Kenya enacts Finance Act 2025, reduces corporate tax rates
The Finance Act 2025 allows NIFCA-certified companies to benefit from reduced corporate tax rates, tax exemptions on dividends with reinvestment conditions. Kenya’s President William Ruto signed the Finance Act 2025 into law on 26 June
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Nigeria: President approves four new tax reform bills
The new legislation comprises the Nigeria Tax Act, the Nigeria Tax Administration Act, the National Revenue Service (Establishment) Act, and the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Act. Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has signed four major tax
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Slovak Republic: President signs DAC8, excise duty, and tax rate amendments
The President signs DAC8 bill, streamlines excise registration, standardises CNG/LNG tax, adjusts product tax rates, and cuts VAT on select goods. The Slovak Republic’s President has signed a bill amending the Act on Automatic Exchange of
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Taiwan imposes temporary anti-dumping duties on Chinese beer and steel
Taiwan will impose four-month anti-dumping duties on Chinese beer and hot-rolled steel to protect its domestic industry. Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance will impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese-origin beer and hot-rolled steel for four months
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Finland: MoF consults on offshore wind taxation and geographic definition in tax law
The consultation aims to ensure that offshore windmills face a tax burden comparable to that of onshore windmills. Comments are due by 19 August 2025. Finland’s Ministry of Finance launched a public consultation on 24 June 2025 regarding real
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Brazil: National Congress scraps financial transactions tax increases
Brazil's National Congress approved the draft legislative decree on 25 June 2025, repealing three presidential decrees that increased IOF tax rates. Brazil's National Congress (both the Chamber of Deputies and Senate) has approved Draft
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Romania announces 2025–28 tax reforms, raises dividend tax
The proposed tax reforms target increased taxes on dividends, reduced incentives, stricter expense deductions, and simplified VAT rates. Romania published its decision approving the 2025-2028 Government Programme in the Official Gazette on 23
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Chile clarifies conditions for indirect asset disposal tax exemption
The tax authority’s clarification involves addressing the tax implications of an Australian business group's indirect disposal of underlying assets in Chile. Chile’s tax authority (SII) issued Letter Ruling No. 1154 on 19 June 2025,
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Australia: Queensland 2025 budget eliminates transfer duty for first-home buyers
The budget focuses on preserving the current tax structure while introducing a key initiative to remove transfer duty for eligible first-home buyers. Queensland’s State Treasurer, David Janetzki, presented the 2025-26 state budget for
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EU Commission approves new state aid rules to support clean industry
The European Commission's new State aid framework enables Member States to boost clean energy, industrial decarbonization, and clean technology by offering tax incentives, such as faster deductions for clean technology investments. The European
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Australia: Capital Territory announces 2025-26 budget, includes conveyance duty concessions
The ACT's 2025-26 Budget focuses on tax reform, including reduced conveyance duties, increased land tax exemptions, new thresholds for general rates, a short-term rental levy, and adjusted motor vehicle duty for zero-emission vehicles. The
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Uzbekistan reduces customs-duty-free import thresholds for selected goods
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has reduced customs duty exemption thresholds for personal imports to USD 1,000 by air and USD 500 by rail or river, while allowing up to 65 grams of jewellery worth up to USD 2,000 to be imported without
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US: Maine to broaden sales tax to include digital content
Maine's new budget law will impose a 5.5% sales tax on streaming platforms and digital services starting 1 January 2026. Maine Governor Janet Mills signed a new budget law (LD 210) on 23 June 2025, which expands the state’s sales tax to include
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Slovak Republic consults financial transactions tax exemption for foreign entities, entrepreneurs
The draft bill exempts foreign subsidiaries/branches with prior taxable income under EUR 100,000 and individual entrepreneurs from the financial transactions tax. The Slovak Republic’s Ministry of Finance is consulting on a draft bill to narrow
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Australia: NSW announces 2025-26 budget, makes BTR land tax concession permanent
From 2026, New South Wales will make the BTR land tax concession permanent and launch a critical minerals royalty deferral scheme to attract investment. Michael Coutts-Trotter, the Secretary of the New South Wales (NSW) Treasury, presented the
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South Africa: SARS updates tax guide on net billing for renewable energy
SARS clarifies tax rules for surplus renewable energy under net-billing system. The South Africa Revenue Service (SARS) released an updated Guide on 13 June 2025, outlining the tax implications for the net-billing tariff system applied to surplus
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Australia: Western Australia improves housing affordability as part of 2025–26 budget
Western Australia passed the Duties Amendment Bill 2025, expanding concessions for first-home buyers and off-the-plan purchases to improve housing affordability as part of the 2025-2026 budget, with no new taxes. The Western Australian Parliament
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Australia: ATO consults draft GST, foreign ownership register rules
The ATO is consulting on three draft instruments regarding GST and the Register of Foreign Ownership of Australian Assets. Feedback is open until 16 July 2025. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) opened a consultation on three draft instruments
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