UK: Updated guidance on PAYE penalties confirms continuation of penalty easement
HMRC has issued updated guidance on penalties for late filing and non-filing of PAYE returns and how to avoid them. The revised guidance confirms that employers filing their full payment within three days after the due date will not have to pay a
See MoreIMF report comments on the economic situation in Bosnia
The IMF has reached a staff agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina on an arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility and on 24 May 2016 published a press release including the statements of IMF staff teams. The economy of Bosnia is recovering and
See MoreSri Lanka: Proposals on corporate and individual tax rates in Budget 2016
Recently the Sri Lankan Inland Revenue Department (IRD) announced that the proposals made in Budget 2016 regarding corporate and individual tax rates. Main corporate income tax rate: As per the proposed revised Budget for 2016, a 28% tax rate will
See MoreOECD: Guidance on tax control frameworks
The OECD issued a publication entitled “Cooperative Tax Compliance: Building Better Tax Control Frameworks” during the meeting of the Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) on 9 to 11 May 2016. Enterprises must assess the accuracy and completeness
See MoreArgentina-Deadlines for filing tax returns for 2015 and for tax payments extended
In Argentina through General Resolution 3874 (AFIP),the deadlines for filing the 2015 Income Tax, Minimum Deemed Income Tax and Net Worth Tax returns by companies and certain individuals, as well as the payment of the resulting balance that was
See MoreUK: Enterprise Investment Scheme statistics
The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) are two important tax advantaged venture capital schemes in the UK. In addition to these two schemes there are other tax advantaged schemes such as the tax
See MoreOECD: Taxing Wages 2016
The OECD has published Taxing Wages 2016 which shows that tax on income from labor remained at 35.9% for OECD countries in 2015, the same as in the previous year. Before that the tax burden on labor had been rising for some years. The publication
See MoreTurkey: Annual weighted average interest rate for cash capital increase deduction announced
The Revenue Administration has released corporate tax Circular No. 40 on 7th April 2016 regarding the capital increase deduction that specifies that the annual weighted average interest rate is 14.6% for the year 2015. Note that, 50% of the interest
See MoreIsle of Man extends deadline for online filing of income tax returns
The Treasury department of the Isle of Man issued a press release on April 07, 2016 announcing that the deadline for the online filing of corporate and individual income tax returns has been extended to 11 April 2016. Primarily, the returns had to
See MoreCanada: Tax changes in New Brunswick
New Brunswick Bill 32 has received the first reading of a tax legislation on 29th March 2016 that includes a reduction in the small business tax rates and adjustments to the dividend tax credit provisions. The following measures are in Bill
See MoreKazakhstan: Capital gains resulting from transfer to charter capital of legal entity are exempted
The State Revenue Committee published a press release on 1st April 2016 describing the amendments to the taxation of property transactions conducted by individuals. According to the release, the amendments were introduced by Law No. 412-V of 18
See MoreUK: Final guidance on tax relief for irrecoverable peer to peer loans
Peer to peer (P2P) lending permits individuals and businesses to lend to each other through the intermediary of an internet platform. A traditional financial middleman such as a bank is not required as the platform acts as a conduit to arrange loans
See MoreUK: Responses to consultation on company distributions
On 24 March 2016 the UK published a summary of responses to the consultation on company distributions. This consultation followed the announcement by the government in the summer budget of 2015 that the taxation of dividend income would be reformed
See MoreUK: Budget to be announced this week
The UK budget for 2016/17 is to be announced on 16 March 2016. As the UK’s economic outlook is not as favorable as outlined at the time of the Autumn Statement this year’s budget announcements are expected to contain some revenue-raising
See MoreUK: Regulations on Country by Country Reporting
The Taxes (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) (Country-by-Country Reporting) Regulations 2016 contain detailed regulation on country by country (CbC) reporting. The regulations provide the detailed procedure for CbC reporting in line with the
See MoreIndonesia: Reduced final withholding income tax rates on interest income
As per the new Regulation No. 123/2015 issued in late December 2015, final withholding income tax rates have been reduced on interest received or earned from deposits, savings or Bank Indonesia (BI) Certificate discounts, provided that the source
See MoreUK: deemed domicile for income tax and capital gains tax
The UK is currently conducting a consultation on measures changing the rules for non-UK domiciled individuals. The changes are to be included in the Finance Bill 2016 and are to take effect from 6 April 2017. Draft legislation has been introduced to
See MoreUK: Guidance on income tax exemption for trivial benefits in kind
Draft legislation on the income tax exemption for trivial benefits in kind is to be included in the UK Finance Bill 2016. Draft regulations have also been published to extend this exemption to benefits in kind provided to former employees and to
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