Russia: New version of draft law on BEPS Action 13 implementation issued

09 September, 2016

The Finance Ministry has issued a new version of the draft law on 6th September 2016 regarding BEPS Action 13 implementation. The draft law proposes the following topics: BEPS related compliance: Documentation requirement: Master file: As per the

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Turkey: Amendment in transfer pricing legislation

19 August, 2016

The Law No. 6728 on the amendment of certain laws for the improvement of the investment landscape has been published in the Official Gazette on 9 August 2016. This law amended certain transfer pricing provisions. Some of the provisions are given

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Canada: Country-by-country reporting legislation introduced

09 August, 2016

Following on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Base Erosion and Profit Sharing (BEPS) initiative, the Finance Department has released draft legislative proposals on 29th July 2016 that would implement certain

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China issued new rules on TP documentation requirement

30 July, 2016

China issued Bulletin 42 to introduce a requirement for a master file for MNC group resident in China if their annual inter-company transaction amount exceeds RMB 1 billion. The master file requirement is effective from fiscal year 2016. A master

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Belgium issued new rules on CbC reporting and TP documentation requirement

30 July, 2016

Belgium issued regulation to introduce a requirement for a master file and a local file for MNC group resident in Belgium if it satisfies one of the three thresholds like a sum of operational and financial income of €50 million; or a balance

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Austria: Publishes government bill of new Transfer Pricing Documentation Law

27 July, 2016

Finance (MoF) published the government bill of the European Union (EU) Tax Amendment Act 2016, including among other provisions, the new Austrian Transfer Pricing Documentation Law (TPDL). This follows the publication of the draft TPDL on 9 May 2016

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Japan: The penalty for failure to submit the CbC report or the Master File by the due date

20 June, 2016

Japan’s 2016 tax reform was enacted on 29 March 2016 and at the end of April 2016, the National Tax Agency posted guidance on its website to help clarify the documentation requirements within Japan. The tax reform also implements penalties for a

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Austria: Proposes legislation on Transfer Pricing documentation and CbC reporting

08 June, 2016

The Austrian Ministry of Finance (MoF) has published draft legislation to implement the Master File in line with the new OECD standard. The legislation includes a requirement to prepare a Master file, Local file(s), and CbCR. The new requirements

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Tanzanian Requires Taxpayers with Related-Party Transactions Contemporaneous Transfer Pricing Documentation

02 April, 2016

The requirement for transfer pricing documentation has been in place since February 7, 2014 but the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) had not previously enforced this requirement. TRA have started requesting transfer pricing documentation from

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France-Approved Finance Bill 2016 and amended Finance Bill 2015

24 December, 2015

The French Parliament approved the Finance Bill for 2016 and and the amended Finance Bill for 2015 on 17 December 2015. The Finance Bill enacts the country-by-country (CbC) reporting requirement into the legislation of France. From 1 January 2016

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Korea: Tax reform bill of 2016 enacted

20 December, 2015

The National Assembly of Korea passed the Tax Reform Bill of 2016 on 2 December 2015. The bill was enacted on 15 December 2015 and certain Enforcement Decrees are expected to be approved by the Government in the near future. According to the

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Mexico: New requirements for documentation

12 December, 2015

Mexico has introduced transfer pricing documentation requirements for a master file and local file in line with the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project from 1 January 2016. It will be mandatory to prepare this information for

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France adopts country-by-country reporting requirement

26 November, 2015

The lower house of the parliament in France adopted an amendment to the Finance Bill for 2016 on 12 November 2015. The amended Finance Bill introduces a country-by-country reporting requirement for multinational companies which will be applicable

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Greece: Enacted Rules on Transfer Pricing Penalties and Issued Guidance on TP Documentation

29 October, 2015

Greece enacted changes to the applicable transfer pricing (TP) documentation rules based on Law 4337/17.10.2015 on 17 October 2015 and issues guidance. Based on the new Law 4337/17.10.2015, the following changes are introduced to the penalties

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Australia introduced multinational anti-avoidance law, CbC reporting and increased penalties

01 October, 2015

The Treasurer of Australia introduced a Bill to implement the announced multinational anti-avoidance law to apply to foreign multinationals generating certain profits earned from Australia without an Australian permanent establishment;

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UK: Summary of responses to penalties discussion document

21 September, 2015

On 17 September 2015 HMRC issued a summary of responses to a discussion document on penalties. The original discussion document published on 2 February 2015 put forward five principles that should be the basis for any tax penalty regime. These are

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The Netherlands -Draft law implementing new transfer pricing documentation requirements

20 September, 2015

The Dutch State Secretary of Finance released a draft law providing changes to the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act 1969 on 15 September 2015. The proposed changes involve supplementary transfer pricing documentation requirements in line with the

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Ukraine: President sigend the law on amendments to transfer pricing regulations

26 August, 2015

President of Ukraine has signed the Law No. 609-VIII on 7 August 2015 regarding Amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine (in respect of transfer pricing)" (the Law). The Law was officially published on August 10, 2015, and came into force from August

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