US: Trump comments on import tariffs
President-elect Donald Trump has repeated his intention to raise import tariffs on US multinational companies that move their production abroad and then sell products back into the United States. He has given his opinion during a press conference on
See MorePakistan: Introduces 2% tax rebate
The federal government has approved the tax reduction proposal of 2% for Shariah-compliant listed companies through Finance Act
See MoreIceland: Threshold increases for VAT registration
The Directorate of Internal Revenue issued a declaration on 9 January 2017 regarding VAT registration and invoice issuance. If the supply of goods and services is below ISK 2 million within a tax year duration, the business does not need to register
See MoreBrazil issues common reporting standard
Normative Instruction 1,680/2016 has been issued in the official gazette on 29 December 2016 regarding the implementation of the identification of financial accounts. Under the normative instruction, companies are required to submit the e-financeira
See MoreTaiwan: Ministry of Finance issues amendment to guidelines on enterprise income tax audit
Ministry of Finance issued an amendment to the guidelines on Enterprise Income Tax Audit (EITAG) on 4 January 2017. According to the amended guideline income tax returns of enterprises of 2016 are required to be submitted before 31 May 2017. The
See MorePoland issues Decree on mortgage loan limit for 2017
Polish Monitor (M.P. no 2016.1245), issued Decree of the Minister of Finance on 16 December 2016. According to the decree the limit for subtraction of interest expenses on mortgage loans for qualified taxpayers in 2017 is PLN 325,990.Generally,
See MorePakistan: FBR Publishes Audit policy 2016
The new Audit Policy 2016, approved by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on 3 January 2017 for selection of taxpayers for audit, would also include those cases in the parametric selection process which were earlier selected for audit last year.
See MoreFrance –Published Finance Law for 2017
In France, the Financial Law 2017 had been published under Law No 2016-1917 on 30 December 2016. On 29 December 2016, the Constitutional Court issued its decision on the comparability of certain provisions of the Financial Law 2017 with the
See MoreIceland: Ministry of Finance publishes regulation on country-by-country reporting
The Ministry of Finance and the Economy published Regulation No. 1166/2016 on the submission of country-by-country reports (CbC) on 22 December 2016. Under the article 3 of the regulation, Iceland’s parent company resident need to submit a CbC
See MoreColombian Chamber of Representatives and Senate approve tax reform bill
The Colombian Chamber of Representatives and the Senate approved the tax reform bill filed by the government, on 23 December 2016. The Chamber of Representatives and the Senate have passed different versions of bill and the approved texts of the
See MoreIndia: Service charge on restaurant bill not mandatory
The Department of Consumer Affairs on 2 January 2017 said that service charges on a restaurant bill in addition to taxes are optional and the consumer has the discretion to pay a service charge or not. Customers dissatisfied with service at any
See MoreBrazil issues changes to tax on services
Complementary Law 157/2016 modifies the Complementary Law 116/2003 and starts new rules for the tax on services and issued in the Official Gazette on 30 December 2016. As stated by the law fundamental changes are- the minimum tax rate increase from
See MoreTaiwan: Ministry of Finance introduces electronic filing for non-resident taxpayers
The Ministry of Finance (Gao Xiong Tax Bureau) has announced on its website that non-resident taxpayers may file tax returns online in the same way as resident taxpayers from 1 January 2017. Additionally, withholding agents of non-resident taxpayers
See MoreCzech Republic: Bill introducing CbC reporting submitted to parliament
The government of Czech Republic has submitted a bill on 22nd December 2016 to the parliament, which, if approved, would announce changes to the Law on International Cooperation in the Administration of Taxes. It would implement the provisions
See MoreLuxembourg: Parliament does not support EU proposal on CCCTB
The Luxembourg parliament on 22 December 2016 adopted a resolution indicating that Luxembourg does not support the re-launched Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) proposal because it is regarded as incompatible with the subsidiarity and
See MoreIndia: Court’s decision on Computing section 10A deduction and intra-group services
Recently, In the case of Yokogawa India Ltd, The Supreme Court of India decided that the deduction under section 10A of the Income-tax Act, 1961, is to be determined at the point when computing the gross total income of the eligible undertaking and
See MoreAustria: Publishes standardized transfer pricing documentation
The regulation on the implementation of standardised transfer pricing documentation was gazetted on 21 December 2016. The documentation requirements are in accordance with the recommendations of the Final Report on Action 13 of the OECD BEPS
See MoreGreece: Draft bill on electronic payments adopted
The draft bill regarding electric payments has been adopted by the parliament on 21st December 2016 and it was presented to the parliament for approval on 12th December 2016. On the basis of the adopted text, companies that receive transactions by
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