Italy: Tax authority releases new corporate tax return forms

05 February, 2019

On 30 January 2019, Italy’s tax authority issued protocols (No.23599/2019 and No. 23568/2019) approving the new electronic corporate income tax return form and regional tax on productive activities return form to be used for tax year 2018. Forms

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Bulgaria: NRA publishes corporate income tax return form for 2018 with barcode

05 February, 2019

On 4 February 2019, the National Revenue Agency (NRA) published the annual tax return under Art. 92 of the CITA for 2018 with BARCODE on the website of NRA. Detailed instructions for downloading, completing and submitting the statement are added to

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Serbia: Parliament adopts the law on amendments to the corporate income tax law

05 February, 2019

On 7 December 2018, the parliament of Serbia adopted the Law on Amendments to the Corporate Income Tax Law (the Law) which was published in the Official Gazette of RS number 95/2018 dated 8 December 2018. The Law came into force on 9 December

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Kazakhstan introduces new corporate tax return form

05 February, 2019

On 1 January 2019, the Ministry of Finance issued Order No. 1095 and the Order introduces amendments to the corporate income tax on extra profits return (form 150.00). The updated form is used for the preparing of tax returns for the reporting year

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Russia: Finance Ministry publishes Guidance on MAP

04 February, 2019

On 30 January 2019, the Russian Ministry of Finance published on its official website a guidelines on the mutual agreement procedure (MAP) provided for in double taxation agreements. The guideline contains recommendations for the initiation and

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Angola introduces amnesty measures with foreign technical and management services contracts

02 February, 2019

On 28 December 2018, Angola published Law no. 18/19 with the General State Budget for 2019. The main procedures are summarized as follows: The Special Contribution on technical support and management service contracts were maintained in 2019. The

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India: Finance Minister presents Budget for 2019-20

02 February, 2019

On 1 February 2019, Finance minister Piyush Goyal presented the much awaited Union Budget in Lok Sabha. Goyal was appointed interim finance minister on January 23 with Arun Jaitley undergoing treatment in the United States. Some of the main measures

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Argentina releases decree regarding tax reform measures for corporations

31 January, 2019

On 27 December 2018, Argentina published a Regulatory Decree 1170/2018 in the Official Journal, which entered into force on 28 December 2018. The decree prescribes policy changes to Law 27,430 of 2017, which introduced tax reform measures for 2018.

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Denmark: Supreme Court rules against Ministry of Taxation in landmark Transfer Pricing case

31 January, 2019

On 31 January 2019, Denmark's Supreme Court issued its decision on a transfer pricing case regarding Microsoft Denmark ApS (Microsoft Denmark) which is a Danish subsidiary of the United States (US) software company Microsoft Corporation.  In its

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France: Parliament legislates the Finance Act for 2019

31 January, 2019

The French Finance Act passed its constitutional review for 2019 on 28 December 2018. This follows the approval of the law by Parliament on 20 December 2018. The main measures of the law are summarized as follows: Corporate Income tax rate:

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OECD announces progress made in addressing harmful tax practices

30 January, 2019

On 29 January 2019 the OECD released a publication entitled “Harmful Tax Practices – 2018 Progress Report on Preferential Regimes”. This contains results to show that jurisdictions are pursuing their commitment to the standard on harmful tax

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OECD: Inclusive Framework issues policy note on digital economy

30 January, 2019

The Inclusive Framework on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) has issued a new Policy Note under action 1 of the action plan on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) entitled Addressing the Tax Challenges of the Digitalisation of the Economy.

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Panama sign MCAA for the exchange of CbC reporting

30 January, 2019

On 24 January 2019, the tax authority of Panama signed the Multilateral Competent Agreement (MCAA) for the exchange of Country-by-Country (CbC) reports. The purpose of the CbC MCAA is to set forth rules and procedures as may be necessary for

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Chile: IRS clarifies Taxation of Dividends and Interest

30 January, 2019

Recently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued two separate Rulings 59 and 2546 to clarify the taxation of dividends and interest by resident and nonresident taxpayer. The two rulings separately discussed in below: Taxation of dividends Ruling

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Qatar legislates new Income Tax Law

28 January, 2019

On 17 January 2019, Qatar's new Income Tax Law (Law 24 of 2018) was published in the Official Gazette and replaced the previous Law 21 of 2009, and is effective from 13 December 2018. The main features of the new law are summarized in below: The

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Kazakhstan: New guidelines of TP Documentation and APA

28 January, 2019

On 24 December 2018, Mr. Alikhan Smailov, the Finance Minister of Kazakhstan approved forms and procedures for filling the Master files and Local files, effective from January 01, 2019. Generally, the rules for Master file and Local file are in line

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Pakistan: Finance Supplementary (Second Amendment) Bill submits in Parliament

27 January, 2019

On 23 January 2019, Pakistan’s draft Finance Supplementary (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 was submitted to the National Assembly. The finance minister clarified that, "This is not a budget, this is a corrective package aimed at addressing various

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Peru publishes Resolution on filing Tax Return for 2018

25 January, 2019

The Peru tax authority (SUNAT) has issued Resolution No. 015-2019/SUNAT, concerning the filing of both individual and corporate tax returns for the 2018 tax year, including the filing deadlines. The deadlines are set from 25 March to 5 April 2019,

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