Hong Kong secures interim qualified status under domestic Pillar 2 regime
The Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department (IRD) updated its guidance on the global minimum tax and Hong Kong minimum top-up tax for multinational enterprise groups on 8 January 2026. The updates indicate that Hong Kong has received transitional
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Singapore: IRAS updates guidance on MTT, DTT
The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) released the second edition of its e-Tax Guide on Multinational Enterprise Top-up Tax and Domestic Top-up Tax on 7 January 2026. The guide explains the new Pillar 2 Income Inclusion Rule—referred
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Turkey: 2024 local minimum supplementary corporate tax return now available for filing
Turkey’s Revenue Administration announced, on 7 January 2026, that the Local Minimum Supplementary Corporate Tax Return for the 2024 accounting period is now available for filing through the Digital Tax Office portal. Under the Fifth Section
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Australia: ATO finalises exemptions for Pillar 2 tax filings, GloBE-aligned global minimum tax amendments
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released updated guidance on Pillar 2 compliance, and finalised its first round of technical updates to its global and domestic minimum tax framework. The updated guidance, published on 6 January 2026,
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Bahrain: NBR updates DMTT guidance on scope, registration
Bahrain’s National Bureau for Revenue (NBR) released Version 1.2 of its DMTT Law guide on 31 December 2025, covering the law’s scope and registration requirements. The purpose of this guide is to provide a high-level overview of the scope of
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Brazil: RFB opens registration for special asset update regime, corporate asset revaluation subject to 4.8% tax
The Federal Revenue Service (RFB), has opened the Declaration of Option for the Special Asset Update Regime (Deap), allowing individuals and legal entities to update asset values acquired with legally sourced funds up to 31 December 2024, with
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Singapore: MoF issues regulations on MNE minimum tax filing, record-keeping
The Singapore Ministry of Finance (MOF) has published the Multinational Enterprise (Minimum Tax) (Administrative Matters) Regulations 2025 (S 861) on 30 December 2025, providing detailed rules for the designation of local filing entities, record
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Netherlands to implement Pillar 2 side-by-side legislation by mid-2026
The Netherlands Ministry of Finance sent a letter to the House of Representatives on 5 January 2026 outlining the Side-by-Side arrangement for the Pillar 2 global minimum tax, which was recently agreed by the BEPS Inclusive Framework. The letter
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Uruguay implements domestic minimum top-up tax exemption for qualifying fiscal stability entities
Uruguay Uruguay’s Ministry of Economy and Finance issued Decree No. 325/025 on 29 December 2025, detailing how fiscal stability clauses that existed before the introduction of the Pillar 2 Qualified Domestic Minimum Top-Up Tax (QDMTT), or Impuesto
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OECD: Side by Side Arrangement on Global Minimum Tax
On 5 January 2026 the OECD issued a document with the title Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation of the Economy – Global Anti-Base Erosion Model Rules (Pillar Two), Side-by-Side Package. This document set out more details of the
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Bulgaria: NRA clarifies tax payment, reporting rules ahead of euro adoption
Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency (NRA) has issued detailed guidance, on 31 December 2025, on how taxpayers should handle tax and social security payments following the country’s adoption of the euro (EUR) from 1 January 2026, replacing the
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Japan: MoF unveils FY 2026 tax reform proposals, covers income tax, investment incentives and digital economy measures
Japan’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) has released the highlights of the tax reform proposals for the fiscal year 2026. The key elements of the proposals are outlined below: （１）Income tax reform to address rising prices Introduce
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Bolivia: SIN extends unified agricultural tax system compliance deadline to January 2026
Bolivia’s tax authority (SIN) issued Normative Board Resolution RND 102500000053 on 30 December 2025, extending certain obligations for the 2024 tax year under the Unified Agricultural Regime (Régimen Agropecuario Unificado, RAU). The
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Zimbabwe: President assents 2026 national budget, maintains gold royalty rate
Zimbabwe’s President has formally approved both the Finance Act and the Appropriation Act, giving legal effect to the measures outlined in the 2026 National Budget. Together, these laws implement the government’s fiscal and tax policy agenda for
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Russia updates VAT, corporate tax rules
Russia has enacted a series of tax reforms for 2026 under Federal Law No. 425-FZ of 28 November 2025, introducing changes across VAT, corporate taxation, and digital asset regulation. The reforms took effect on 1 January 2026. The standard VAT
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Malaysia enacts key measures under 2026 budget
Malaysia gazetted the Finance Act 2025 and the Measures for the Collection, Administration and Enforcement of Tax Act 2025 on 31 December 2025. These laws give effect to selected measures announced in the 2026 Budget and additional tax
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Finland: Government seeks revisions to Pillar 2 tax rules
Finland’s government has presented a legislative proposal (HE 196/2025) to parliament (published on 2 January 2026), which seeks to amend the Act on the Minimum Tax for Large Groups (1308/2023) to incorporate the OECD and G20 Inclusive Framework
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Chile: SII announces daily interest on overdue taxes for January – June 2026
Chile’s Internal Revenue Service (SII) issued Resolution No. 205 on 30 December 2025, setting the daily interest rate for late tax payments for the first half of 2026 (January - June 2026). Under Law No. 21.713, the late payment penalty changed
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