Greece: AADE extends VAT transition deadlines for farmers with high subsidies
Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) has issued circular E.2014/2026 on 24 March 2026, providing guidance on submitting change-of-status declarations for farmers moving from the special VAT regime to the standard VAT regime
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New Zealand consults on draft tax debt relief guidance
New Zealand Inland Revenue has released a draft Standard Practice Statement (SPS) on 27 March 2026, updating and replacing SPS 18/04. The draft sets out the Commissioner’s approach to relief from tax debt under the TAA 1994 for individuals,
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Hong Kong adjusts tax reserve certificate interest rates
Hong Kong’s Inland Revenue Department announced on 2 April 2026 that starting from 8 April 2026, the new annual rate of interest payable on Tax Reserve Certificates will be 0.1500% against the current rate of 0.2417%, i.e. the new rate will be HKD
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Croatia gazettes reduced VAT rate extension for natural gas, heating
Croatia has gazetted the Law on the Amendment of the Value Added Tax Act on 27 March 2026. This law extends the application of the reduced VAT rate of 5% for natural gas, district heating, firewood, pellets, briquettes, and wood chips for an
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Qatar: GTA announces capital gains tax exemption for corporate restructuring
Qatar’s General Tax Authority (GTA) announced official clarifications regarding capital gains tax, including an exemption for gains arising from intra-group restructuring on 29 March 2026, which was first announced in May 2025. The GTA
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Belgium clarifies financial fixed asset requirement for dividend withholding tax exemption
Following parliamentary questions, the Belgian Minister of Finance has provided clarification on the financial fixed asset condition for applying the Tate & Lyle dividend withholding tax exemption (the exemption) for dividends paid to
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Russia updates reporting rules for foreign accounts, electronic payments
Russia’s government Resolution No. 305, published in the Official Gazette on 24 March 2026, introduces amendments to reporting requirements for resident legal entities regarding foreign accounts and electronic payment instruments (EPI). The decree
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Hong Kong introduces upgraded e-filing for profits tax, implements electronic block extension scheme
The Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department announced the new versions and enhanced features of the electronic filing (e-filing) of profits tax return services and the full adoption of the Electronic Block Extension Scheme on 1 April 2026. In
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Hong Kong: IRD releases 2025–26 tax returns for profits, property
The Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has announced the issuance of profits tax, property tax, and employers’ returns for the 2025–26 tax year on 1 April 2026. IRD has issued about 270, 000 profits tax returns, 120, 000 property tax
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Spain cuts corporate, VAT, energy taxes under crisis response plan
Spain’s Tax Agency has issued a statement outlining the tax provisions of Royal Decree-Law 7/2026 on 20 March 2026. Published in the Official State Gazette on 21 March, the decree enacts the Comprehensive Response Plan to the Crisis in the Middle
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ATAF, OECD deliver new tax capacity-building workshops on transfer pricing simplification for African countries
The OECD announced on 31 March 2026 that the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) and the OECD have completed a new series of joint workshops to support advancing transfer pricing simplification across the African region, bringing together more
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Italy issues rules for optional substitute tax as alternative to CFC regime
Italy’s tax authorities have issued updated guidance, under Protocol No. 106520 of 31 March 2026, which details the voluntary tax option that allows Italian controlling entities to pay a flat 15% substitute tax on the net accounting profits of
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Australia: ATO issues guidance on revising global, domestic minimum tax assessments, GIR
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) issued new guidance on Amending a global and domestic minimum tax assessment and Globe Information Return (GIR) on 31 March 2026. Check if an amendment is needed To correct mistakes in relation to the
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Uganda tables new tax bills, includes 30% levy on secondhand clothes
Uganda’s Government has tabled new tax Bills, with a 30% environmental levy on imported secondhand clothes. The Bills were tabled by the Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (General Duties), Hon. Henry Musasizi,
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Luxembourg enacts DAC8 crypto reporting rules
Luxembourg has enacted a new law implementing EU Directive 2023/2226 (DAC8) on 27 March 2026, setting out reporting requirements for Crypto-Asset Service Providers (CASPs). The rules take effect from 1 January 2026 and apply to both authorised
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Netherlands: Senate approves DAC8 crypto-asset reporting implementation billÂ
The Netherlands Senate (upper house of the parliament) has adopted a bill on the implementation of the rules of the Amending Directive to the 2011 Directive on Administrative Cooperation (2023/2226) (DAC8) on crypto-asset reporting, which was
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Greece consults DAC9 Top-up Tax Information Return, DAC8 crypto-asset reporting
The Greek Ministry of Finance (MoF) has launched a public consultation on a draft bill aimed at modernising administrative cooperation in taxation and implementing recent European Union directives on 29 March 2026, after which it is expected to
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Turkey raises withholding tax on non-TEFAS equity fund gains
Turkey’s Revenue Administration has published Presidential Decree No. 11107 in the Official Gazette (No. 33206) on 27 March 2026, increasing the withholding tax rate on gains from participation shares in equity-intensive funds that are not traded
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