UK: HMRC to notify groups affected by Pillar Two taxes
The UK tax authority, His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) published Agent Update Issue 129 on 19 March 2025, revising technical updates and key reminders for tax professionals. The first liabilities under the United Kingdom's implementation
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Sweden considers further amendments to Pillar Two legislation
The Swedish Ministry of Finance released a memorandum proposing additional changes to the country's Pillar Two tax rules under the Additional Tax Act (2023:875) on 20 March 2025. These amendments aim to align Sweden’s legislation with the latest
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Netherlands: Government presents draft law on box 3 wealth tax rebuttal provision to parliament
The Dutch government has submitted a draft legislation on the “rebuttal provision” for the revised “Box 3” (wealth tax) regime to the lower house of Parliament on 13 March 2025. The bill outlines how taxpayers can effectively prove that
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OECD releases working paper corporate income tax, investment, net-zero transition
The OECD has released a working paper titled Corporate income tax, investment, and the Net-Zero Transition: Issues for consideration on 20 March 2025. Achieving net-zero climate goals requires significant private-sector investment in clean
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OECD updates tax incentives database for 70 emerging and developing economies
The OECD has released the Investment Tax Incentives Database 2024 update on 19 March 2025. The 2024 update of the OECD Investment Tax Incentives Database (ITID) provides insights into corporate income tax (CIT) incentives for investment in 70
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Canada: Manitoba announces 2025 budget, features contingency plan to address potential impact of US tariffs
Canada’s provincial state of Manitoba’s Minister of Finance, Adrien Sala, announced the 2025 provincial budget for Manitoba on 20 March 2025, features a contingency fiscal plan to address the potential impact of widespread US tariffs on Canadian
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UK: Finance Act 2025 receives Royal Assent
The UK Finance Bill 2024–25 passed through the House of Lords on 19 March 2025 and received Royal Assent on 20 March 2025. The bill was published as Finance Act 2025 and enacts tax measures from the Autumn Budget 2024, effective from the 2025–26
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Switzerland: Tax Administration clarifies tax treatment of permanent establishments under Pillar two GloBE rules, Swiss minimum tax
The Swiss Federal Tax Administration published Communication-023-E-2025-f on 18 March 2025, addressing the tax treatment of constituent entities qualifying as permanent establishments under the GloBE rules and the Swiss Minimum Tax Ordinance. The
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Germany updates group parent notification form for Pillar Two minimum tax groups
The German Ministry of Finance released a letter on 11 March 2025, introducing an updated official template and instructions for the group parent notification form. This form is required to be submitted by the parent entity of German minimum tax
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Canada announces 2025 budgets for New Brunswick, Saskatchewan
Canada’s provincial states New Brunswick and Saskatchewan have announced their budgets for 2025. New Brunswick 2025-16 budget Finance Minister René Legacy presented the provincial 2025-26 budget for New Brunswick on 18 March 2025. It
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Nigeria: House keeps corporate tax at 30% and VAT at 7.5%
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has approved and adopted the recommendations of its Committee on Finance, which retains the value added tax (VAT) rate at 7.5%. The previous proposal was to increase to 12.5%, which was set for 2026. The House
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Chile sets tax rates for mining SMEs
Chile's Internal Revenue Service (SII) has issued Resolution No. 33 of 13 March 2025, which sets new tax rates for small miners and SMEs involved in mining and selling gold and silver ores. The rates for small artisan miners using the simplified
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Netherlands announces 2024 Box 3 deemed return rates
The Netherlands published Regulation No. 2025-0000062971 in the Official Gazette on 14 March 2024, setting the deemed rates of return for Box 3 income for 2024. The Box 3 income comprises debts, savings, and investments. The rates for savings and
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Brazil to tax overseas corporate profits
Brazil's government has proposed imposing a 10% tax on corporate profits and dividends sent abroad on 17 March 2025 to offset the revenue loss from expanding the tax exemption brackets for low-income individuals. According to the country's
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Finnish issues guidance on Pillar Two global minimum tax
Finland’s tax administration has released two guidance documents on the Minimum Tax Act, approved in late 2023 to implement the Pillar 2 global minimum tax under Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523. The first guidance was released on 10 March
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South Africa unveils 2025 budget: Raises VAT and corporate income tax
South Africa's Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, presented the 2025 Budget Speech on 12 March 2025. The minister has proposed raising the VAT rate and corporate and personal income taxes. However, no changes to personal income tax rebates or
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Jamaica outlines new tax measures in 2025-26 budget
Jamaica’s Finance Minister Fayval Williams announced a JMD 1.26 trillion budget for 2025-26 on Tuesday, 11 March 2025. The Minister explained that the 2025/26 budget will be funded by JMD 949.5 billion in tax revenues, JMD 139.8 billion in
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Denmark introduces new tax reporting rules to align with EU minimum tax
The Danish Tax Agency has introduced new reporting requirements for corporate income tax returns in 2024, following the implementation of the Minimum Taxation Act. This act brings Denmark in line with the EU’s Pillar Two directive, which enforces
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