Latvia adopts legislation to enforce DAC8
Latvia published the Law on Amendments to the Law on Taxes and Duties in the Official Gazette on 21 November 2025, introducing measures to implement Council Directive (EU) 2023/2226 of 17 October 2023 (DAC8), including new reporting and due
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Austria: Government approves draft law to implement crypto reporting rules (DAC8)
The Austrian government has approved a draft law to implement the Amending Directive to the 2011 Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC8, 2023/2226). The legislative proposal focuses on introducing the Betrugsbekämpfungsgesetz 2025 Teil
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Germany: MoF expands CbCR to additional jurisdictions
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Finance has announced on 19 November 2025, that the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) on the exchange of country-by-country reports (CbCR) will be extended to include Antigua and Barbuda, Cameroon,
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Ecuador updates tax haven list, removes UAE
Ecuador has removed the UAE from its list of tax havens under Resolution No. NAC-DGERCGC25-00000037, published in the Official Registry on 17 November 2025. As a result, anti-tax-haven measures, including higher withholding tax rates and
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Lithuania: MoF consults DAC8 tax information exchange rule amendments
The Lithuanian Ministry of Finance (MoF) opened a public consultation on 17 November 2025, proposing changes to Order No. VA-114, which regulates mutual assistance and the exchange of tax information with EU Member States. The amendments are
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OECD publishes tax information exchange peer review findings for Eswatini, Jordan, Vietnam
The OECD has unveiled new peer review reports on tax information exchange for Eswatini, Jordan, and Vietnam on 10 November 2025. The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (Global Forum) published the peer
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UAE: MoF to adopt updated Common Reporting Standard 2.0
The UAE’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced, on 8 November 2025, that the country is committed to implement the updated Common Reporting Standard (CRS 2.0) issued by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The
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Slovenia launches DAC8 crypto reporting website
Slovenia’s tax authorities launched a dedicated website to guide crypto asset service providers on DAC8 and CARF reporting on 3 November 2025 Following its accession to the Multilateral Agreement on 27 November 2024, Slovenia extended automatic
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Hong Kong: IRD mandates digital residency certificate for tax benefits under mainland China agreement
The Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has announced that, effective 10 November 2025, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will issue digital Certificates of Resident Status in place of paper certificates for tax benefits under the
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Albania, Chile, UAE sign addendum to the CRS MCAA
OECD reported that Albania, Chile, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed the Addendum to the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information (CRS MCAA). The Addendum to the CRS MCAA
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Algeria: NTA raises penalties for failure to meet registration duty requirements
Algeria’s tax authority (NTA) issued a circular on 29 October 2025 announcing higher fines for failing to comply with registration duty requirements, effective from 1 January 2025. The circular communicates modifications introduced by Articles
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Ireland: Revenue releases updated guidance for CT1 2025 filings
Irish Revenue has issued eBrief No. 203/25 on 30 October 2025, introducing a new section of the Tax and Duty Manual (TDM), Part 38-02-01J, which guides completing Corporation Tax Returns (Form CT1) for accounting periods ending in 2025. The TDM
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EU: CJEU rejects Dutch firm’s appeal contesting the global minimum tax directive
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rejected an appeal filed by Dutch multinational enterprise group Fugro NV on 30 October 2025, upholding the EU General Court’s earlier decision to dismiss the company's challenge to the EU Global
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El Salvador offers tax amnesty for pending obligations through July 2025
Regfollower Desk El Salvador's Legislative Assembly has introduced Decree No. 427 of 25 October 2025, which establishes a Special and Transitory Law to provide a tax amnesty regime. This initiative, spearheaded by the President and the Minister
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Russia introduces law allowing financial platforms operators to act as parties in financial transactions involving securities, digital rights they issue
Regfollower Desk The President of Russia has signed a new law permitting operators of financial platforms to act as parties in financial transactions involving securities and digital rights they issue. The legislation also expands the list
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Colombia: DIAN updates foreign exchange reporting rules
DIAN issues Resolution 230 of 2025, updating quarterly reporting rules for foreign exchange operations. Colombia's National Tax and Customs Directorate (DIAN) issued Resolution 230 on 20 October 2025, amending Article 2.2.5 of Resolution 180 of
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Bulgaria: Council of Ministers approves CRS MCAA addendum to include crypto-asset reporting
Bulgaria approved the CRS MCAA Addendum on 21 October 2025, expanding reporting to include crypto-assets under the OECD’s CARF, with exchanges set to begin by 2027. The Bulgarian Council of Ministers approved the Addendum to the 2024
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EU signs amending protocol updating tax cooperation agreement with Switzerland
The EU and Switzerland have signed a protocol updating tax cooperation, expanding automatic financial data exchange and introducing a framework for VAT recovery, effective from 2026. The European Commission announced, on 20 October 2025, that it
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