014, which provides additional execution guidance in respect of Decree No. 218/2013/ND-CP (Decree No. 218) which was issued on 26 December 2013. Decree 218,

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India: Introduces new rules aim to reduce transfer pricing tax disputes

14 July, 2014

The government of India introduced new tax rules with their new budget target to reducing litigation with multinational firms over cross-border transactions the government considers tax avoidance schemes. Now days, transfer pricing is an application

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Slovak Republic: New improvements in Transfer Pricing

14 July, 2014

The Financial Directorate in Slovak Republic has issued a methodological guideline on the application of transfer pricing methods. According to the changes to the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines in July 2010, the amendment to the ITA has abolished

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Austria: Government accepts bill amending the Fiscal Criminal Act

13 July, 2014

The Austrian parliament accepted the bill amending the Fiscal Criminal Act 2014 on  July 2014. The draft bill aims at finish the exercise of partial disclosures as the current rules allow taxpayers to benefit from a repeated voluntary disclosure

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Singapore: Invites the Public to Consults on Stamp Duty Changes Bill 2014

09 July, 2014

The Ministry of Finance will be conducting a public consultation on the draft Stamp Duties (Amendment) Bill 2014 from 7 July 2014 to 25 July 2014. The draft Stamp Duties (Amendment) Bill 2014 provides for three changes to the Stamp Duties Act. The

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Tanzania: regulations on transfer pricing released

08 July, 2014

The Transfer Pricing Regulations in Tanzania has finally been released through Government Notice No. 27 of 2014 and which is effective from 7 February 2014. The Income Tax Act 2004 already had a requirement in section 33 to transact between

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Poland: Proposals for CFC regime

07 July, 2014

Poland proposed bills to changes to its controlled foreign corporation (CFC) rules and thin capitalization regime. According to the rules tax would be levied on specific income which obtained from some foreign subsidiaries owned by the taxpayers of

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Russia: Applicability of thin capitalization rules under certain conditions

07 July, 2014

The Ministry of Finance has issued Letter No. 03-08-05/9669 on May 6, 2014 that clarifies the application of thin capitalization rules to the interest paid by a Russian company (borrower) to another Russian company (lender) under a controlled loan

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Peru-Guidance on reporting of stocks and shares

04 July, 2014

The tax administration of Peru issued in June 2014 guidance-Resolución Superintendencia No. 169/2014/SUNAT giving approval for an electronic form for Peruvian taxpayers to provide information about the issuance, transfer, and cancelation of stocks

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UK: Tax credits renewal warning has been issued by HMRC

03 July, 2014

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have warned the UK residents those Up to 1.5 million tax payer who receive tax credit to renew their claims as the time available to renew is less than one month.If they don’t go for renewal within time, their payment

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