Colombia: New interest rate for late payment of tax

November 14, 2017

On 27 October 2017, according to Resolution 1447, the Colombian Tax Authority (DIAN) has announced that the yearly late tax payments interest rate is reduced to 29.44% from 29.73% for November 2017 set by the Financial Superintendence of

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US: IRS publishes interest rates for fourth quarter

September 11, 2017

The Internal Revenue Service on 8 September 2017 announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning October 1, 2017. The rates will be four percent for overpayments (three percent in the case of a corporation); one

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Russia publishes Notice on increased late payment penalty

September 06, 2017

Recently, the Russian Federal Tax Service (FTS) issued a Notice on the increased late payment penalty from 1 October 2017. The procedure for calculating the penalty for each calendar day of delay in the fulfillment of the obligation to pay tax or

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Colombia updates interest rate for late payment

September 06, 2017

The Financial Supervisory Authority of Colombia published a Regulation 1155 of 2017 concerning the effective monthly interest rate for late payment of income taxes, on 30 August 2017. Late payment of income taxes is subject to 30.22% interest rate

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Costa Rica : MoF increases the interest rate for late payments and refunds

September 05, 2017

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has increased the interest rate for late advance tax payments and refunds of overpayments from 11.73% to 12.8%. The rate is effective from 1 October

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Malawi: New tax measures effective from July 2017

August 16, 2017

On 15 August 2017 the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development in his 2017/2018 Budget Statement announced new measures for both customs and domestic taxes. The domestic tax measures became effective on 1st July, 2017. Most of the

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US: Interest rates on tax underpayments and overpayments for the third quarter of 2017

June 15, 2017

The Internal Revenue Service on 9 June 2017 announced that interest rates for tax underpayments and overpayments will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning July 1, 2017. The rates will be: four percent for overpayments (three percent

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Nigeria imposes additional 5% interest on tax defaulters from July 1

May 25, 2017

The Federal Government announced on 22 May 2017 that it would apply an additional 5 per cent charge from 1 July 2017 to companies that do not meet their tax obligations if they are involved in measures to sanction taxpayers and to voluntarily comply

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Costa Rica: Government publishes late payment and penalty interest rate for 2017

April 02, 2017

The Ministry of Finance published the Resolutions No. DGH-016-2017 and DGA-DGT-006-2017 in the Official Gazette on 27 March 2017. In accordance with Resolutions, an interest rate of 11.73% will be applied for late payment and refunds of taxes,

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US: IRS announces overpayment and underpayment interest rates for quarter beginning 1 April 2017

March 21, 2017

The IRS has announced on 7 March 2017 that the interest rates for the second quarter beginning 1 April 2017, will bet 4 percent for overpayments i.e. tax refunds (3 percent in the case of a corporation), 4 percent for underpayments i.e. tax

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Taiwan explains deductibility of interest on tax payments and penalties

March 11, 2017

The tax bureau of Gao Xiong of the Ministry of Finance issued a declaration that interest on the recovery of tax payables due to the incorrect declaration of costs, expenses or losses and interest on tax payments due to the rejection in an

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Cyprus: Parliament approves a bill for the payment of overdue taxes by monthly instalments

February 07, 2017

The Cyprus Parliament has recently approved and voted the bill proposed by parliamentary parties which regulates the payment of overdue taxes in various monthly instalments. Overdue debts under €100,000 can be paid in 54 monthly instalments

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El Salvador: Publishes late payment interest rates

February 06, 2017

Recently, the Government of El Salvador gazetted the late payment interest rates for 2017 tax year. The applicable rates are:   6.37% - applies for late payments of taxes from 1 February to 31 July 2017; and  10.37% if the late payments are

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Jamaica:TAJ reminds of income tax returns deadline

January 10, 2017

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding taxpayers to need to file their income tax returns for the year of assessment 2016 by 15 March 2017, and are to make declarations of estimated tax for the year of assessment 2017 also by 15 March

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US: IRS published interest rates on tax overpayments and underpayments for first quarter 2017

December 11, 2016

The Inland Revenue Service released Revenue Ruling 2016-28 on 5 December 2016 with the announcement of the interest rates on tax overpayments (i.e. tax refunds) and tax underpayments (i.e. tax assessments and late tax payments) for the calendar

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India: Approves higher taxes and penalties on black money bill

December 01, 2016

The lower house of Parliament (Lok Sabha) passed the Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill 2016 (the Bill) on 29 November 2016, which aims to impose a higher tax rate and more stringent penalty provisions in respect of black money. The overview of

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Colombia: 32.99% effective annual interest for late payment of tax due

October 15, 2016

According to a recently published administrative regulation 1233 of 2016, the Financial Supervisory Authority of Colombia provided the effective annual interest rate applicable in the case of late payment of taxes. The late payment interest rate is

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UK: Interest rates for late payments reduced according to base rate of Central Bank

August 06, 2016

On 4 August 2016, the Bank of England reduced the base rate to 0.25%. As a result, on 5 August 2016, HMRC announced that interest rates for late payment will be reduced with effect on: 15 August 2016 for quarterly installment payments; and 23

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