Nigeria: Non-resident companies has made deduction of recharges

11 December, 2014

The Court of Appeal has set a decision about a case entitled Federal Board of Inland Revenue v. Halliburton (WA) Limited (CA/L/320/2009) on 2nd December 2014 for determining whether by requiring Halliburton WA to pay tax on the amounts received

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UK:HMRC gives small businesses additional guidance on Value Added Tax (VAT) for digital service suppliers

10 December, 2014

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published additional guidance for UK micro and small businesses who supply digital services to consumers in other EU Member States. The Revenue and Customs brief tells them: how to comply with new VAT rules on

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Ecuador: Tax Reform Proposed

10 December, 2014

A Tax Reform bill was sent by the President of Ecuador to the National Assembly for discussion, on 28 November 2014. There are several changes in the proposed Tax Reform Bill to the current tax law. The changes are following: The general

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UK: Government publishes draft tax legislation to implement Budget and Autumn Statement 2014 policies

10 December, 2014

The government of UK has published draft tax legislation on December 10, 2014 which will implement policies published at Budget 2014 and Autumn Statement 2014. The government has also published responses to related policy consultations which took

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Canada: Exemption of tax for immigrant trusts ends

09 December, 2014

The immigrated individuals in Canada within the previous 5 years and has built a non-Canadian resident trust prior to their immigration need to be alert that the income tax exemption from immigrant trusts expires after 31st December 2014. According

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Russia: Taxation of Controlled Foreign Companies and other anti-offshore measures

09 December, 2014

The amendments to the Tax Code on CFC, has focused on the following matters: Controlled foreign companies Beneficial ownership Tax residence determination by the company's management place Taxation of real estate transactions Criminal

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Kazakhstan: President has signed a Law for amending Tax Code

08 December, 2014

The President of Kazakhstan has signed a Law No. 257-V on 28th November 2014 for introducing amendments to the Tax Code. The following changes will enter into force from 1st January 2015: Due to calculate corporate income tax, withholding tax at

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Venezuela: Amendments to VAT legislation

08 December, 2014

The Decree No. 1436 became publicly available on 28th November 2014. The decree introduces amendments to the VAT legislation. This decree entered into force on 1st December 2014. The main amendments are given below: VAT input tax cannot be

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Venezuela: Amendment in Corporate Income Tax Law

08 December, 2014

A Presidential Decree No. 1.435 changes the Income Tax Law has released in official Gazette No. 6.152 of 18th November 2014 and applies to the taxable periods that start from 1st January 2015. The major amendments to the corporate income tax are

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UAE: Memorandum of Understanding Signed with Free Zone

07 December, 2014

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ras al-Khaimah Free Trade Zone, (RAK FTZ) on 17th November, 2014 (WAM). This agreement ensures that the free zone complies with the

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Argentina: New decree creates for monitoring transfer pricing rules

07 December, 2014

Tax Authority has published Decree 2103/2014 on 17 November 2014, in order to created a special unit to monitor cross-border trade and coordinate the work of the various government bodies to ensure the correct application of the law on international

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Germany approves tax break for electric vehicles purchases as company cars

05 December, 2014

The Germany Cabinet on December 3, 2014 has approved measures on allowing a tax break for purchasing electric vehicle as company cars. The government of Germany has aimed to have one million electric cars on its roads by 2020 to cut its greenhouse

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Information regarding Transfer pricing reporting requirements in Czech Republic

05 December, 2014

The General Tax Directorate has released information regarding the new transfer pricing reporting requirements on its website and confirms that tax audits, the tax authorities will pay special attention to transactions with related parties and the

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Canada Revenue Agency’s findings on research tax credit

05 December, 2014

The tax credit program of Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) proposes generous incentives for business undertaking eligible research or experimental development work and it has administrated by the Canada Revenue Agency

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Russia: Law providing CFC rules signed

04 December, 2014

The President of Russia has signed a Federal Law No. 376-FZ for introducing the CFC rules on 24th November 2014. The law enters into force with effect from 1st January

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Turkey: Turkish Petroleum Law regarding Taxation, Import, Export and Transfers

04 December, 2014

The Turkish Petroleum Law came into force on 11 June 2013. This Law introduced a revolution in the Turkish oil and gas industry as it levelled the playing field for foreign investors and removed the privileged rights of the State oil company. As

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Transfer Pricing Brief: November 2014

03 December, 2014

Australia Transfer Pricing Rule-The reconstruction provisions are contained in section 815-130 ITAA 1997. TR 2014/6 gives guidance on identifying situations where the form of commercial or financial relations differs from the

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World Tax Brief : November 2014

03 December, 2014

Chile Main corporate tax rates: Under the Law 20,780A,  20% of tax rate applies in 2014 to Chilean companies or permanent establishments of foreign companies. Under legislation enacted in September 2014 the corporate income tax rate will rise to

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