Bangladesh: NBR further extends individual income tax return deadline
Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) announced a further extension for the submission of income tax returns by individual taxpayers and Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) taxpayers for the 2025–26 tax year on 29 January 2026. According to
See MoreUS: IRS asks tax professionals to prepare for filing season
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a notice on 29 January 2026 urging tax professionals to prepare for the upcoming filing season. “Tax professionals can play a key role in furthering the IRS’s mission to ensure taxpayers understand
See MoreMalta updates tax regime for highly skilled expatriates
Malta has issued Legal Notice 20 of 2026, introducing the Tax Treatment of Highly Skilled Individuals Rules, 2026, which consolidate and expand the country’s preferential tax regime for expatriates in selected senior and specialist roles. The
See MoreArgentina: ARCA announces 2025 personal assets tax threshold, brackets
Argentina’s tax authority (ARCA) has updated the thresholds and brackets for the personal assets tax for individuals and undivided estates for the fiscal year ending on 31 December 2025. Minimum value applicable to valuation of assets
See MoreUS: IRS publishes guidance on updated federal payment processes
The US Internal Revenue Service has issued frequently asked questions in Fact Sheet 2026-02 on 27 January 2026 to help taxpayers, businesses, and other stakeholders understand the changes under Executive Order 14247: Modernising Payment To and From
See MoreChile: SII updates 2026 tax brackets, inflation adjustments
Chile’s tax authority (SII) has updated the annual global complementary tax brackets for the 2026 tax year. These adjustments are based on the December 2025 annual tax unit (UTA) value of CLP 834,504. These changes are formalised under Circular
See MoreUS: IRS opens individual income tax filing season for 2026
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced, on 26 January 2026, that it has opened the 2026 tax filing season and began accepting and processing federal individual income tax returns for tax year 2025. The IRS expects about 164 million
See MorePapua New Guinea enacts Income Tax Act 2025
Papua New Guinea’s new Income Tax Act 2025 came into effect on 1 January 2026. Issued on 20 October 2025, the new Income Tax Act modernises and simplifies the country’s tax framework, replacing the former regime under the Income Tax Act 1959.
See MoreChina introduces temporary CIT, VAT, IIT incentives for innovative enterprise CDRs
China’s Ministry of Finance, the State Taxation Administration and the China Securities Regulatory Commission have issued Announcement No. 8 of 2026 on 21 January 2026, setting out temporary tax incentives to support the pilot programme for the
See MoreTaiwan: Northern Region National Taxation Bureau extends 2024 individual income tax deadline
Taiwan’s Northern Region National Taxation Bureau of the Ministry of Finance announced, on 21 January 2026, that the tax payment and assessment notices for the 2024 individual income tax assessment have been sent out. The payment period runs
See MoreBrazil: RFB launches special asset regularisation declaration for 2026
The Brazilian Federal Revenue Service (RFB) announced on 19 January 2026 that it has made available the Declaration of Option for the Special Regime of Asset Regularisation (Derp), enabling individuals and legal entities to participate in the
See MoreArgentina: ARCA updates 2026 corporate, individual income tax brackets
The Argentine tax authority, ARCA, has published the corporate and individual income tax brackets and rates for fiscal year 2026. The corporate brackets are effective from 1 January 2026, while the individual rates apply for January to June
See MoreSingapore gazettes Finance (Income Taxes) Act 2025, enacts global minimum tax standards
Singapore gazetted the Finance (Income Taxes) Act 2025 on 12 December 2025, enacting the Budget 2025 measures announced in February 2025. The Finance (Income Taxes) Act 2025, passed by the Parliament of Singapore in late 2025, introduces a range
See MoreUK: Scotland presents 2026-27 budget, proposes new levies
Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government presented the 2026-27 State Budget to the parliament on 13 January 2026. The Budget’s key proposals include higher personal income tax brackets and the introduction of new levies,
See MoreCanada announces 2026 automobile deduction limits, business expense benefit rates
Canada’s Department of Finance announced, on 14 January 2026, the automobile income tax deduction limits and expense benefit rates that will apply in 2026. The following changes to limits and rates took effect as of 1 January 2026: The
See MorePortugal: Tax and Customs Authority updates monthly withholding tax rates for 2026
The Portuguese Tax and Customs Authority issued the Order of 5 January 2026, introducing new monthly withholding tax tables reflecting the updated personal income tax brackets set by the 2026 State Budget Law. Rates now range from 12.50% on
See MorePortugal: Government updates withholding tax rates for 2026
The Portuguese government has set new monthly withholding tax rates for employment and pension income in mainland Portugal for 2026 through Order No. 233-A/2026, issued on 6 January 2026. The changes reflect updates introduced in the 2026 State
See MoreBulgaria: NRA clarifies tax payment, reporting rules ahead of euro adoption
Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency (NRA) has issued detailed guidance, on 31 December 2025, on how taxpayers should handle tax and social security payments following the country’s adoption of the euro (EUR) from 1 January 2026, replacing the
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