Hong Kong passes bill for amending the foreign-sourced income exemption regime
On 29 November 2023, the Legislative Council of Hong Kong announced the passage of the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Taxation on Foreign-sourced Disposal Gains) Bill 2023. The Bill refines Hong Kong's foreign-sourced income exemption (FSIE) regime
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UK Autumn statement details
The UK’s autumn statement was delivered on 22 November 2023. The significant tax changes are summarised below. National insurance contributions The main rate of Class 1 employee national insurance contributions (NICs) is to be reduced from
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UN Adopts Resolution to Set Up a Framework Convention on Tax
On 22 November 2023 the UN general assembly adopted a resolution to commence the process of setting up a framework convention on tax. The framework convention could ensure that the UN is the main body for decision-making on international tax
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Germany: Bundesrat refused to approve draft business tax reform bill
On 24 November 2023, the upper house of the German parliament (Bundesrat) declined approval of the "Growth Opportunity Act," a business tax reform bill previously sanctioned by the lower house on 17 November 2023. Instead, the upper house referred
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Slovenia accepts draft bill implementing Pillar 2 global minimum tax
On 22 November 2023, the Slovenian government presented a draft bill to the National Assembly for the implementation of the Pillar 2 global minimum tax rule in accordance with Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523. The draft bill aims to establish a
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Vietnam: NA passes resolution to implement Pillar 2 global minimum tax
On 29 November 2023, the National Assembly (NA) passed a resolution to implement the Pillar 2 global minimum tax rules. According to this resolution, multinational enterprises with a total consolidated revenue exceeding €750 million (around $800
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Kazakhstan: National Bank reduces the annual base interest rate from November 2023
On 24 November 2023, the National Bank of Kazakhstan decided to reduce the annual base interest rate from 16.00% to 115.75% annually with the interest rate corridor of +/– 1 percentage point. The rate is effective from 27 November 2023 and is
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Australia: Government releases amended interest limitation rule
On 28 November 2023, the Australian government released the amendments and a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the interest limitation rules within the Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share—Integrity and
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Slovenia proposes temporary additional bank tax and corporate income tax rate increase
Slovenia has announced plans to introduce a new 0.2% tax on banks' balance sheets and raise the corporate income tax (CIT) from 19% to 22% to fund measures to support areas affected by the floods of August 2023. The temporary bank tax will be in
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Malaysia: House of representatives passes finance bill (No. 2) 2023, including pillar two
On 28 November 2023, Malaysia’s Dewan Rakyat, also known as the House of Representatives, passed the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023. Earlier, the House of Representatives, which is the lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia, deliberated the
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Norway to implement global minimum tax
On 24 November 2023, the Norwegian government submitted a draft bill to the parliament to enforce Norway's Pillar 2 global minimum tax rules. On 6 June 2023, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance published a consultation paper on implementing the
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Bangladesh: NBR extends tax return submission deadline amid challenges of new tax Act implementation
On 29 November 2023, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) officially notified an extension of the deadline for submitting individual income tax returns and corporate tax returns for the assessment year (AY) 2023-2024. As per Notification No.
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Pakistan: FBR issues notification imposing 40% windfall tax on banks
On 21 November 2023, the Pakistan Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) released Notification SRO 1588(I)/2023, Which notified that imposed a 40 percent additional tax on windfall profits of banks arising from foreign currency deals throughout 2021 and
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Austria: Nationalrat considers bill to implement Pillar 2 global minimum tax
On 24 November 2023, the Austrian lower house of parliament (Nationalrat) approved Bill No. 2322 dB for consideration to ensure Pillar 2 global minimum global taxation for multinational enterprise (MNE) groups and large domestic groups in the
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UAE amends corporate tax law for global minimum tax implementation
On 24 November 2023, the United Arab Emirates released the Federal Decree Law No. 60 of 2023 in the Official Gazette with amendments to selected provisions of Federal Decree-Law No. 47 of 2022 (the Corporate Tax Law). The amendments are made as
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Hungary: Parliament passes pillar two global minimum tax law
On 21 November 2023, the Hungarian Parliament passed legislation to implement the Pillar 2 global minimum tax (GloBE) rules as per the Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523 of 14 December 2022. On 17 October 2023, Hungary’s Ministry of Finance
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US: IRS keeps interest rates on overpaid and underpaid tax unchanged for Q1 2024
On 17 November 2023, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service announced that interest rates will remain unchanged for overpaid and underpaid tax for the calendar quarter beginning 1 January 2024. This means the interest rates remain the same as per the
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Germany: Bundestag approves draft business tax reform bill
On 17 November 2023, the German lower house parliament (Bundestag) passed a bill that seeks to promote economic expansion, stimulate investment, and make the tax system more user-friendly and equitable. Some of the key provisions of the bill
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