Portugal gazettes Budget Law for 2025, reduces corporate tax rate
Portugal’s Official Gazette published Law No. 45-A/2023 on 31 December 2024, which approves the Budget for 2025. Effective from 1 January 2025, the standard corporate tax rate decreased from 21% to 20%, and reduced the rate for SMEs on the first
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Algeria gazettes Finance Law 2025, introduces amendments to CIT and VAT
Algeria’s Ministry of Finance published the Finance Law 2025 in the Official Gazette on 26 December 2024, providing amendments for corporate taxation and VAT amongst various direct and indirect taxation policies. Corporate income tax The
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South Africa gazettes Global Minimum Tax Act
South Africa published the Global Minimum Tax Act, 2024 (the GMT Act), in the Official Gazette on 24 December 2024. The legislation introduces two main components: an Income Inclusion Rule and a Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax, while notably
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Australia: ATO updates guidance on global and domestic minimum tax
The Australian Taxation Office has updated the guidance on the Global and Domestic Minimum Tax on 23 December 2024. This includes the subordinate legislation which outlines detailed computational rules under the Taxation (Multinational—Global and
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Thailand introduces Pillar Two top-up tax for MNEs
Thailand's Revenue Department has announced the publication of the Emergency Decree on Top-up Tax B.E. 2567 (2024) in the Official Gazette on 26 December 2024,introducing the implementation of a domestic minimum top-up tax for MNE groups with a
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Singapore: IRAS publishes new guidance on MNE top-up tax, domestic top-up tax
The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) has released a new e-Tax Guide on the Multinational Enterprise (MNE) Top-up Tax (MTT) and Domestic Top-up Tax (DTT) on 31 December 2024. This e-Tax guide sets out the key parameters of the MTT and
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Oman introduces Domestic Minimum Top-Up Tax for MNEs
The Oman Tax Authority has confirmed that a Royal Decree has been issued which implements a domestic minimum top-up tax, with a minimum effective tax rate of 15%, for multinational enterprise (MNE) groups in Oman, provided that these groups
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Kuwait introduces supplementary domestic minimum top-up tax for MNEs
Kuwait's Ministry of Finance announced on X that a supplementary domestic minimum top-up tax (DMTT) for large multinational enterprises (MNEs) has been introduced through Decree No. (157) of 2024 on 30 December 2024. The Decree is designed to
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Italy issues decree on Pillar Two rules, deferred tax attributes on transition
Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance has published the Ministerial Decree of 20 December 2024 in the Official Gazette No. 304 of 30 December 2024. The Decree outlines additional implementation rules for the top-up tax introduced under
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Russia introduces reduced corporate income tax rate for electronics manufacturers
Russian companies manufacturing equipment for electronic components and radio-electronic products will benefit from a reduced 8% corporate income tax rate starting 1 January 2025. This tax incentive is part of government Resolution No. 1848,
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Luxembourg enacts bill amending global minimum taxation law
Luxembourg has enacted the bill amending the law that implements the Minimum Taxation Directive (2022/2523) on 23 December 2024, known as the Minimum Taxation Law of 22 December 2023 (MTL), incorporating guidance and clarifications from the OECD’s
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Brazil enacts Pillar Two global minimum tax rules
The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, enacted Bill No. 3,817/24, which is now known as Law No. 15,079/24, implementing the OECD's Pillar Two global minimum tax and introduces the global anti-base erosion (GloBE) regulations within
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Turkey introduces 1% withholding tax on e-commerce intermediary payments
Turkey's Revenue Administration has announced the issuance of Presidential Decision No. 9284, introducing a 1% withholding tax rate on payments made by intermediaries to service providers engaged in activities under Law No. 6563 on the Regulation of
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Qatar: Parliament approves introduction of Pillar Two global minimum tax
Qatar's General Tax Authority has announced that the Shura Council (parliament) has approved amendments to implement measures for the Pillar Two global minimum tax. During its regular weekly session convened on 23 December 2024 at the Council’s
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Hong Kong gazettes amendment to Minimum Tax for Multinational Enterprise Groups Bill 2024
Hong Kong announced that the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Minimum Tax for Multinational Enterprise Groups) Bill 2024 was published in the Gazette on 27 December. The Bill seeks to implement the international tax reform framework, Base Erosion and
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Turkey increases withholding tax on dividend distributions
The Revenue Administration of Turkey has announced the release of Presidential Decision No. 9286 on 22 December 2024, updating the withholding tax rate on dividend distributions. The withholding tax rate on dividends distributed under Article 94
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Luxembourg: Chamber of Deputies approve amendments to Pillar Two law
Luxembourg's Chamber of Deputies has passed Bill No. 8396 amending the Law of 22 December 2023, (Global Minimum Taxation Law, commonly referred to as the Pillar Two law) on 20 December 2024. Earlier, the Luxembourg government published a revised
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Luxembourg enacts law reducing CIT rate
Luxembourg has enacted the bill on the Corporate Income Tax (CIT) rate reduction on 20 December 2024. The law was published in Official Gazette No. A 589 on 24 December 2024. Earlier, the Parliament passed legislation that introduced
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