Malta changes the interest rate on unpaid tax and additional tax rate
On 4 March 2022, Malta issued Legal Notice 99 of 2022 in the Official Gazette, through which Malta changes the interest rate on unpaid tax and additional tax rate. The Legal Notice provides the following changes: the additional tax shall be
See MorePoland: MOF publishes interest rates for late payment of tax arrears
On 14 February 2022, Polish Ministry of Finance has published the interest rates for tax arrears / late payment. Accordingly, the rate of late payment interest is 8.5% per annum (previously it was 8.0%), the reduced rate of interest for late
See MoreItaly announces statutory interest rate for 2022
On 15 December 2021, Italy has published the Ministerial Decree that increases the statutory interest rate to 1.25% with effect from 1 January 2022. Previously, the statutory interest rate was
See MoreRussia increases the interest rate from December 2021
On 17 December 2021, the Russian Central Bank has announced the decision to increase the key rate from 5% to 8.5% with effect from 20 December 2021. The new rate applies from The CBR's key interest rate is used for the purposes of calculating
See MoreUK: HMRC updates late payment interest rates
On 17 December 2021, the UK HMRC has announced the revision of late payment interest rates following the base rate increase to 0.25% by the Bank of England. The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee voted on 16 December 2021 to increase the
See MoreColombia reduces interest and penalties in response to COVID-19
On 29 October 2021, the Colombian National Tax Authority (Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales-DIAN) has issued Resolution No. 000126, through which DIAN has temporarily reduced penalties to 20% and a default interest rate of 20% of the
See MoreBelgium publishes late payment interest rate for 2022
On 27 October 2021, the Federal Public Service (SPF) published a notice with updated interest rate for late payment. According to the notice, the interest rate is set at 4% for the 2022 calendar year, which is as same as the 2021 calendar
See MoreRussia increases the interest rate from October 2021
On 22 October 2021, the Russian Central Bank has announced the decision to increase the key rate from 6.75% to 7.5% with effect from 25 October 2021. For tax purposes, the key rate is an important factor in calculating the interest deduction and
See MoreBrazil: STF decides that interest on late tax refunds is non-taxable
On 24 September 2021, the Federal Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal, STF), ruled Extraordinary Appeal No. 1.063.187) that certain interest that a taxpayer receives on a late tax refund from the treasury should not be included in the
See MoreRussia increases the interest rate from September 2021
On 10 September 2021, the Russian Central Bank has announced the decision to increase the key rate from 5.5% to 6.75% with effect from 13 September 2021. For tax purposes, the key rate is important in relation to the safe harbor rates for
See MoreKazakhstan: National Bank increases its base rate from July 2021
On 26 July 2021, The Monetary Policy Committee of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan made a decision to increase the base rate from 9% to 9.25% annually with the interest rate corridor of +/- 1.0 percentage points. The rate is used
See MoreUS: IRS publishes interest rates for Q4 maintaining the same as 3rd quarter
On 25 August 2021, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service announced interest rates for the fourth quarter which remains the same as third quarter. The fourth quarter will be started from 1 October 2021 with the following rates: 3% for overpayments
See MoreCyprus publishes a decree on relief from interest and penalties on overdue taxes
On 23 July 2021, the Cyprus official gazette published a decree containing details of the extension to the scheme of settlement for overdue taxes providing partial relief from interest and penalties to the tax years 2016 through 2019. The
See MoreRussia increases the Interest rate from July 2021
On 23 July 2021, the Russian Central Bank announced the decision to increase the key rate from 5.5% to 6.5% with effect from 26 July 2021. For tax purposes, the key rate is important in relation to the safe harbor rates for interest income and
See MoreCosta Rica gazettes resolution reducing interest rate for late tax payments and refunds
On 16 June 2021, the Costa Rican Ministry of Finance has published a Resolution RES-DGH-010-2021 and RES-DGA-222-2021 providing a reduction of interest rate from 10.31% to 10.20% for late tax payments and refunds of overpayments. The rate is
See MoreAustria: Government publishes a Decree regarding late payment interest
On 4 June 2021, the Government published a Decree of 4 June 2021 providing the updates regarding late payment interest, suspended tax payment and others. According to the update, from 1st July 2021 to 30 June 2024, interest rate for late corporate
See MoreCzech Republic: Finance Ministry issues a guide to amend the Tax Code
On 22 April 2021, the Ministry of Finance issued a guide in Financial Bulletin 19/2021, which provides amendments to Tax Code. According to the Guide, the late payment interest rate is decreased from 14% to 8%. The amount of default interest is
See MoreSlovak Republic introduces relief measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
On 24 February 2021, the Slovak Republic has published Regulation No. 88/2021 regarding the relief of late payment interest and penalties in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Regulation No. 88/2021 entered into force on 26 February 2021. The tax
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