Indonesia: 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
See MoreBelgium clarifies interest restriction rule due to COVID-19 pandemic
On 5 May 2020, the tax authority of Belgium published Circular No. 2020/C/62 providing new clarifications on the “grandfathering” rule, under the interest deduction limitation rule, loans made before 17 June 2016 are excluded from the scope of
See MoreCzech Republic deposits ratification instrument for MLI
On 13 May 2020, OECD has published the updated position of signatories’ countries regarding the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI). Accordingly, Czech Republic
See MoreNigeria: FIRS issues several Circulars on provisions of tax laws amended by Finance Act 2019
On 9 May 2020, the Federal Internal Revenue Service (FIRS) issued the following Information Circulars numbered through 2020/02 – 08. The Circulars provides guidance to stakeholders regarding the interpretation of the amendments to extant tax laws
See MoreWorld Tax Brief: May 2020
AlgeriaFiling return: The Directorate General of Taxes made a postponement of annual tax return submission deadline for 2019 until 31 May 2020 for the taxpayers registered at the DGE.See the story in RegfollowerAngolaDue dates main corporate income
See MoreBrazil: A draft Bill published to introduce digital service tax
On 4 May 2020, Mr. João Maia, a Brazilian politician and Brazilian Congressman, proposed a Bill no. 2358/2020 to introduce the digital service tax (DST) and was submitted it in the Chamber of Deputies. The proposed tax, known as the contribution
See MoreUS: Tax court ruled in favor of the IRS for Whirlpool vs Commissioner case
On 5 May 2020, the US tax court made a decision in favor of the IRS a case involving the Whirlpool Financial Corp. and related foreign affiliate corporations. The Court upheld the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) application of the Subpart F
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