Bulgaria: Parliament adopts 2025 state budget
Bulgaria’s National Assembly has adopted the draft law on the state budget for 2025 at its second reading on 21 March 2025. The 2025 budget proposes no tax increases and projects a deficit of 3% of the gross domestic product (GDP). It forecasts
See MoreIndia proposes amendments to direct tax laws in Union Budget 2025
India’s government has introduced revisions to the proposed amendments to the Income-tax Act, 1961, as outlined in the Finance Bill, 2025. The Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill 2025 on 25 March 2025, incorporating 35 government amendments. The
See MoreAustralia unveils 2025-26 budget, proposes amendments to tax laws for managed investment trusts
Australia’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers presented the 2025-26 Budget on 25 March 2025. The tax measures are limited and include plans to amend tax laws for managed investment trusts, allowing legitimate investors to access concessional withholding tax
See MoreIsrael: Parliamentary Finance Committee approves 2025 budget
Israel's Parliamentary Finance Committee approved the 2025 state budget on 23 March 2025. The bill proposes that the net state budget for 2025 will stand at about NIS 755.9 billion – the total budget for calculation of the expenditure limit
See MoreCanada: Manitoba announces 2025 budget, features contingency plan to address potential impact of US tariffs
Canada’s provincial state of Manitoba’s Minister of Finance, Adrien Sala, announced the 2025 provincial budget for Manitoba on 20 March 2025, features a contingency fiscal plan to address the potential impact of widespread US tariffs on Canadian
See MoreUK: Finance Act 2025 receives Royal Assent
The UK Finance Bill 2024–25 passed through the House of Lords on 19 March 2025 and received Royal Assent on 20 March 2025. The bill was published as Finance Act 2025 and enacts tax measures from the Autumn Budget 2024, effective from the 2025–26
See MoreCanada announces 2025 budgets for New Brunswick, Saskatchewan
Canada’s provincial states New Brunswick and Saskatchewan have announced their budgets for 2025. New Brunswick 2025-16 budget Finance Minister René Legacy presented the provincial 2025-26 budget for New Brunswick on 18 March 2025. It
See MoreAustria: Budget Restructuring Measures Bill 2025 enters into force
Austria's Budget Restructuring Measures Bill 2025 (Budgetsanierungsmaßnahmengesetz 2025) entered into force following its publication in the Official Gazette on 18 March 2025. Earlier, the bill was passed by Austria’s Lower House of
See MoreGhana: 2025 budget to ease economic pressures on households, businesses
Ghana's Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, presented the 2025 Budget Statement and Economic Policy on 11 March 2025 outlining tax policies and proposals designed to restore fiscal discipline, boost revenue generation, and ease economic
See MoreSouth Africa unveils 2025 budget: Raises VAT and corporate income tax
South Africa's Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, presented the 2025 Budget Speech on 12 March 2025. The minister has proposed raising the VAT rate and corporate and personal income taxes. However, no changes to personal income tax rebates or
See MoreJamaica outlines new tax measures in 2025-26 budget
Jamaica’s Finance Minister Fayval Williams announced a JMD 1.26 trillion budget for 2025-26 on Tuesday, 11 March 2025. The Minister explained that the 2025/26 budget will be funded by JMD 949.5 billion in tax revenues, JMD 139.8 billion in
See MoreMalawi announces 2025-26 budget, cuts corporate tax for non-resident firms
Malawi's Minister of Finance Simplex Chithyola Band presented the 2025-26 Budget Statement on 28 February 2025. The budget, totaling MWK 8 trillion, aims to stabilise the economy in the face of sluggish GDP growth, soaring inflation, and mounting
See MoreCanada: British Columbia 2025 budget proposes real estate tax and film industry changes
The Canadian province of British Columbia unveiled its 2025 budget on 4 March 2025. The 2025 budget has no changes to corporate or personal tax rates. However, it proposes the following tax measures: Increase in the speculation and vacancy tax
See MoreCanada: Nunavut presents 2025-26 budget, no income or corporate tax hike
Canadian province, Nunavut’s Finance Minister Lorne Kusugak delivered the province’s 2025-26 budget on 24 February 2025. The key aspect of the 2025-26 budget is it includes no increases to corporate or income taxes. However, the federal
See MoreCanada: Alberta presents tax measures for 2025 budget
Alberta’s Finance Minister Nate Horner has presented the province’s budget for 2025 on 27 February 2025. Alberta is facing its first deficit since 2020-21, with no clear plan yet to return to a surplus. The province anticipates a CAD 5.2
See MoreHong Kong announces 2025-26 budget, proposes reducing profits tax amongst other measures
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan delivered the 2025-26 budget on 26 February 2025, which included various tax measures such as reducing profits tax, salaries tax and tax under personal assessment; raising the maximum value of properties
See MoreCanada: Nova Scotia announces 2025-26 budget
Nova Scotia's Minister of Finance and Treasury Board, John Lohr, presented the province's fiscal budget for 2025-26 on 18 February 2025. The government’s Capital Plan 2025-26 will invest more than CAD 2.35 billion in healthcare facilities,
See MoreSingapore: PM presents 2025 budget, CIT rebate and investment incentives amongst new tax measures
Singapore’s Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Lawrence Wong, presented the 2025 budget on 18 February 2025 outlining various tax changes which include corporate income tax (CIT) rebate and incentives to drive investments. The key tax
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