Philippines: BIR issues guidance on TP reporting and documentation requirements
On 18 December 2020, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) published a Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 34-2020, which replaces the previous Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 19-2020, its clarifying Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 76-2020, and other relevant
See MoreFrance: Government publishes Finance Law for 2021
On 30 December 2020, the Government Officially published Finance Law for the year 2021. On 17 December 2020, the French Parliament approved the Finance Bill for 2021. The Act includes: Corporate Income Tax In the context of the Covid-19
See MoreFinland: Tax Authority publishes overview of tax changes for 2021
On 16 December 2020, the tax authority of Finland has released an overview of tax changes for 2021. The changes related to corporate tax matters are summarized below: The final losses of a subsidiary located in another EEA state be taken into
See MoreJapan: Government plans to include loss carryforward relief
In order to offset the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government is planning to include loss carryforward relief. Previously, the government introduced loss carryback relief for companies with common capital of up to JPY1 billion
See MoreNorway: Parliament approves budget for 2021 including 15% WHT rate
On 19 December 2020, the Norwegian parliament passed the national budget for 2021. The budget includes a proposal of 15% withholding tax on interest, royalties, and rent payments for certain physical assets paid by companies operating in Norway to
See MoreCosta Rica publishes interest rate for late tax payments and refunds of overpayments
On 18 December 2020, Costa Rica's Ministry of Finance has published the Resolution DGH-054-2020 and DGA-542-2020 providing reduced the interest rate for late tax payments and refunds of overpayments to 10.31% (from 10.54%). The rate is based on the
See MoreGermany: Ministry of Finance announces extensive expansion of the Corona aid
The German Ministry of Finance has declared the extensive expansion of the Corona aid. In order to support companies, self-employed and freelancers who are affected by closings and massive drops in sales in the corona pandemic, the Federal Ministry
See MoreIndia: Direct Tax highlights for 2020
By Sachin Garg, Partner- Direct Taxation, Nangia Andersen LLP Sachin.garg@nangia-andersen.com+91 93502 93097 The year 2020 has already become an unforgettable year to the unprecedented global pandemic across the world, nation-wide
See MoreMorocco: Finance Law 2021
On 18 December 2020, Morocco's Ministry of Finance has published the Finance Law for 2021 in the Official Gazette. The measures of the Finance Law generally apply from 1 January 2021. Key measures are summarized as follows: Social
See MoreEgypt: MOF publishes form and guidelines on the tax treatment of capital gains
On 16 December 2020, the Egyptian Ministry of Finance (MOF) published a decree (No. 610 of 2020) setting out the tax treatment of capital gains from the sale or disposal of unlisted shares by non-residents. The decree also published the
See MoreGreece: AADE publishes preferential tax regime status for the 2019
On 7 December 2020, the Greek Public Revenue Authority (AADE) published Circular No. A.1267 of 7 December 2020, which determines the states that have a preferential tax regime based on the provisions of par. 6 and 7 of article 65 of law 4172/2013
See MoreThailand declares incentives to increase investment and promote digital adoption
21 December 2020, the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) approved a series of measures to accelerate investments, particularly in target industries and to encourage business to adopt digital technologies. "The package to promote large scale
See MorePakistan declares incentives for Special Technological Zones
On 2 December 2020, the Ministry of Law and Justice of Pakistan has issued a copy of the Special Technology Zones Authority Ordinance 2020, Gazette on 3 December 2020 and applies with immediate effect. The Ordinance introduces supporting
See MorePoland launches public consultation on draft guidance regarding the application of TP Method
On 18 December 2020, Poland’s Ministry of Finance has launched a public consultation on draft tax guidance regarding clarifications on transfer pricing regarding the comparable uncontrolled price method. The transfer pricing provisions
See MoreFrance: Tax Authority announces a webpage regarding DAC6 reporting
Recently, the Tax Authority has announced a webpage entitled “Déclaration des dispositifs transfrontières”, which contains french specifications for the reporting of cross-border schemes under DAC6 and the Mandatory Disclosure Rules (MDR).
See MoreUkraine: Parliament accepts changes to recently implemented BEPS legislation
On 17 December 2020, the Ukrainian Parliament has accepted a tax reform bill, which contains important changes to recently implemented BEPS legislation. The following important changes were introduced related to recently implemented BEPS and other
See MoreTurkey extends CbC report filing deadline to 26 February 2021
On 17 December 2020, the Turkish Revenue Administration has issued Circular No. TF-2 / 2020-1 on its website, by which Turkey extends country-by-country (CbC) report filing deadline to 26 February 2021. The extension of the period for sending
See MoreOECD publishes public comments on proposals on taxation of the digital economy
On 16 December 2020 the OECD published comments received on the Blueprints outlining the remaining issues involved in finalising the work on Pillar One and Pillar Two of the proposals on tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the
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