COVID-19: Indonesia publishes further guidance in response to coronavirus outbreak
On 31 March 2020, Indonesia President signed the Government Regulation No. 1 for 2020 (PERPPU-1) in handling COVID-19 outbreak. The regulation includes the following tax measures. The CIT rate is reduced from 25% to 22% for tax years 2020
See MoreKenya: President announces tax relief measures in response to COVID-19 pandemic
On 25 March 2020, the Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta outlined tax proposals intended to provide the following tax relief measures regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A reduction in corporate tax for companies from 30% to 25%. It is
See MoreSpain: Cabinet approves a draft bill for digital services tax (DST)
On 18 February 2020, the Spanish Cabinet reportedly approved a draft bill for the introduction of a digital services tax (DST). A 3% DST will be applicable for large companies whose respective groups have revenue of at least EUR 750 million
See MoreChile: Senate approves Tax Reform Bill
On 29 January 2020, the Senate approved a Tax Reform Bill. Once in force, the proposed measures will generally apply as from 1 January 2020, except the VAT requirements for digital services, which will be implemented three months after the law is
See MoreItaly enacts digital services tax
The Italian Budget Law 2020 introduces a 3% unilateral ‘Digital Services Tax (DST)’ replacing the “Web Tax” and entered into force as of 1 January 2020. The Digital Services Tax (DST) rate is 3% and applies on the revenues from digital
See MoreCroatia: Government publishes tax reform effective as from 1 January 2020
On December 11, 2019, the Croatian Government published Law in the Official Gazette to require taxpayers/ intermediaries to report information on certain tax arrangements. Some of the changes are given below: Corporate income tax/Profit
See MoreNigeria: President signs Finance Bill 2019 into Law
On 13 January 2020, the President, Muhammadu Buhari, signed the 2019 Finance bill into law. It was submitted alongside the 2020 budget to the National Assembly. The new law contains over 90 changes to 7 different tax laws. Corporate income
See MoreAustria: Government publishes Program for 2020-2024 regarding tax measures
The Government released its Program for 2020-2024 regarding several tax reform measures. Corporate tax The Program proposed to increase the threshold of corporate income tax from EUR 30,000 to EUR 100,000 and reduce the corporate income tax
See MoreColombia enacts amended tax reform law
On 27 December 2019, Colombia has enacted tax reform law (Law 2010), which replaces the previous tax reform (Law 1943). The previous Law was held to be unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court on 16 October 2019 but was allowed to be in force
See MoreArgentina: Tax Authority publishes Law 27541 for implementing tax reform 2020
On 23rd December 2019, Argentina published Law 27541 regarding Social Solidarity and Productive Reactivation in the Official Gazette, which contains measures on corporate income tax, personal income tax, dividend withholding tax etc. The Law was
See MoreFrance: Parliament adopts Finance Bill 2020
On 19 December 2019, The French parliament adopted the Finance Bill for the year 2020 but it is still require to review by the constitutional court. Provisions include in the Finance Bill are given below: Corporate Tax rate The draft Finance
See MoreGreece: Parliament adopts tax reform measures
On 6th December 2019, Greek Parliament approved tax reform bill (Law 4646/2019), which contains several measures regarding corporate income tax, personal income tax, withholding tax rates, the participation exemption for capital gains
See MoreIndia: Parliament passes Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019
On 5 December 2019, the upper house of parliament passed the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha (Lower house) on 2 December 2019. The bill repeals The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019. The bill also
See MoreLithuania proposes amendments to the CITL
On 31 October 2019, the parliament proposed a Bill (No. XIIIP-4116) to amend the Corporate Income Tax Law (CITL). The proposal includes the following measures: The taxable profit of a Lithuanian entities and a Lithuanian permanent
See MoreFrance: National Assembly adopts first reading of Finance Bill for 2020
On 19 November 2019, the National Assembly adopted the first reading of the PLF (Finance Bill) for the year 2020. The Minister of Economy and Finance and the Minister of Action and Public Accounts presented the draft budget law for 2020 on 27
See MoreGreece: Government sent tax reform bill to the Parliament
On 26 November 2019, the government submitted its second tax bill to Parliament, paving the way for income, corporate and dividends tax to be reduced, giving new democracy some relief from a public sector hirings controversy. On 12 September 2019,
See MoreKenya: President approves the finance act 2019
On 7 November 2019, the Kenyan president approved a law of the parliament, the Finance Act of 2019. The act proposes significant changes to various tax laws in Kenya, including the Income Tax Act, the Capital Markets Act and the Banking Law. Key
See MoreSlovenia approves amendments to the Corporate Income Tax Act
On 23 October 2019, the Slovenian government adopted amendments to the Corporate Income Tax Act. The amendments are following: The Corporate income tax is increased from 19% to 20%;A minimum corporate tax at a rate of 7% is introduced which
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