Brazil: Ministry of Economy extends the installment terms of tax deadlines
On 12 May 2020, the Ministry of Economy announced an extension of the deadlines for tax installments due in May, June, and July 2020 up to the last business days of August, October and December 2020. The extended dates are provided by Ordinance No.
See MoreFrance: Government announces to extend VAT refund deadline until 30 September 2020
On 18 May 2020, Government announced that taxable persons not carrying out tax operations and established outside EU may request reimbursement of the VAT they have incurred there, under certain conditions. Also, Government announced to extend the
See MoreAustralia: New proposals on Hybrid mismatch rule
On 13 May 2020, the Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2020 was presented in the House of Representatives that would make technical changes to the hybrid mismatch rules addressing integrity of income tax laws and their application to multinational
See MoreArgentina: AFIP publishes Resolution regarding new transfer pricing rules
On 15 May 2020, the Argentine tax authorities (AFIP) Officially published General Resolution 4717/2020 of 14 May 2020, which governs the control of transfer prices of international transactions. The new resolution replaces General Resolution No.
See MoreRussia: Draft law to revise APA procedures
In March 2020, the Russian Ministry of Finance (MoF) released an amended version of a draft law to improve tax control over prices and procedure for entering into advanced pricing agreements (APA). The draft measures are expected to be adopted in
See MoreKenya submits the finance bill 2020 to parliament
On 6 May 2020, the finance bill for 2020 was presented to the National Assembly National Assembly for its consideration. The bill includes the following proposals related to corporate income tax; Introduction a minimum tax payable at 1% of gross
See MoreIndonesia: DGT issues guidance on annual income tax returns FY 2019
On 27 April 2020, the Directorate General of Taxation (DGT) issued the Regulation PER-06/PJ/2020 that outlines specific procedures for taxpayers to follow when submitting their 2019 Annual Income Tax Return (AITR) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
See MoreIceland: Parliament passes a bill to amend various taxes
On 6 May 2020, the Icelandic Parliament passed a Bill No.1329 amending income, withholding, excise, and VAT laws. The bill includes the amendments for corporate taxpayers in relation to the ISK 100 million safe harbor threshold for Iceland's
See MoreGhana: Parliament approves tax measures in response to COVID-19 outbreak
On 1 May 2020, the Parliament of Ghana passed the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill 2020 to introduce several emergency tax measures in response to Covid-19 pandemic. The approved income tax measures are as follows: An individual who makes withdrawals
See MoreLuxembourg: Tax Administration issues guidance on DAC6
On 14 May 2020, the Luxembourg Tax Administration has issued 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 guidelines describe Object,
See MorePeru: SUNAT issues Decree on tax payment deferral regime amid COVID-19
On 10 May 2020, the Peruvian Tax Administration (SUNAT) has issued Legislative Decree No. 1487, through which the tax payment deferral regime is established in response to COVID-19. the deferral regime of the tax debts administered by SUNAT, which
See MoreAlgeria: Council of Ministers organizes a meeting regarding draft Finance Bill 2020
On 10 May 2020, the Council of Ministers arranged a meeting by video conference regarding the discussion and approval of draft Finance Bill 2020. In that meeting, following issues were coming up: The deadline extension of the 50% reduction in
See MoreColombia extends annual financial statements filing deadline amid COVID-19
On 8 May 2020, Colombia has issued Circular Letter 100-000009 extending the deadlines for filing financial statements for the year 2019 due to COVID-19 pandemic. The deadline for companies (including branches of foreign companies) for filing
See MoreEstonia extends individual tax return filing deadline amid COVID-19
On 4 May 2020, the Estonian tax authority has announced that due to the special situation, all offices of the Tax and Customs Board across Estonia will be closed at least on 18 May. The deadline for submitting individual paper tax returns has been
See MoreUruguay further extends tax returns submission deadlines amid COVID-19 pandemic
The Directorate General of Taxation (DGI) of Uruguay has published Resolution 707/2020 of 20 April 2020. The resolution extends deadline for annual tax payment and returns due to COVID-19 pandemic. This includes that taxpayers, except those
See MoreFrance: Tax authority publishes final guidelines for ATAD interest deduction limitations
On 13 May 2020, the tax authority published final guidelines regarding restrictions on interest deduction, including the amendments introduced by the Finance Law for 2019 to implement the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD). In accordance with
See MoreBelgium revises tax return filing deadlines
On 5 May 2020, the Belgian Ministry of Finance has announced that "Tax-on-web" on the MyMinFin portal is now available for income tax returns. The announcement also lists out the tax return filing deadlines for individual and companies in 2020, as
See MoreAustralia extends lodgment due date amid COVID-19 pandemic
In response to COVID-19, the Australian taxation office (ATO) extended the lodgment day for 2018–19 company tax returns for many companies: Returns that were due on 15 May 2020 under the tax agent lodgment program have been automatically
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