US: Hawaii lowers pass-through entity tax, allows tax credit carry-overs
The governor of the US state of Hawaii, Josh Green, recently signed a bill (S.B. 2725) into law reducing its pass-through entity (PTE) tax rate to 9% on 19 June, 2024. This bill amends the state's PTE taxation law to apply to taxable years
See MoreZambia: Government implements budget tax changes for 2022
Recently, the Zambian Government has published Practice Note No. 1/2022 which provides an overview of the various 2022 tax changes implemented through the Budget 2022 Amendment Acts. The most important changes are summarized below: Corporate
See MoreJapan enacts tax reform bill 2021
On 26 March 2021, Japan’s 2021 tax reform bills were passed by the Japanese National Diet. The Bill generally follows the tax reform outline announced by Japan’s coalition leading parties in December 2020. The amendments generally apply to
See MoreRussia publishes amendments related to corporation tax
On 29 September 2019, the Russian Government signed a Law no. 325-FZ (Amendments to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation) and published in the Official Gazette. The main amendments relating to corporate income tax are as follows: Limitation
See MorePakistan approves the Finance Supplementary (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019
On 6 March 2019, the National Assembly has approved the Finance Supplementary (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 aimed at amending tax laws. The major changes introduced to income tax laws are as follow: -For nonbanking sectors, the super tax is
See MoreGerman passed the Annual Tax Act 2018
On 8 November 2018, the German Federal Parliament (The Bundestag) has passed the Annual Tax Act 2018 under the name “Law on the avoidance of sales tax defaults when trading goods on the Internet and amending further tax regulations”. The German
See MoreUK: Draft guidance on corporate tax loss relief rules
On 31 July 2017 HMRC issued for public consultation draft guidance in relation to the reform to corporate tax loss relief rules. An amended draft of the relevant legislation on corporation tax loss relief was published on 13 July 2017 and this is to
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