Bulgaria: Consultation on draft Law for implementing EU ATAD

13 September, 2018

The Finance Ministry is consulting on draft legislation for the execution of certain measures of the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD). A new interest limitation rule was proposed in this draft Law. This new rule would restrict the amount of

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Ireland announces corporation tax roadmap

09 September, 2018

On 5 September 2018, the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure & Reform, Paschal Donohoe T.D., has published Ireland’s Corporation Tax Roadmap. The Roadmap takes stock of the changing international tax environment, outlines the actions

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Australia: Parliament adopts hybrid mismatch legislation

26 August, 2018

On 16 August 2018, Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Integrity and Other Measures No. 2) Bill 2018 containing the hybrid mismatch integrity measures was passed by the Parliament. The bill includes the measures to prevent entities that are liable to

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Australia: Draft PCG for Restructures of Hybrid Mismatch Arrangements

24 June, 2018

As part of the 2016-17 Federal Budget, the Australian government announced it would implement the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Hybrid Mismatch rules developed under Action Item 2 of the OECD Base Erosion and Profit

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Australia updates international dealings schedule for 2018 tax year

14 June, 2018

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released the 2018 International dealings schedule (IDS) and their instructions for 2018 tax years. The IDS must be lodged by businesses that provide a response at the trigger questions of the relevant

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Korea: Imposed limitation on expense deductions relating to hybrid financial instruments

27 March, 2018

The 2018 Tax Reform introduces a limitation on deductible expenses relating to hybrid mismatch arrangements as a commitment to implement the hybrid mismatch rules recommended by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s. The

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Australia: Implementing the OECD Hybrid Mismatch Rules

15 March, 2018

The Australian Government announced in the 2016-17 and 2017-18 Budgets that it would implement the Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development’s (OECD) rules aimed at eliminating double non-taxation benefits from hybrid mismatch

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Czech Republic: Proposed amendments to income tax for 2019

25 February, 2018

Recently, Finance Ministry has published the first draft copy of the amendment to the Income Tax Act for comments. These amendments are supposed to be started from year 2019. The proposed personal income tax rate of 19% is 1.1% less than the present

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Slovak Republic: Government approves several tax amendments

29 January, 2018

The President has signed an amendment to Law No. 595/2003 Coll. on Income Tax on December 20, 2017. Some of the changes are given below: Related party transaction In accordance with the current amendment, the text of the related party definition

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Korea Rep OF: Legislation of Tax Reform Bill 2018

24 January, 2018

On 19 December 2017, Korea passed the 2018 Tax Reform Act (the 2018 tax reform) after it was passed by the Korean National Assembly on 5 December 2017. The tax reform 2018 contains provisions in line with the BEPS Action 2 and Action 4 of the OECD.

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New Zealand: A tax bill to counter tax avoidance introduces into Parliament

18 December, 2017

On 6 December 2017, a tax bill to counter tax avoidance has been introduced into New Zealand’s Parliament by multinational companies and Minister of Revenue also published its commentary on the bill. Most provisions would enter into effect July

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Australia releases draft legislation to address hybrid mismatch

27 November, 2017

24 November 2017, Australia’s Treasurer released exposure draft legislation to address hybrid mismatch arrangements reaffirms the Turnbull Government’s continued focus on strengthening the integrity of Australia’s tax system, and stamping out

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