Finland: Tax Administration Publishes Guidance On Advance Tax Withheld On Dividend

January 28, 2015

Finish Tax Administration published guidance, on 26 January 2015, on advance tax withheld on dividends paid to resident natural persons and estates of deceased persons. The guidance named “Guidance No. A14/200/2015 of 22 January 2015” specifies

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France: Assembly Passes Second Draft Finance Bill For 2014

December 15, 2014

The draft amending budget for 2014 was passed at first reading by the French assembly on 9 December 2014. The legislation also has been passed by the Senate, and enactment is now expected before the end of 2014. This second draft Finance Amendment

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Nigeria: Tax withheld on dividends from gas operations

December 11, 2014

A decision of a case entitled “Nigeria Agrip Co. Ltd v. Federal Inland Revenue Service (10th December 2014)” has been issued by the Tax Appeal Tribunal and it states that dividends paid by a gas exploration and production company and paid out of

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Italy: Withholding tax rate hikes on financial income.

July 02, 2014

Italian withholding tax rate hike on financial income from 20 percent to 26% has been effective from July 1, 2014. Italian savers has been imposed increased tax rate on interest, dividends and capital gains in the passes of governments which was

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Argentina: Income tax changes relating to share transfers and dividends

February 23, 2014

Changes have been made in Argentina to the income tax treatment of securities, the transfer of shares and dividend distributions. On 7 February 2014, Decree 2334 was published in the official gazette. This Decree implements income tax changes as

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Thailand Refuses To Give Foreign Dividend Tax Exemption

July 09, 2012

It was published on 9 July 2012 that the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister have immediately rejected a call from Thailand’s business sector for a tax exemption on dividends received from overseas investments. The Thai Chamber of Commerce

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