France passes 2026 budget, halves exceptional contribution to large company profits
France finally passed its 2026 budget on 2 February 2026 after two no-confidence motions failed, allowing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu’s minority government to survive and bringing a measure of political stability. The prolonged
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India: 2026 budget proposes relaxed tax rules for multinationals, reforms safe harbour regime
India's Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman, delivered the Union Budget for 2026-27 on 1 February 2026. The proposals aim to relax tax rules for multinational companies, which are expected to bring greater certainty to cross-border transactions.
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Finland issues guidance on Pillar 2 effective tax rate, top-up tax calculations
Finland’s tax administration has published new guidance on 20 January 2026 on the minimum taxation of large groups under the Pillar 2 global minimum tax framework. The guidance provides detailed explanations on the calculation of the effective
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Malawi: MoF presents 2025-26 mid-year budget review, to introduce Minimum Alternate Tax
Malawi’s Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning, and Decentralisation (MoFEPD) presented the 2025-26 Mid-Year Budget Review Statement to the National Assembly on 21 November 2025. The 2025-26 Mid-Year Budget Review Statement proposes various
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Brazil gazettes minimum tax on individuals, dividend withholding tax measures
Brazil published Law No. 15.270 in the Official Gazette, enacting several tax measures for companies, including a corporate minimum tax and withholding tax on dividends, on 27 November 2025. This follows after Brazil’s Senate passed Bill
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Brazil: Senate passes corporate minimum tax, dividend withholding measures
Brazil’s Senate passed Bill 1087/25 on 5 November 2025, which includes various tax measures for companies regarding corporate minimum tax and withholding tax. The tax measures are as follows: Reduction rules for minimum tax Bill 1087/25
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Liberia: Government announces 2026 draft budget, introduces presumptive corporate income tax
Liberia’s Ministry of Finance and Development Planning delivered the draft national budget for 2026, on 11 November 2025, focusing on fostering an inclusive economy, safeguarding stability, and delivering real, tangible improvements for its
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US: California enacts law for IRC provisions conformity, introduces R&D tax credits
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 711 (SB 711) into law on 1 October 2025, bringing the state’s tax code into conformity with various Internal Revenue Code (IRC) provisions from 1 January 2015 through 1 January 2025. SB 711,
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France proposes reduced surtax for large corporations in draft 2026 budget
For 2026, France intends to maintain the temporary corporate income surtax for large corporations at reduced rates, introduce a wealth tax, speed up the gradual abolition of the CVAE business tax, and revise its global minimum tax
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France: Parliament releases 2026 draft finance bill, features extended exceptional taxes on corporations
For 2026, France plans to extend the temporary corporate income surtax at reduced rates for large companies, accelerate the phased elimination of the CVAE business tax, and update global minimum tax rules. France’s parliament has released the
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Uruguay: Economy and Finance Minister proposes amendments to global minimum tax for 2025–29 budget bill
The 2025–29 Budget Bill proposes a new domestic minimum tax for large multinational groups from 2027. Uruguay’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Azucena María Arbeleche Perdomo, has introduced proposed changes to the global minimum tax
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EU: Commissioner Hoekstra addresses current state of Pillar 1, 2
The European Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra responded that the European Commission notes Canada’s decision to suspend its digital services tax but considers it a sovereign matter and will not comment further. The European Parliament released a
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US: IRS issues interim guidance on corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT)
The two notices, Notice 2025-46 and Notice 2025-49, on 30 September 2025, provide interim guidance on the corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT). The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued two notices, Notice 2025-46 and Notice
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Australia: ATO releases summary of initial Pillar 2 briefing
The session focused on the engagement with multinational enterprise (MNE) groups that may be in-scope of the measure, and with tax advisers providing specialist services around Pillar Two. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released a
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Ethiopia: House of Representatives pass income tax reform, introduces changes to corporate and alternative minimum tax
The amendments aim to modernise Ethiopia’s tax system, improve compliance, simplify procedures, and broaden the tax base to include emerging and digital sectors. The Ethiopian House of Peoples’ Representatives approved the Income Tax
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EU: US framework GILTI, Net CFC Tested Income regimes to operate alongside Pillar 2
The EPRS "At a Glance" note (15 September 2025) reports that under the G7 Statement, US-parented groups will be excluded from Pillar 2’s IIR and UTPR, with US GILTI and Net CFC Tested Income rules applying alongside the global minimum tax
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Poland: MoF launches consultation on global minimum tax notification and return forms
The deadline for submitting comments is 19 September 2025. The Polish Ministry of Finance has initiated a public consultation on 11 September 2025, focusing on draft tax forms related to the Pillar 2 global minimum tax framework. The
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Nigeria gazettes tax reform acts, updates corporate and minimum effective tax rates
The Nigeria Tax Act 2025 and the Nigeria Tax Administration Act 2025, which will take effect on 1 January 2026, as well as the Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Act 2025 and the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Act, which came into force on
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