OECD: Measures to Facilitate Withholding Tax Relief Claims

September 18, 2021

On 6 September 2021 the OECD issued a document entitled: Tax administration responses to COVID-19: Administrative measures to facilitate withholding tax relief claims. Cross-border withholding tax relief procedures are frequently reliant on

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Malta: Finance Minister presents Budget for 2020

October 25, 2020

On 19 October 2020, the Minister for Finance, Edward Scicluna presented the Budget for 2021 to the Parliament. The budget has no tax increases. The key measures regarding tax and incentives are as follows: The tax refund check will be

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Ecuador publishes income tax refund process

March 06, 2017

The Internal Revenue Service (SRI) of Ecuador published Resolution NAC-DGERCGC17-00000121 in the Official Gazette, on 20 February 2017. The Resolution establishes the process to request a tax refund of the income tax paid in excess. The key

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South Africa: SARS Reminds Employers Of ETI Refund Process

October 08, 2014

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has reminded employers that the legislation that set up the Employment Tax Incentive from January 1 this year also includes a refund process. The Employment Tax Incentive Act and the draft amendments to this

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Finland: Bank account number required for tax refunds

October 07, 2014

Finish tax authorities have urged the taxpayers to inform their bank account so that they can receive tax refunds directly to their bank account, especially those who have a new or changed bank account. If the taxpayer already has bank account

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US: IRS limits Electronic Refund

July 09, 2014

The Inland Revenue Service is going to introduce new procedures to combat and sort out theft in US, with effect from January 2015. The process will limit to three the number of refunds that can be electronically deposited into a single financial

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US – IRS Has Unclaimed 2010 Refunds For Almost 1m Taxpayers

March 31, 2014

The IRS has indicated that almost a million taxpayers are due tax refunds that have not yet been claimed, because they have not yet filed a federal tax return for 2010. As there is a three year deadline for such claims the returns must be filed by

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South Africa: Revenue Service increases Transfer Duty Refund System

February 24, 2014

The South African Revenue Service’s (SARS’s) will not process manual requests for Transfer Duty refunds after February 17, 2014. This is follows introduction of electronic submission for Transfer Duty declarations and an e-Account for Transfer

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Uruguay: Extension of tax refund for exports

February 17, 2014

Uruguay has extended the 4% tax refund for exports of specific products to 30 June 2014 through Executive Decree 393/013. The aim of the measure is to protect different industries that were negatively affected by the decrease in international demand

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