Saudi Arabia: GAZT holds seminar to simplify the transfer pricing regulations
On 17 June 2019, the General Authority of Zakat and Tax (GAZT) of Saudi Arabia has organized a transfer pricing seminar in Riyadh to simplify the key areas of the transfer pricing (TP) regulations published on 15 February 2019 and to address
See MoreColombia: DIAN publishes procedures to submit the TP return, Master file, Local file and CbC report
On 22 May 2019, the Colombian tax authority (DIAN) published regulations for the submission of the Local file and Master file, the Transfer pricing (TP) return, and the Country-by-Country (CbC) report notification corresponding to the 2018 tax year
See MoreBulgaria: Parliament adopts amendments to TP documentation bill at first-reading
On 5 June 2019, the Bulgarian Parliament adopted at first reading amendments to the Tax and Insurance Procedure Code, which introduced the new transfer pricing (TP) documentation requirements. One of the most important changes is in relation to
See MoreBelgium Updates XML Tool and the XSD schema for Local File
The Belgian Federal Public Service (SPF) Finance has published an update version 2.1 of the XML tool and the XSD schema for the Transfer Pricing (TP) Local file (Form 275 LF), which must be used for Local files submitted via the MyMinfin platform
See MoreEgypt publishes a draft of Consolidated Tax Procedures Act
On 17 February 2019, the Ministry of Finance of Egypt has published a draft consolidated tax procedures Act for public discussion. The Act aims to facilitate the procedures related to the collection of various taxes to prevent multiple procedures
See MoreSaudi Arabia: GAZT approves the transfer Pricing Law
On 15 February 2019, the Board of Directors of General Authority of Zakat and Tax (GAZT) of Saudi published a resolution approving transfer pricing Bylaws as well as an additional FAQs document. The law consists of 26 articles, divided into 12
See MoreArgentina releases decree regarding tax reform measures for corporations
On 27 December 2018, Argentina published a Regulatory Decree 1170/2018 in the Official Journal, which entered into force on 28 December 2018. The decree prescribes policy changes to Law 27,430 of 2017, which introduced tax reform measures for 2018.
See MoreKazakhstan: New guidelines of TP Documentation and APA
On 24 December 2018, Mr. Alikhan Smailov, the Finance Minister of Kazakhstan approved forms and procedures for filling the Master files and Local files, effective from January 01, 2019. Generally, the rules for Master file and Local file are in line
See MoreColombia: Tax authority publishes decree regarding tax return and TP documentation deadline
On 27 December 2018, the Colombian Tax Administration (DIAN) has published Decree No.2442 specifying the deadlines for filing and payment of the tax return (declaration) for 2019 and the deadline for transfer pricing documentation, including
See MoreLithuania gazettes new Transfer Pricing rules for 2019
On 31 December 2018, the Lithuanian Official Gazette published an order for the transfer pricing (TP) rules. The new requirements generally reflect measures implementing recommendations under the OECD’s base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS)
See MoreSaudi Arabia: General Authority of Zakat and Tax (GAZT) publishes draft transfer pricing law
On 10 December 2018, General Authority of Zakat and Tax (GAZT) released draft transfer pricing regulations (TPBy-laws) for public consultation. The regulations broadly follow international standards, including the arm’s-length principle and
See MoreBelgium extends transfer pricing documentation deadline
On 7 December 2018, the Federal Service for Finance of Belgium extended the deadline for submitting master file (275MF) and local file (275LF) from 31 December 2018 to 28 February
See MoreAustralia: ATO extends deadline to file CbC reports
Significant Global Entities (SGE) that have a Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting obligation for the year ended 31 December 2017 will be aware that the Local file, Master file, and CbC report are due to be lodged by 31 December 2018. However, due
See MoreEgypt: Ministry of Finance publishes new decree 547 outlining new updated TP guidelines
On 21 October 2018, Egyptian Ministry of Finance has issued new decree 547 providing the authority for new transfer pricing guidelines to be published. The new guidelines introduced three-tiered level of transfer pricing reports for transparency to
See MoreBulgaria: MoF proposes new mandatory documentation rule for transfer pricing
On 5 November 2018, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) published a draft consultation, proposing new mandatory documents for transfer pricing documentation, and a penalty for failure to comply with up to 1% of the value of undocumented transactions. The
See MoreLatvia: Parliament adopts regulation with new requirements for transfer pricing documentation
On 25 October 2018 the Parliament approved amendments to the law ‘On taxes and duties’ which introduce in Latvia the OECD format of the transfer pricing documentation. The law was published on 14 November 2018 as the official Gazette no
See MoreArgentina: General Resolution 4332/2018 publishes regarding CbC reporting requirements
The Federal Administration of Public Revenues (AFIP) has published General Resolution 4332 of 8 November 2018, which includes several amendments to General Resolution 4130 regarding Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting. It enters into force from
See MoreColombia issues resolution on Local file and master file submission
CbC reporting requirement-Timing: On 30 July 2018, Resolution 40 of 26 July 2018 was published in the Official Journal. Accordingly, if a constituent entity is required to submit a specific transfer pricing form (form 120), the CbCR notification
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