Taiwan issues final regulations on tax incentive for substantive investments
On 8 January 2020, Taiwan Ministry of Finance issues the final ‘Regulations on Deduction of Undistributed Earnings and Application for Tax Refund for Substantive Investment Made by a Profit-seeking Enterprise or a Limited Partnership’. The
See MoreCroatia: Government publishes tax reform effective as from 1 January 2020
On December 11, 2019, the Croatian Government published Law in the Official Gazette to require taxpayers/ intermediaries to report information on certain tax arrangements. Some of the changes are given below: Corporate income tax/Profit
See MoreNigeria: President signs Finance Bill 2019 into Law
On 13 January 2020, the President, Muhammadu Buhari, signed the 2019 Finance bill into law. It was submitted alongside the 2020 budget to the National Assembly. The new law contains over 90 changes to 7 different tax laws. Corporate income
See MoreFrance: Government officially publishes Finance Act 2020
On 29 December 2019, Government published 2020 Finance Bill in the Official Gazette after the Court’s approval. Corporate income tax The Finance Act reduces the corporate tax rate for all companies, including those with a turnover of €
See MoreAustria: Government publishes Program for 2020-2024 regarding tax measures
The Government released its Program for 2020-2024 regarding several tax reform measures. Corporate tax The Program proposed to increase the threshold of corporate income tax from EUR 30,000 to EUR 100,000 and reduce the corporate income tax
See MoreItaly enacts Budget for 2020
On 30 December 2019, Italy published Law No. 160 of 27 December 2019 in the Official Gazette which includes the budget measures for 2020. VAT rate The reduced VAT rate will be maintained at 10% for 2020 and will increase to 12% in
See MoreGreece: Government publishes Law 4646/2019 in the Government Gazette
On 12 December 2019, the President announced that Law 4646/2019 was published in Government Gazette. Corporate tax According to Law, as from 1 January 2020, corporate tax rate will be reduced from 28% to 24% for all legal entities for the
See MoreColombia enacts amended tax reform law
On 27 December 2019, Colombia has enacted tax reform law (Law 2010), which replaces the previous tax reform (Law 1943). The previous Law was held to be unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court on 16 October 2019 but was allowed to be in force
See MoreEcuador: Government publishes tax reform for 2020
On 31 December 2019, the Government published tax reform 2020 through Law of Simplicity and Tax Progressivity (Law No. SAN-2019-1270) in the Official Gazette. The Law effects from 1 January 2020. Some of the key provisions are given
See MoreEcuador: President made objections on second tax reform bill
On 14 December 2019, the President, Moreno, made objections on the second tax reform bill approved by the National Assembly. Accordingly, he proposed to limit the application of the thin-capitalization rules to inter-company loans. Accordingly,
See MoreArgentina: Tax Authority publishes Law 27541 for implementing tax reform 2020
On 23rd December 2019, Argentina published Law 27541 regarding Social Solidarity and Productive Reactivation in the Official Gazette, which contains measures on corporate income tax, personal income tax, dividend withholding tax etc. The Law was
See MoreLithuania: Parliament approves higher corporate income tax for banks
On 18 December 2019, Lithuanian lawmakers passed higher corporate tax for banks from January 2020. Higher corporate tax rate of 20% will apply to bank profit exceeding 2 million euros. Banks, like other legal entities in Lithuania, are now taxed at
See MoreFrance: Parliament adopts Finance Bill 2020
On 19 December 2019, The French parliament adopted the Finance Bill for the year 2020 but it is still require to review by the constitutional court. Provisions include in the Finance Bill are given below: Corporate Tax rate The draft Finance
See MoreIndia: President approves the tax amendment bill 2019
On 11 December 2019, the President of India passed the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which significantly reduced the corporate income tax rate for certain Indian companies. The main measures of the bill; Currently, domestic companies
See MoreOECD: Working Paper looks at tax autonomy of local government
An OECD Working Paper entitled Twenty years of tax autonomy across levels of government: measurement and applications was released on 4 December 2019. The paper notes that if a local or regional government can set its own tax bases, tax rates or
See MoreNetherlands approves Tax Plan 2020
The Dutch Ministry of Finance has announced that the Senate has approved the 2020 Tax Plan on 17 December 2019; however the Dutch Government published the 2020 budget proposals on 17 September 2019. Some of the key changes from 1 January 2020
See MoreThailand: 15% withholding tax on interest payment
On 6 December 2019, Thailand has published Ministerial Regulation No. 353 in the Official Gazette regarding withholding tax (WHT) on interest payments to a resident mutual fund that required deducting 15% WHT. The WHT amount should remit to the
See MoreColombia: Congress approves new tax reform bill in first debate
On 3 December 2019, the Colombia Congress has approved new tax reform bill 2019 (Law No. 1943 of 2018) in first debate. The Colombian Government submitted the new tax reform bill to Congress on 22 October 2019 due to procedural flaws as stated
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