Zimbabwe: President assents 2026 national budget, maintains gold royalty rate
Zimbabwe’s President has formally approved both the Finance Act and the Appropriation Act, giving legal effect to the measures outlined in the 2026 National Budget. Together, these laws implement the government’s fiscal and tax policy agenda for
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Belgium: Parliament passes tax bill on withholding refunds, bank taxes
Belgium’s parliament passed legislation on 18 December 2025, proposed by multiple Members of Parliament, to introduce changes to the refund of withholding tax and to raise the tax on credit institutions. The legislation aims to update the 1992
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Zimbabwe: Government announces 2026 budget, proposes digital services withholding tax
Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, and Investment Promotion (MoFEDIP) has presented the 2026 national budget to the Parliament on 27 November 2025, proposing higher VAT rates and digital service withholding taxes. The
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Philippines introduces tax reforms targeting large-scale metallic mining activities
Republic Act No. 12253 takes effect on 20 September 2025, affecting large-scale metallic mining contractors 150 days later, with implementing rules to be issued within 90 days. The Philippines has published Republic Act No. 12253, an Act
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South Africa revises guide for withholding tax on royalties return
SARS updates guide for Withholding Tax on Royalties (WTR01), effective 30 May 2025. Includes filing, payment, and refund processes, with references to the Income Tax Act. Email submissions remain open for LBI and HWI taxpayers. The South African
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Cyprus imposes new defensive tax rules on payments to low-tax and non-cooperative jurisdictions
Cyprus has published Laws No. 47(I)/2025 and No. 48(I)/2025 in the Official Gazette on 16 April 2025. These laws introduce updated defensive measures on outbound payments of dividends, interest, and royalties to non-cooperative or low-tax
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Australia: Queensland proposes law to prevent coal royalty rate cuts without legislative approval
Australia’s Queensland government proposed the Progressive Coal Royalties Protection (Keep Them in the Bank) Bill 2024 to the state Parliament on 23 May, 2024. This legislation aims to amend the Mineral Resources Act 1989 by ensuring that coal
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Ireland: Irish Revenue publishes guidance on outbound payment measures
On 25 March 2024, the Irish Revenue released eBrief No. 096/24 outlining new guidance on Outbound payments defensive measures. This latest guidance has been issued as part of the Finance (No.2) Act 2023. The Finance (No.2) Act 2023 inserted Chapter
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India: Finance bill 2023 passed in the lower house of Parliament
On 24 March 2023, the lower house of Parliament (Lok Sabha) passed the Finance Bill 2023 which implements tax proposals for the next fiscal year. The Bill received 64 official amendment proposals, among which one intends to remove extended tax
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Belgium introduces new tax rules
On 30 November 2022, new rules on various fiscal and financial provisions were published in the Belgian official Gazette. Starting from 1 January 2023, new rules will enter into force for Belgian companies or Belgian branches. The key tax measures
See MoreGermany issues guidance regarding the obligation to file tax returns for IP
On 14 July 2021, the Federal Ministry of Finance has issued a guidance letter extending the simplified procedure provided in a prior guidance letter dated 11 February 2021 for filing the tax returns in relation to intellectual property
See MoreSouth Korea: National Assembly enacts tax reform bill for 2019
On 31 December 2019, South Korea’s National Assembly has enacted tax reform bill for 2019 with a number of new measures added to the existing proposals including changes in transfer pricing measures. The new and amended tax measures are
See MoreHigh Court rules that the Danish loss-making company could not deduct royalties paid to its Swiss parent
On 28 October 2019, the Eastern High Court of Denmark published a case (Denmark vs Adecco; Case No SKM2019.537.OLR of 4 July 2019) decision and agreed with the tax authority that a Danish loss-making company could not deduct royalties paid to its
See MorePeru: Ministry of Finance publishes Legislative Decree on deductions for royalties and service fees
Peru's Ministry of Finance published Legislative Decree No. 1369 on 2 August 2018 regarding amendments in relation to deductions for royalties and service fees paid to non-residents. The amendment provides that royalties and service fees paid to
See MoreSpain publishes budget act of year 2018
On 4 July 2018, the Spanish Government published Law 6/2018 (the Budget Law 2018) in the Official Journal. The law implementing the fiscal measures from the fiscal year 2018 entered into force on 5 July 2018. Budget contains changes to the patent
See MoreThailand approves an amendment of tax incentive in response to BEPS Action 5
The Thai Cabinet approved an amendment of the tax incentive criteria on 19 June 2018 for the International Headquarters (IHQs) seemingly in response to BEPS Action 5. It limits types of qualified royalty income to only those that are for the result
See MoreMalaysia: IRB issues practice note on tax treatment of digital advertising for non-resident
On 16 March 2018, the Malaysian Inland Revenue Board (IRB) published Practice Note No. 1/2018, which describes the tax implications of income received by a non-Malaysian taxpayer from the provision of digital advertising. The Notice briefly
See MoreIceland: Parliament adopts increased withholding tax rates for 2018
The parliament has approved the Budget for 2018 and it has implemented an overall increase in withholding tax rates effective 1 January 2018 as follows: the standard rate of withholding tax on Icelandic interest, capital gains and dividend income
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