Costa Rica extends beneficial ownership filing deadline for non-profit entities
Costa Rica's Tax Administration (DGT) and Drug Institute (ICD) published Joint Resolution No. MH-DGT-RES-0006-2025/icd-DG-0032-2025 in the Official Gazette on 9 May 2025 whicht establishes a transitional provision for specific non-profit
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Norway: Government presents revised 2025 budget, introduces modest tax measures
Norway’s government presented its Revised National Budget for 2025 with a primary focus on safeguarding the economy on 15 May 2025. The revised budget introduces modest tax measures, including a reduction in electricity tax, a tax deferral
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Taiwan: MOF clarifies that businesses with minor tax overdue can still offset profits and losses
Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced that profit-seeking businesses with minor outstanding tax payments may still request to offset profits and losses. This clarification was made by the Ministry on 6 May 2025. The National Taxation
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OECD updates 2025 globe rules commentary with new Annex B for global minimum tax
The OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS issued an updated consolidated commentary to the global Anti-Base Erosion Model Rules, part of Pillar Two of the Inclusive Framework’s Two-Pillar Solution, on 9 May 2025. The 2025 edition expands
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Peru: SUNAT revises digital services definition, excludes human-driven support from withholding tax rules
Peru’s tax authority (SUNAT) updated its guidance on digital services in Report No.46-2025 issued on 29 April 2025. The updated report was made publicly available on 8 May 2025. It reversed its earlier 2024 position that classified online
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Italy: Council of Ministers approves draft decree on local taxes and fiscal federalism
Italy’s Council of Ministers has approved a draft Legislative Decree on 9 May 2025, introducing measures on local taxes and regional fiscal federalism as part of a tax reform. The Decree introduces greater fiscal autonomy for territorial
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Brazil delists UAE and Austrian holding regime from low-tax jurisdiction and privileged tax regime
Brazil’s Federal Revenue Service (RFB) has published the Normative Instruction No. 2,265/2025 in the Official Gazette on 13 May 2025, in which it removed the UAE from the list of low-tax jurisdictions and the Austrian holding company regime (for
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Portugal extends 2024 CIT, property tax deadlines due to power outage
Portugal’s Tax and Customs Authority has issued Order No. 79/2025 - XXIV on 8 May 2025, extending key tax deadlines due to the recent large-scale power outage affecting Portugal, France, and Spain. The filing deadline for the 2024 annual
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US: House Ways and Means Committee releases tax provision summary for budget reconciliation, amends earlier recommendations
The US House Ways and Means Committee released a Description of Tax Provisions related to budget reconciliation recommendations, including proposals to extend key provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and other reforms on 12 May
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Estonia considers raising personal and corporate income tax rates, scrapping temporary security tax
The Estonian government presented a draft bill ( 25-0475 ) to the parliament proposing permanent tax increases to replace the temporary 2% security tax on 9 May 2025. The draft bill, which amends relevant Acts, removes the planned 2% security tax
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Ireland: Revenue updates Pillar Two tax guidelines
Irish Revenue issued eBrief 098/2025 on 8 May 2025, updating its Tax and Duty Manual on global minimum taxation rules. The following two Tax and Duty Manuals (TDMs) relating to Pillar Two have been updated: TDM Part 04A-01-01 - Global
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Bangladesh to raise mandatory minimum corporate turnover tax
The Bangladeshi government is preparing to raise the minimum tax on company turnover from 0.6% to 1% in the upcoming budget. The minimum rate may also rise from 0.25% to 1% for individual taxpayers. These changes are reportedly driven by pressure
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US: IRS announces unchanged interest rates, tax underpayments and overpayments for Q3 2025
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released IR-2025-59, on 12 May 2025, announcing that the interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning 1 July 2025. For individuals, the rate for overpayments and underpayments
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Bolivia further extends mandatory e-filing deadline
Bolivia’s tax authorities (SIN), on 2 May 2025, issued Resolution No. 102500000023, which extended the effective date for mandatory e-filing of tax returns to 2 June 2025. Earlier, the tax authority introduced mandatory electronic tax return
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Australia: ATO highlights unusual deductions and 2025 compliance priorities
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has unveiled “wild” tax deduction attempts and its 2025 priorities on 7 May 2025. The key focus areas include common errors in work-related expenses, working from home deductions, and multiple income
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Singapore: IRAS issues corporate tax filing guidance for YA 2025
The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) has issued new guidance to assist companies with their obligations for the Corporate Income Tax Filing Season 2025 on 8 May 2025. Companies are required to file their Corporate Income Tax Return
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Ireland issues guidance on new corporate tax exemption for foreign distributions
The Irish Revenue Commissioners published Revenue eBrief No. 095/25 on 6 May 2025, which provides guidance on the corporate tax participation exemption for distributions received from foreign subsidiaries. This exemption applies from 1 January
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Costa Rica consults new tax penalty self-assessment form
Costa Rica’s tax administration (DGT) has released a draft resolution for public consultation on 2 May 2025, proposing major changes to self-assessment penalties for tax infractions. The resolution requires using the new TRIBU-CR platform to
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