Taiwan introduces CFC De minimis rule for profit seeking enterprises
Taiwan's Ministry of Finance has announced a de minimis test enabling profit-seeking enterprises to avoid recognizing investment income under the CFC Rules on September 2024. The National Taxation Bureau of the Southern Area, Ministry of Finance
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Australia announces GIC and SIC rates for Q2 2024-25
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) announced the general interest charge (GIC) rates and shortfall interest charge (SIC) rates for the first quarter of the 2024-25 income year on 16 September 2024. For the quarter commencing on 1 October 2024,
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New Zealand: IRD updates compliance guide for multinational enterprises, incorporating BEPS and pillar two measures
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) New Zealand has updated its compliance focus guide for multinational enterprises (MNEs) to reflect important changes since 2019, including the integration of OECD base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) measures
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Slovak Republic passes bill to introduce financial transaction tax, amends VAT, income tax and other tax rates
Slovak Republic’s parliament passed a government bill on 3 October 2024 introducing a new tax on financial transactions and amending several acts, including VAT and income tax rates. The key details of the bills are as follows: Financial
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US: Treasury announces over USD 2 billion in credit transfers for Inflation Reduction Act Phase Four
The US Treasury released a speech outlining the implementation of phase four, along with a press release announcing a significant milestone for clean vehicles on 1 October 2024. Phase Four of Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act’s
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Nigeria gazettes VAT modification order 2024, introduces new fiscal incentives for oil and gas sector
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Finance has unveiled two major fiscal incentives aimed at revitalising Nigeria's oil and gas sector on 2 October 2024. These are Value Added Tax (VAT) Modification Order 2024, which has been published in the
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US: IRS direct file to expand to 12 states, cover more tax situations for 2025 filing season
The US Internal Revenue Service released IR-2024-258 on 3 October 2024, announcing that Direct File will be available for the 2025 tax filing season in double the number of states than last year’s pilot, and it will cover a wider range of tax
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Brazil implements Additional Social Contribution to Net Profit as Pillar 2 top-up tax
Brazil has enacted Provisional Measure No. 1.262 of October 3, 2024, and Normative Instruction No. 2.228 of October 3, 2024, to introduce an Additional Social Contribution to Net Profit (CSLL). This initiative aims to comply with the requirements of
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European Commission refers Spain, Cyprus, Poland, Portugal to court for failing to transpose Pillar Two Minimum Taxation Directive
The European Commission (EC) decided to refer Spain, Cyprus, Poland, and Portugal to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to notify measures for the transposition into national law of Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523 of
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France sets interest deductibility rate limit for shareholder payments
France’s Ministry of Finance released the quarterly TMP (taux moyen pratiqué) rate to determine the annual market rate limit for deducting interest paid to shareholders. French law allows corporations to deduct annual shareholder interest
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Argentina extends tax amnesty opt-in deadlines
Argentina’s Executive Branch issued Decree 864/2024, which extends the deadlines to opt for the tax amnesty regime, published in the Official Gazette of 30 September 2024. The tax amnesty regime was introduced by Law 27,743 setting new
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Nigeria gazettes new withholding tax regime
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Finance has announced the Deduction of Tax at Source (Withholding) Regulations 2024 has been published in the official gazette on Wednesday 2 October 2024. The commencement date of the new Regulations is 30
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Denmark: 2024-25 legislative plan proposes updates to minimum tax, transfer pricing to match OECD rules
Denmark's government announced the legislative programme for the parliamentary year 2024-25 on 1 October 2024. The bill follows up on the government platform "Responsibility for Denmark" from December 2022 and the agreement on "A Stronger Business
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US: IRS consults tax form for reporting Partner’s Report of Property Distributed by a Partnership
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a news release (IR-2024-249) on 30 September 2024 requesting public comments on draft Form 7217 and Instructions for draft Form 7217. On 28 August 2024, the IRS posted a revised draft Form 7217 with
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Malaysia exempts qualifying unit trusts from capital gains, foreign income tax
Malaysia has exempted qualifying unit trusts from capital gains and foreign income tax, issued the Income Tax (Unit Trust) (Exemption) Order 2024 and the Income Tax (Unit Trust in Relation to Income Received in Malaysia from Outside Malaysia)
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France: Prime Minister proposes increased taxation on large corporations
France's Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, has proposed several tax measures aimed at reducing the national debt as part of his draft budget, which include a temporary tax on large corporate profits and a new tax on share buybacks, according to Le
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Ireland named amongst top 10 tax havens globally
According to the Tax Justice Network's latest ranking report published on 1 October 2024, Ireland has surpassed the Bahamas to become the ninth-largest tax haven in the world. A spokesperson for Ireland's Department of Finance has denied that the
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Chile announces tax submission deadlines for 2025
Chile’s Internal Revenue Service (SII) issued Resolution Ex. SII No. 91-2024 on 12 September 2024, outlining the deadlines for submitting various tax forms in 2025. The resolution went into effect on the date of publishing. The forms and
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