Austria: Parliament considers bill to amend tax laws
On 12 June 2024, Austria’s lower house of parliament approved Bill No. 2610 dB for consideration. This bill proposes key amendments to the Tax Amendment Act 2024. The bill focuses on three main measures: Deduction of grants for
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US: California’s Senate Bill 167 introduces revenue raising measures
The US state of California’s Senate Bill 167 proposes several revenue raising measures. The bill, which is still pending signature, pertains to corporate income tax and suspends net operating losses (NOLs) for the 2024, 2025, and 2026 tax
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Denmark enacts law aligning tax rules with OECD standards
Denmark has enacted Law No. 684, published on 11 June, 2024, introducing amendments to align the Minimum Taxation Act with the OECD's model rules and guidelines for the Pillar Two global minimum tax. The law includes protection rules to prevent
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Brazil sets new reporting rules for tax-benefited legal entities
On 4 June 2024, Brazil published Provisional Measure No. 1.227 of 4 June 2024 in the Official Gazette. This bill introduces new reporting rules for legal entities that benefit from tax incentives, tax waivers, and other tax-related
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Armenia to double turnover tax, introduce expense-based credit
Armenia’s parliament is reviewing proposed legislation to modify the turnover tax regime, which mainly includes doubling tax rates across various sectors. This includes doubling the tax rates for trade from 5% to 10%, manufacturing from 3.5% to
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Ecuador: SRI updates 2023 tax compliance report deadlines
Ecuador's Internal Revenue Service (SRI) in a notice, announced an updated annex for the annual tax compliance report for the fiscal year ending 31 December 2023. The notice outlines submission deadlines, which range from 10 July to 28 July,
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Vietnam initiates consultation on corporate tax law amendment
On 12 June 2024, the Vietnamese Ministry of Finance (MoF) launched a public consultation on a proposed amendment to the corporate income tax (CIT) law. The key elements of the proposal include: Global Minimum Taxation: Incorporating a 15%
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Germany releases draft regulation to implement e-invoicing for domestic B2B transactions
On 14 June 2024, Germany's Federal Ministry of Finance released a draft guidance on the mandatory implementation of electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) for domestic business-to-business (B2B) transactions, effective from 1 January 2025. Key Points
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Poland publishes DAC7 implementation act in the gazetteÂ
On 17 June 2024, Poland published the Act of 23 May 2024 amending the Act on the exchange of tax information with other countries and certain other acts in the Official Gazette. As previously reported, On 9 April 2024, Poland’s Council of
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Cyprus extends deadline for payment of central body fee for real estate transfers
In an announcement, the Cyprus tax authority, based on a new decision of the Tax Commissioner, the deadline for payment of the Fee of the Central Body of Equitable Burden Distribution without the imposition of monetary charges and interest has been
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US: IRS and Treasury issues guidance to tackle abusive basis shifting in partnerships
On 17 June, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in a release, announced a new regulatory initiative to close a major tax loophole exploited by large, complex partnerships. This initiative is one step
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US: IRS and Treasury issue guidelines on partnership basis shifting transactions
On 17 June 2024, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a release—FS-2024-21 issued a guidance on the inappropriate use of partnership rules to inflate the basis of the underlying assets without causing any
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Slovak Republic: Parliament dismisses fuel tax cut and depreciation options
On 18 June, 2024, the Slovak parliament rejected two proposed laws to temporarily reduce VAT and excise duty rates on gasoline and diesel from 1 July, 2024 to 31 December, 2025. Previously on 17 April, 2024, the Slovak parliament proposed a VAT
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OECD: New guidance issued on Pillar One amount b and Pillar Two global minimum tax
The OECD Inclusive Framework on BEPS (Inclusive Framework) released guidance relating to the report on Amount B of Pillar One and guidance to ensure consistent implementation and application of the global minimum tax under Pillar Two. Amount B of
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OECD: Definition of qualifying jurisdictions for application of Amount B of Pillar One
On 17 June 2024 the OECD Inclusive Framework on BEPS released supplementary elements relating to the report of 19 February 2024 on Amount B of Pillar One. Under the streamlined and simplified approach under Amount B, a pricing matrix is used to
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Azerbaijan grants VAT and duty exemptions on defence imports
On 7 June 2024, Azerbaijan’s parliament approved exemptions from VAT and import duties for defence product imports. This exemption is expected to enhance the country’s defence industry and the production and development of defence products in
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Netherlands announces new decree on non-deductible interest under corporate tax law
On 14 June 2024, the Netherlands State Secretary of Finance published Decree No. 2024-12473 of 30 May 2024 in the Official Gazette. This new decree updates Decree No. BLKB2013/110M of 25 March 2013, which relates to non-deductible
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Spain parliament publishes draft bill for pillar two global minimum tax implementation
On 14 June 2024, Spain’s Congress of Deputies published the draft bill for implementing the Pillar 2 global minimum tax under Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523 of 14 December 2022. The bill includes the introduction of the Pillar Two income
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