Canada: New Brunswick Budget 2017 presented

08 February, 2017

The New Brunswick Province Budget 2017 was delivered on 7th February 2017 by the Finance Minister. The budget decreases the small business income tax rate from 3.5% to 3% that will be effective from 1st April

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India: Proposes to introduce thin capitalization rule

08 February, 2017

Based on India's commitment to counter tax avoidance, recently the Finance Bill, 2017 has proposed to introduce new section i.e. section 94B namely Limitation on interest deduction in certain cases. The said section is in line with the

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Taiwan revised the tax collection law

07 February, 2017

Taiwan is scheduling to modify its tax collection law to accommodate the exchange of tax information with other countries or jurisdictions (i.e. United States and China (People's Rep.). Accordance with a spokesman of the Ministry of Finance (MoF), a

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Ireland: 39% DIRT rate form 2017

05 February, 2017

Deposit Interest Retention Tax (DIRT), at the rate of 39% (from the 1st January 2017) is deducted at source by deposit takers, e.g. banks, building societies, Credit Unions, Post Office Savings Bank, etc. from interest paid or credited on deposits

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Australia: Consultation paper regarding whistleblower protections

02 February, 2017

The Review of tax and corporate whistle-blower protections in Australia consultation paper is seeking public comments to assist the Government with the introduction of appropriate protections for tax whistle-blowers and in assessing the adequacy

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India: Presents Budget for 2017-18

02 February, 2017

The Finance Minister of India presented Budget for 2017-18 to the Parliament on 1 February 2017. Here are the main tax proposals of the Union Budget 2017-2018: Corporate tax: The new Budget introduced following concessional tax rate for small

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India: Finance Minister mentioned 10 measures in his Budget speech for 2017

01 February, 2017

Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today underlined the importance of infrastructure in his scheme of things for the Indian economy while presenting the Union Budget in Parliament. The 10 measures regarding infrastructure summarised here: To

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Vietnam: Tax authority promotes national online tax refund

01 February, 2017

Recently, the General Department of Taxation is speeding up the implementation of online tax refunds on a national scale, a part of the tax reform effort, to create favourable conditions for businesses. A pilot implementation of online tax refunds

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India: Finance Minister presenting the Union Budget 2017-2018

01 February, 2017

Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presenting his fourth Union Budget 2017-2018 at 11 am

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South Africa: SARS issues tax exemption guide for public benefit organization

31 January, 2017

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has issued a tax exemption guide on the income tax exemption for a public benefit organization (PBO) carrying on a public benefit activity (PBA). The guide provides general guidance on approval and taxation

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UK: Draft legislation for corporation tax loss reform

31 January, 2017

On 26 January, draft legislation has published by the Government of UK on the reform of the Corporation Tax loss relief rules. This reforms the tax treatment of certain types of carried-forward loss for corporation tax purposes. The legislation

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India: Union Budget 2017 to be presented on February 1

30 January, 2017

A senior government official said on 19 January 2017, the Indian Government will present the Union Budget for 2017­-18 on February 1, for the financial year starting on 1 April 2017. The first part of the budget session of parliament will start on

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Australia releases guidance on related-party marketing hubs

29 January, 2017

On 16 January 2017, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) issued a Practical Compliance Guideline which sets out the ATO's compliance approach to transfer pricing issues related to the location and relocation of certain business activities and

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Sweden: Government plans excise duty on certain electronic products

29 January, 2017

Recently, the Swedish Government proposed a new legislation regarding tax on chemicals in certain consumer products. Accordingly, the following procedures are proposed: (i) Products subject to excise duty are defined using the tariff classification

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Oman: CIT rate may hike in 2017 Budget

29 January, 2017

On 1 January 2017, the Ministry of Finance of Oman issued a statement on the State’s General Budget for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017. The budget sets forth prospects for revenue collection from tax and other similar sources. CIT laws are expected to

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Mexico provides guidance on electronic receipts

27 January, 2017

The tax administration (Servicio de Administración Tributaria) of Mexico has been issued guidance regarding tax matters in January 2017. The guidelines set standards for compliance with the rule for electronic or digitized tax revenues. A tax

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Germany: Approves the draft bill on the limitation of the deduction of royalties

27 January, 2017

The German Government has approved the draft bill on the limitation of the deduction of royalties on 25 January 2017. The bill generally is based on a draft law that was published by the federal ministry of finance on 19 December

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Colombia: Tax administrative summary of tax reform 2016

26 January, 2017

According to law 1819 of 2016, adopting the structural tax reform bill approved on 23 December 2016, which introduces the following major changes to the tax administration, tax procedures and penalties: Tax administration The tax reform introduces

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