Poland publishes draft amendment to R&D tax relief
The Ministry of Science and Higher Education has published an amended draft bill regarding the R&D tax relief. The bill proposes an increase of current income tax deduction from 50% and 30% to 100% depends on the category of eligible costs and
See MoreFrance: CJEU rules on 3% contribution on distributed profits
In France, companies subject to Corporate Income Tax (CIT) are required to pay an additional CIT contribution of 3% on the distributed profits according to article 235 ter ZCA of the French general tax law. But, the Court of Justice of the European
See MoreAustralia: New rate for franking credits
The company tax rate for small business has been reduced to 27.5% for 2016-17 and the maximum franking credit of small business has decreased to 27.5% (previously 30%). This reduced rate applies to companies with an aggregated turnover of less than
See MoreNetherlands: Amendments to dividend withholding tax rule
On May 16, 2017, the Dutch government released a public consultation for the previously announced legislative proposals regarding changes to the DWT (dividend withholding tax) rules for holding cooperatives. The Dutch government expected to have the
See MoreIceland issues revised bill for the CbCR
Regulation no. 1166/2016 on the documentation for CbCR (Country-by-Country Reporting) has been further revised by regulation no. 245/2017 on 24 March 2017. The revised regulation is effective on or after 24 March 2017. The revision incorporates two
See MoreNigeria imposes additional 5% interest on tax defaulters from July 1
The Federal Government announced on 22 May 2017 that it would apply an additional 5 per cent charge from 1 July 2017 to companies that do not meet their tax obligations if they are involved in measures to sanction taxpayers and to voluntarily comply
See MoreHungary: CbC reporting requirements adopted
Hungary released a draft law on country-by-country (CbC) reporting on 10 March 2017 which became effective 15 May 2017. As a result, Hungary fulfilled the harmonisation requirement set by Council Directive (EU) 2016/88) and implemented the
See MoreUS: IRS offers two options for claiming the Home Office Deduction
The Internal Revenue Service recently reminded small business owners who work from a home office that there are two options for claiming the Home Office Deduction. The Home Office Deduction is often overlooked by small business owners. The first
See MoreSlovenia: Proposal for more specific requirements for CbC reporting
The Slovenian Ministry of Finance on 19 April 2017 issued a proposal to amend the rules for the application of the Tax Procedures Act. The proposal provides more specific requirements for CbC reporting. In addition the proposal would introduce CbC
See MoreHong Kong: New tax rules for aircraft leasing
The Government introduced in March this year tax concessions for the aircraft leasing industry to foster the proposed development of Hong Kong as an aircraft leasing centre. On March 10 2017, the Hong Kong government gazetted the Inland Revenue
See MoreMalaysia: IRBM proposes to impose 100% penalty for undeclared income and incorrect information
The Malaysian Inland Revenue Board (MIRB) published a media statement on 16 May 2017 regarding clarification of imposing 100% penalty for failure to declare income and correct information which will be implemented with effect from 1 January
See MoreIndia: Latest update on country-by-country reporting
India has recently included a country-by-country (CbC) reporting requirement in section 286 of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1961, with effect from the financial year 2016-2017. The first round of CbC reports, if applicable, must be submitted to the
See MoreAustralia: GST registration system for non-resident businesses
Non-resident businesses supplying services and digital products to Australian consumers and who meet the turnover threshold of A$75,000 will need to register for Australian GST by 1 July 2017. There are two ways non-resident businesses can register
See MoreSingapore: Cost-plus mark-up method for routine service provider companies
The Inland Revenue of Singapore has recently clarified its practice that allows service providers companies which provide "routine support services" to adopt the cost-plus mark-up method. The routine support services are such that service companies
See MoreBelgium: New CbC reporting forms and guidelines
On 19 May 2017, the Belgian Federal Public Service for Finance issued new country-by-country (CbC), local file and master file forms along with guidelines to file CbC reports under BEPS Action 13. The report submission deadline was 31 December 2016,
See MoreKenya: Finance Bill for 2017
The Cabinet Secretary (CS) has submitted the national budget to the National Treasury on 30 March 2017. The Finance Bill 2017 has been published thereafter and pending tabling before the National Assembly for debate and approval. Some changes
See MoreFrance: New tax plans by the newly elected president
French newly elected president has committed to reduce the corporate tax rate from current rate of 33.3% to 25% with the aim to bring it in line with the EU average within five years. The tax credit on research, innovation and the start-up status
See MoreNorway proposes changes to the earnings stripping rules
Norwegian Ministry of Finance has issued a discussion paper on 4th May 2017, that proposes changes to the earnings stripping rules which further extends the limitation to also include interest costs on unrelated party debt at 25% . The new
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