Angola gazettes amendments to tax laws proposed in 2026 budget
Angola’s National Assembly approved amendments to various tax laws through the General State Budget 2026 on 15 December 2025 after receiving final approval the same day. The measures were formally promulgated by the President and published in the
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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 MoreMalaysia enacts key measures under 2026 budget
Malaysia gazetted the Finance Act 2025 and the Measures for the Collection, Administration and Enforcement of Tax Act 2025 on 31 December 2025. These laws give effect to selected measures announced in the 2026 Budget and additional tax
See MorePortugal gazettes 2026 state budget law, updates income tax brackets
Portugal has gazetted the State Budget Law for 2026 (Law No. 73-A/2025) on 30 December 2025, introducing a series of fiscal recalibrations aimed at balancing social relief with targeted economic incentives. While maintaining several extraordinary
See MoreUK: Government scales back farm inheritance tax
The UK government announced on Tuesday, 23 December 2025, that it will ease its planned inheritance tax on farms, following months of nationwide protests since the 2024 announcement. From April, the threshold for individual inheritance tax relief
See MoreSouth Africa: SARS to enhance transfer duty declaration process to improve compliance
The South African Revenue Service (SARS)Â announced on 8 December 2025 a series of enhancements to the Transfer Duty Declaration (TDC01) on eFiling, aimed at simplifying compliance, reducing inaccurate declarations, and strengthening the collection
See MoreUzbekistan outlines 2026–28 budget and fiscal plan, proposes higher corporate income tax
Uzbekistan's Ministry of Economy and Finance has announced the Budget and Tax Policy for 2026 to 2028 on 26 November 2025. A cornerstone of the forthcoming tax strategy is the consistency of the primary ad valorem tax rates, providing
See MoreMalawi: MoF presents 2025-26 mid-year budget review, to introduce Minimum Alternate Tax
Malawi’s Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning, and Decentralisation (MoFEPD) presented the 2025-26 Mid-Year Budget Review Statement to the National Assembly on 21 November 2025. The 2025-26 Mid-Year Budget Review Statement proposes various
See MoreAustralia: Victoria parliament approves amendments to omnibus state tax bill, receives royal assentÂ
The Victorian government has passed the State Taxation Further Amendment Act 2025 (the Act), which received Royal Assent on 25 November 2025. The Act implements changes to the congestion levy announced in the 2024–25 Budget Update and amends
See MoreAngola: National Assembly approves 2026 budget, proposes several tax law modifications
Angola’s parliament has approved the General State Budget for 2026 on 19 November 2025, introducing amendments to several tax laws. The key amendments are: Corporate Tax Reforms Electronic filing mandate: General and simplified regime
See MoreGreece: MoF consults tax treatment of charitable entities
Greece’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) has launched a public consultation on a bill proposing amendments to the income tax, inheritance tax, and gift tax treatment of charitable entities on 17 November 2025. Under the proposed amendments, domestic
See MoreTaiwan:Â National Taxation Bureau clarifies farmland gift tax exemption
Taiwan’s National Taxation Bureau of the Central Area has clarified that the total value of farmland and crops inherited under Section 1138 of the Civil Code is excluded from the total amount of gifts for gift tax purposes. The Shalu Tax Office
See MoreTaiwan: MoF clarifies annual gift tax exemption rules
Taiwan’s Southern District National Taxation Bureau of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) clarified that the annual gift tax exemption is calculated based on the donor, not the recipient. If the total value of property a donor gives to others within
See MoreAustralia: Victoria government presents Omnibus state tax bill to parliament, seeks to refine existing frameworks for property taxes
The bill proposed various changes, including adjustments to the Commercial and Industrial Property Tax Reform Act 2024, refining the criteria for transactions eligible under the commercial and industrial property tax scheme. The Victorian
See MoreUK: Welsh government unveils 2026-27 draft budget, proposes landfill disposal tax rate increase
For 2026–27, Wales will keep existing LTT rates but revise Multiple Dwelling Relief and introduce a new refund rule for certain leased properties, while the LDT standard rate will rise in line with RPI. Wales’ Cabinet Secretary for Finance
See MoreUS: IRS, Treasury issues guidance to streamline interest capitalisation for property improvements
The guidance includes final regulations for eliminating the associated property rule and related provisions for interest capitalisation on improvements to designated property. The US Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released
See MoreCosta Rica: DGT updates withholding rules for real estate capital gains, transfer taxes
The Resolution will enter into force on 6 October 2025. Costa Rica’s tax administration (DGT) has published Resolution No. MH-DGT-RES-0039-2025  in the Official Gazette on 17 September 2025, updating the withholding rules for real estate
See MoreAustralia: NSW Government to extend build-to-rent (BTR) tax concessions indefinitely
The draft legislation would make the 50% land tax reduction for build-to-rent properties permanent and grant stamp duty and land tax concessions to eligible foreign developers. Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) Government has introduced draft
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