UK: Consultation on Research and Development Tax Reliefs
Following the announcement in the UK Budget on 3 March 2021 of a consultation on the research and development (R&D) tax relief the UK government has issued a consultation document. The UK currently offers two main tax reliefs to companies
See MoreIndia further extends the deadlines for audit, reassessment and penalty proceedings
On 27 February 2021, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) released a Notification No. 10/2021 that provides the further extension of deadlines for the completion of audit, reassessment, and penalty proceedings due to COVID-19
See MoreUK Budget Announcements for 2021
On 3 March 2021 the Chancellor announced the UK budget provisions for 2021. The furlough scheme, which pays 80% of employees' wages, will be extended until the end of September 2021, but employers will be asked to contribute 10% in July and 20%
See MoreTurkey further extends CbC report filing deadline
On 22 February 2021, the Turkish Revenue Administration has issued Circular TF-3/2021-1 by which Turkey extends Country-by-Country (CbC) report filing deadline. Previously, Turkey extends CbC report filing deadline to 26 February 2021. The new
See MoreHong Kong: Tax measures proposed in 2021-22 Budget
On 24 February 2021, Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan presented the 2021-22 Budget providing following tax measures. The Financial Secretary proposed a one-off reduction of profits tax, salaries tax and tax under personal assessment for the
See MoreAustralia: ATO publishes guidance on claiming loss carry back
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has published guidance on claiming loss carry back for early balancers and claims for partial years. Eligible corporate entities who have an early balancer substituted accounting period (SAP) or who
See MoreMalta: CFR extends electronic filing deadline of CIT returns
On 22 February 2021, Malta’s Commissioner for Revenue (CFR) has notified that the deadlines for the electronic filing of corporate income tax (CIT) have been extended as follows: Financial Year EndingManual Return DeadlineElectronic
See MoreHungary ratifies BEPS MLI
On 22 February 2021, the Hungarian Parliament approved the bill for the ratification of the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI). The MLI will generally enter into
See MoreSouth Africa: Finance Ministry presents Budget 2021 in Parliament
On 24 February 2021, the Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, made 2021 budget speech in the Parliament. Most of that relief will reduce the tax burden on the lower and middle-income households. Some of the tax proposals in this budget are given
See MoreAustria: Parliament discusses about the delay on tax payments
Recently, the Austrian Parliament currently made a discussion regarding 2nd COVID-19-StMG. According to this, the deadline for the expiry of the general tax payments deferrals is to be postponed from 31 March 2021 until 30 June 2021. After the law
See MoreThailand requires TP disclosure form to be submitted electronically
On 14 January 2021, the Revenue Department of Thailand has published a notice making it mandatory for companies to submit their transfer pricing (TP) disclosure forms via the Revenue Department's website or the Ministry of Finance's electronic tax
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: February 2021
AlgeriaTaxation of capital gains: On 31 December 2020, the President signed the Finance Act for the year 2021. The Act introduced a 15% capital gains tax on the real estate and securities transactions and describes calculations and liability for
See MoreSouth Africa: SARS extends the CbC report submission deadline
On 19 February 2021, the South African Revenue service (SARS) Officially published Public Notice No. 101, which stated that the due date for submitting country-by-country (CbC) report is extended on the basis of some specified person. According to
See MoreUruguay extends advance tax payment deadline
On 10 February 2021, the Directorate General of Taxation (DGI) of Uruguay has declared Resolution No. 209/2021 regarding advance payment deadline extension for the month of January 2021 until March 2021 (generally due in February) in response to
See MoreUkraine: MOF approves the procedure for submitting CbC report
On 19 February 2021, the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance (MOF) has issued a press release where they clarify the procedure for submitting Country-by-Country (CbC) report. The Order of the Ministry of Finance No. 764 dated 14 December 2020, which
See MoreLuxembourg: Tax Authorities modifies guidance on DAC6
On 17 February 2021, the Luxembourg Tax Authorities has modified guidelines concerning the mandatory disclosure and exchange of cross-border tax arrangements (DAC6) as per Council Directive (EU) 2018/822 of 25 May 2018. The following headings
See MoreTurkey amends R&D and technology development zone regulations
On 3 February 2021, Turkey has published Law No. 7263 in the Official Gazette on an amendment to the Law on Technology Development Zones and some other Laws. The Law is effective from the day of its publication. The main amendments of the Law are
See MoreUganda commits to implement AEOI by 2023
On 17 February 2021, OECD has announced that Uganda has committed to implement the International Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters (AEOI) by 2023. Maria José Garde, Chair of the Global Forum, said
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