Italy outlines state budget for 2025, lowers corporate tax for reinvestment
Italy has enacted Law No. 207 of 30 December 2024, outlining the 2025 State Budget along with the multi-year financial plan for 2025-2027. The law was published in the Official Gazette on 31 December 2024 and took effect on 1 January 2025. The
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Luxembourg gazettes bill amending global minimum taxation law
Luxembourg has published a Grand-Ducal Regulation in the Official Gazette on 23 December 2024, outlining the application of tax credits under the Law of 22 December 2023. This law ensures minimum effective taxation for multinational and large
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Lithuania: Government proposes tax incentives to boost economic growth, reduce income inequality
The Lithuanian government has introduced new tax proposals focused on economic growth and equality in the tax system on 12 December 2024. The proposals include tax incentives for investment in advanced production technologies and green energy.
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Spain implements temporary energy tax for 2025, targets major energy companies
Spain has published the Royal Decree-Law 10/2024 of December 23, 2024 in the Official Gazette on 24 December 2024, establishing a temporary energy levy which targets major energy companies in 2025. The levy is set at 1.2% on the net turnover from
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Singapore gazettes minimum tax law, regulations
Singapore announced the publication of the Multinational Enterprise (Minimum Tax) Act 2024 and the Multinational Enterprise (Minimum Tax) Regulations 2024 in its Official Gazette on 30 December 2024. The Multinational Enterprise (Minimum Tax) Act
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Malaysia Gazettes Finance Act, Labuan Business Activity Tax (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2024
Malaysia published the Finance Act 2024 (Act No. 862) and Labuan Business Activity Tax (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2024 in the Official Gazette on 31 December 2024. Measures include amendments to income tax, global minimum tax, real property gains tax,
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Oman gazettes Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax, Income Inclusion Rule
Oman issued Royal Decree No. 70/2024 in the Official Gazette on 5 January 2025 introducing Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax and Income Inclusion Rule (IIR). Earlier, the Oman Tax Authority confirmed that a Royal Decree issued which implements a
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Pakistan promulgates Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance 2024, increases corporate tax rate on banks
President Asif Ali Zardari has enacted the Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance 2024 on 28 December, which establishes new corporate tax rates for banks. Under the ordinance, banks will face a 44% tax rate for the 2025 tax year (from 39%), gradually
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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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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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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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