Ethiopia: Introduces Transfer Pricing Rules
Ethiopia has introduced Transfer Pricing rules and the new rules are applicable for all Ethiopian taxpayers with cross-border Intercompany Transactions exceeding 500,000 Ethiopian birr/USD 22,380 and for Ethiopian taxpayers with domestic
See MoreIMF statement comments on fiscal policy in Pakistan
On 25 October 2016 a statement was issued following the conclusion of a visit by the IMF Managing Director to Pakistan. Pakistan has completed an IMF-supported economic reform program and has improved macroeconomic stability. Public finances have
See MoreIMF Managing Director discusses fiscal position of Saudi Arabia
On 26 October 2016 the IMF Managing Director discussed the economic outlook and policy priorities with Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries. A statement issued following the meetings noted that Saudi Arabia has begun a policy shift to adjust to low
See MoreIMF statement summarizes economic position of Uganda
On 26 October 2016 the IMF staff team released an end of mission statement summarizing their preliminary findings following a mission to Uganda. Following this they will prepare a report to submit to the IMF Executive Board for discussion. Although
See MoreChile: Document regarding tax reform publishes
The tax administration has published a document entitled ‘Keys to Understanding the Tax Reform’ on 7th October 2016 on its website. The purpose of this document is to explain the opportunity of the tax reform. The document includes questions and
See MorePoland: Parliament adopts budget Law for 2017
The Council of Ministers presented to the parliament a draft Budget Law for 2017 on 30 September 2016. All along with the introduction of tax changes, different numbers of factors that have into force on budget revenues are envisaged. Corporate
See MoreOECD: multilateral competent authority agreement for exchange of CbC reports
On 19 October 2016 the OECD announced that five more countries have signed the multilateral competent authority agreement for the exchange of country by country reports. This brings the total number of signatories to 49. The latest signatories in
See MoreIreland: Finance Bill 2016
On 20 October 2016, Finance Bill 2016 was published. The most important of those measures are summarized below: Corporate tax A 20% withholding tax (WHT) deduction on property distribution to non-resident investors will be imposed on IREFs. The WHT
See MoreUK: Statistics released on Venture Capital Trusts
On 20 October 2016 HMRC released statistics on Venture Capital Trusts. The tax regime for venture capital trusts (VCTs) provides that a VCT if correctly structured can obtain tax relief for the trust itself and for its investors. The VCT regime is
See MoreUK: Tax gap estimates published
On 20 October 2016 HMRC announced that the tax gap in the UK has fallen to GBP 36 billion or 6.5%, its lowest ever level. The latest figures released relate to the year 2014/15. The tax gap represents the difference between the amount of tax that
See MoreMexico: Amendments of transfer pricing rules
Mexico’s Tax Administration Service (SAT) on July 14 published two important transfer pricing rules in the Third Resolution on Amendments to the Omnibus Tax Bill for 2016. Rule No. 3.9.5 of Resolution on Amendments to the Omnibus Tax Bill for 2016
See MoreFederal government of Belgium reached agreement on tax measures
On 15 October 2016, in a press briefing details of several tax measures were presented regarding an agreement reached by the government. The most important measures include: an increase of the standard rate of withholding tax on dividends,
See MoreSlovenia: Amendments to the Corporate and individual income tax rates
The parliament adopted a tax reform consisting of amendments to the Personal Income Tax Law, Corporate Income Tax Law and Tax Procedure Law on 27 September 2016. The amendments will enter into force from 1 January 2017. The main changes are as
See MoreMalta: Budget for 2017 at a glance
On 17 October 2016, the Budget for 2017 was presented to the parliament. Details of the tax measures included in the Budget, which are yet to be implemented through legislative amendments and guidelines, are following: Taxation Income tax on
See MoreSlovak Republic: Introduction to country-by-country reporting
The legislative bodies of Slovakia has issued a bill amending Act No. 442/2012 Coll. on international assistance and cooperation in tax administration that introduces the country-by-country (CbC) reporting obligation in Slovakia. The draft
See MoreJersey: Budget for 2017 has been presented
The Treasury and Resources Minister has presented the draft budget 2017 on 18th October 2016. The main tax proposals are given below: Corporate Taxation From previous record, unilateral tax relief has been granted by the Comptroller under a
See MoreAustria: Budget Bill submitted to lower house of parliament
The Budget Bill was submitted to the lower house of the parliament on 12 October 2016. The most important fiscal measures are summarized below: -Tax incentives will be introduced for investments in entities established for the financing of small
See MoreLuxembourg: Draft law presented for 2017 budget
On 12 October 2016, the Luxembourg government presented a draft law for the 2017 budget. The draft law includes some new tax measures applicable from 2017 which are summarized below. Despite the fact that the work on Actions 8-10 of the OECD/G20
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