Montenegro: Parliament adopts BEPS MLI
Montenegro’s parliament adopted the draft law ratifying the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty-Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI) on 27 December 2025. Once the internal ratification process is
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Hong Kong: IRD updates FAQs on mainland China tax cooperation
The Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department has released updated and new FAQs on the 2006 income tax arrangement with Mainland China, including revisions related to the determination of individual residence. Updated questions Question 1: According
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Ireland: Irish Revenue updates corporate investment relief guidance
Irish Revenue has published eBrief No. 248/25 on 22 December 2025, providing updated guidance on the various reliefs available for investments in corporate trades. The contents of Tax and Duty Manual (TDM) Part 16-00-02 Relief for Investment in
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Spain: Tax Agency unveils 2026 VAT, PIT, corporate tax measures
The Spanish Tax Agency has introduced new tax measures under Royal Decree-Law 16/2025 of 23 December 2025, published in the Official State Gazette on 24 December. The decree aims to support socially vulnerable groups and implement urgent tax and
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Korea (Rep): Ministry of Economy and Finance unveils tax incentives to boost domestic investment, FX stability
The Korea (Rep)’s Ministry of Economy and Finance announced tax support measures for domestic investment and foreign exchange (FX) stability, aimed at promoting the revitalisation of the domestic capital market and addressing structural
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US: Treasury, IRS issue final BEAT guidance on qualified derivative payments in securities lending transactions
The US Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations in the Federal Register on 18 December 2025, outlining how qualified derivative payments (QDPs) are determined and reported in securities lending transactions
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Italy: Senate approves 2026 budget, increases taxes on banks
Italy’s government secured a decisive vote of confidence in the Senate on 30 December 2025 for its 2026 budget, winning 113 votes to 70, keeping it on track for final approval by parliament before year-end. The budget now moves to the lower
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Cyprus: Parliament passes tax reform package, introduces 120% R&D deductions
The Cyprus parliament passed a major tax reform package on 22 December 2025, introducing higher corporate taxation, expanded personal tax relief, new rules for crypto-asset income, and strengthened compliance mechanisms, alongside targeted
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Bahrain: Cabinet approves fiscal reforms, introduces 10% profit tax
Bahrain’s Cabinet approved a package of fiscal and economic measures aimed at curbing government spending, increasing revenues and safeguarding key subsidies, following a Cabinet meeting chaired by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Salman bin
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Turkey to cut digital services tax rate in phases
Turkey has reduced its digital services tax (DST) with the publication of Presidential Decree No. 10767 in the Official Gazette (No. 33118) on 25 December 2025. The decree lowers the DST rate from 7.5% to 5% starting 1 January 2026 and further to
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Taiwan: Profit-Seeking enterprises must submit tax return attachments by deadline
Taiwan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) has reminded profit-seeking enterprises with a special fiscal year to submit all required attachments when filing profit-seeking enterprise income tax returns, except for those exempt under relevant
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Taiwan: MoF extends electric vehicle tax exemption until 2030
Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) states that in order to enhance the willingness of consumers to purchase completely electric-operated automobiles or motorcycles , the Legislative Yuan passed on its third reading the draft of the amendment to
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Taiwan: Taipei Tax Bureau clarifies certain share, capital contribution transactions to be taxed as real estate deals
Taiwan’s The Taipei National Taxation Bureau of the Ministry of Finance stated that, in order to prevent individuals and profit-making enterprises from effectively transferring the real estate and land within China of the invested profit-making
See MoreHong Kong: IRD adjusts interest on tax reserve certificates
The Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department (IRD) announced, on 24 December 2025, that starting from 5 January 2026, the new annual rate of interest payable on Tax Reserve Certificates will be 0.2417% against the current rate of 0.2583%, i.e. the new
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OECD updates GIR MCAA signatories list
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published an updated list of signatories, including their signing dates, to the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Exchange of Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE)
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Italy announces statutory interest rate for 2026
Italy has published the Decree of 10 December 2025 in the Official Gazette, which sets a 1.6% statutory (legal) interest rate (down from 2.0%) with effect from 1 January 2026. The statutory interest rate applies to the taxation of interest income
See MoreTaiwan: Tax Authority updates rules for real estate sales by for-profit enterprises
Taiwan’s Central Area National Taxation Bureau of the Ministry of Finance has reminded for-profit enterprises that, from 1 July 2021, sales of real estate purchased after 1 January 2016 are subject to the Integrated Housing and Land Tax
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Russia: Central bank cuts key rate by 50 bps as Inflation pressures ease
The Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia on 19 December 2025 decided to cut the key rate by 50 basis points to 16.00% per annum, citing easing underlying price pressures and the economy’s gradual return to a balanced growth path. Bank of
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