Belgium: Cornerstones of savings tax reform is unveiled

17 December, 2013

A draft banking law is introduced by the Belgian Finance Minister.The Minister  also confirmed has a plan to extend the favourable tax regime which is currently benefiting savings account interest in order include other types of savings and

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Belgium: Documentary proof for intra-community VAT exemption is clarified

17 December, 2013

The Belgian VAT office is compelled to change its guidance regarding the requirements for the application of the VAT exemption on intra-community supplies. To enable suppliers of goods or services a number of conditions are set out under the EU

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Argentina plans to apply Luxury tax to preserve dollars

17 December, 2013

The government of Argentina is planning to increase the taxes on high-end cars and other imported luxury goods. A Bill has been sent to Congress with a view to implement this policy. The government is attempting to protect the country’s reserves

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US hopeful of resolution over issue of Chinese VAT on Shipping

17 December, 2013

A bilateral consultation was held with China over the impact on international shipping firms of the extension of Chinese value added tax to cover shipping services on August 1, 2013, on the basis of Circular 37/2013. Commissioner William Doyle of

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Turkey deducts VAT rate on e-books

17 December, 2013

By harmonizing the VAT rate imposed on e-books and traditional, printed books Turkey has become the updated country and it plans to rearrange e-books from the standard VAT rate of 18% to the same reduced rate 8% for books. The Turkish VAT deduct

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French and Italian FTT has been challenged by the German banks

17 December, 2013

The financial transactions tax (FTT) presently levied by France and Italy on trading in French and Italian securities need to be banned by the European Commission which is urged by the Leading associations from the German finance industry. They

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France-Increase of VAT rate from 1 January 2014

16 December, 2013

The government of France announced on 16 December 2013 to reduce the VAT rate from 19.6% to 20% in 2014. The increased VAT rate should be applied on all taxable supplies from 1 January

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Australia: ATO dispatched International Structuring, Profit Shifting field Program

16 December, 2013

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in accordance with current base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) activities dispatched an “international structuring and profit shifting” (ISAPS) field review program. This is a decentralized national

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US: Moneyed Households Pay over 100 Percent of Income Tax

16 December, 2013

Based on a report of Distribution of Household Income and Federal Tax for 2010, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) pointed out that the share of taxes paid by higher-income households in the United States significantly exceeded their share of

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Netherlands – new transfer pricing decree

16 December, 2013

The Dutch Deputy Minister of Finance in late November 2013 issued a decree that generally unifies and clarifies prior transfer pricing guidance, and withdraws and cancels prior decrees from 2001 and 2004. The effective date for the new transfer

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Poland’s VAT changes effective in 2014

13 December, 2013

Poland’s value added tax (VAT) law changes that is effective from 1 January 2014. Changes to the date when VAT liability arises (the tax point); a new definition of the taxable base; new rules for input VAT deductions; new provisions in relation

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Norway Budget for 2014 enacted

13 December, 2013

The Budget Bill for 2014 was enacted on 13 December 2013 by the Parliament. The provisions include the reduction of the corporate tax rate to 27% and new rules limiting the deductibility of interest paid to related

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Romania: comprehensive VAT deferment scheme to importers

13 December, 2013

The import VAT abeyance scheme has been extended in Romania under a Order issued by the Ministry of Finance at the end of last month. At present, persons who are owner of the specialized VAT deferment certificates are offered the opportunity to

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Czech Republic: Corporate tax liability is affected by regional aid rules

12 December, 2013

An essential fact that may impact indirectly the tax liability of Czech companies is the end of the seven-year (2007-2013) period for taking regional aid via EU programs and the starting of a new one, which will be related to new rules in this area

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Tax treaty between India and United Kingdom – Indian decision on taxability of fees for technical services

12 December, 2013

The Indian Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) issued its decision on 31 May 2013 in the case of Veeda Clinical Research Private Limited (ITA 1406/Ahd/2009) that the provision of market awareness and development in-house training services to an

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France – “Abridged” transfer pricing documentation to be filed annually

12 December, 2013

On 12 December 2013 it was reported that recently enacted transfer pricing legislation includes a new requirement for large taxpayers to file annually an “abridged” version of their transfer pricing documentation. The requirement to file the

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Croatia Proposed to change VAT Rates

12 December, 2013

The Croatian Government has drawn a draft bill that was reported on 12 December 2013, which proposed multiple modifications to the Croatian Value Added Tax Act to substantially change provisions regarding the nation’s concessionary VAT rates. The

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Colombia: CREE Fair Tax Decree Issued

12 December, 2013

“Fair tax” is introduced by the Decree 2701 of 2013. “Fair Tax” is a tax which is payable by resident companies and non-resident companies deriving their income through a permanent establishment in Colombia. The decree was issued by the

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