Bangladesh extends corporate tax filing deadline to April 2025
Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the deadline for companies to submit their income tax returns to 30 April 2025. In Bangladesh, most companies operate with a fiscal year running from July to June, while banks, insurance
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Austria: Lower House of Parliament approves Budget Restructuring Bill 2025
Austria's lower house of parliament (Nationalrat) passed the Budget Restructuring Measures Bill 2025 (Budgetsanierungsmaßnahmengesetz 2025) on 7 March 2025. The announcement was made in a release on 10 March 2025 by the Austrian Ministry of
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South Africa unveils 2025 budget: Raises VAT and corporate income tax
South Africa's Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, presented the 2025 Budget Speech on 12 March 2025. The minister has proposed raising the VAT rate and corporate and personal income taxes. However, no changes to personal income tax rebates or
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Jamaica outlines new tax measures in 2025-26 budget
Jamaica’s Finance Minister Fayval Williams announced a JMD 1.26 trillion budget for 2025-26 on Tuesday, 11 March 2025. The Minister explained that the 2025/26 budget will be funded by JMD 949.5 billion in tax revenues, JMD 139.8 billion in
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Chile introduces new advance pricing agreement process
Chile’s Internal Revenue Service (SII) has issued Resolution No. 28 of 6 March 2025 on 6 March 2025, introducing a new approach for taxpayers to request advance pricing agreements (APAs). This new resolution replaces previous resolutions from
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Czech Republic: New VAT registration rules from January 2025
The Czech Republic’s tax authority (GFD) shared details on VAT payer status and registration after a VAT law amendment went into effect on 1 January 2025. Amendment set two annual turnover thresholds for mandatory VAT registration The key
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Australia: ATO issues guidance on public CbCR exemptions
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has updated its list of topics under review, including exemption discretions for public country-by-country reporting (CbCR). Purpose This draft Practice Statement will outline the Commissioner’s approach
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US: Connecticut extends 2024 filing deadline for composite and pass-through entity taxes
The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS) has extended the 2024 filing and payment deadline for state composite income tax and pass-through entity tax (PTET) returns to 15 April 2025. The extension comes as DRS works with software
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EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council reaches deal on DAC9
The Council of the European Union (the Council), at a meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN), on 11 March 2025, reached a political agreement on a further amendment of Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the
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UAE: FTA publishes decision No. 2 of 2025 on tax clarifications and directives
The UAE Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has issued Decision No. 2 of 2025, effective from 1 March 2025. The decision updates previous policies on tax clarifications and directives.The decision outlines the process for issuing private and public
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Denmark introduces new tax reporting rules to align with EU minimum tax
The Danish Tax Agency has introduced new reporting requirements for corporate income tax returns in 2024, following the implementation of the Minimum Taxation Act. This act brings Denmark in line with the EU’s Pillar Two directive, which enforces
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Turkey rejects OECD’s Pillar One Amount B implementation
The Turkish Ministry of Treasury and Finance has issued a formal statement regarding the implementation of Amount B under Pillar One on 7 March 2025, a key component of the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) framework, developed by the
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Singapore issues advance ruling on income tax matters concerning business transfers
The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) issued Advance Ruling Summary No. 3/2025 on 3 March 2025, addressing the income tax implications of business transfers. 1. Subject: a. Whether the proposed transfer of the entire banking
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Australia: ATO raises concerns on restructures to exploit MIT withholding rules
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) issued Taxpayer Alert (TA) 2025/1 on 7 March 2025, raising concerns about restructures and arrangements aimed at accessing the managed investment trust (MIT) withholding regime (including deemed capital gains tax
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Switzerland: Lucerne consults economic development, R&D incentives
The government of the Swiss Canton of Lucerne has announced a public consultation on its plans for economic development on 10 March 2025. The canton aims to invest CHF 300 million annually starting in 2026 to address changes in international tax
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EU adopts VAT in the digital age (ViDA) package
The European Commission (EC) announced on 11 March 2025 that the VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) package had been adopted following consultation with the European Parliament and would be rolled out progressively until January 2035. Upon entry into
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US: Idaho offers tax relief for South California taxpayers affected by wildfires
The Idaho State Tax Commission announced on 6 March 2025 that it is extending the deadlines to file and pay taxes for victims of the southern California wildfires and straight-line winds. Affected taxpayers in Los Angeles County will have until
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Italy gazettes decree on global minimum tax form
Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance has published the Ministerial Decree of 25 February 2025 in the Official Gazette No. 54 on 6 March 2025. As previously reported, the decree sets rules for companies subject to the global minimum tax on
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