Transfer Pricing Brief: June 2019
HungaryDocumentation-Timing: On 8 May 2019, the Hungarian National Tax and Customs Administration issued a notice to remind taxpayers that they must prepare their transfer pricing documentation by 31 May 2019 if they are required to keep
See MoreNew Zealand: Inland Revenue publishes revised transfer pricing regime
On 29 April 2019, Inland Revenue published the final versions of the special reports on the new rules for base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). The rules were enacted in the Taxation (Neutralising Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) Act 2018 on 27
See MorePhilippines: DOF submits tax reform bill to Congress
The Philippines Department of Finance (DOF) has announced on 25 April 2019 that the second package (Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High-Quality Opportunities or TRABAHO) of the Duterte administration’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Program
See MorePoland publishes law amending CbC reporting rules
On 15 April 2019, Poland published the Act of 4 April 2019 amending the Act on the exchange of tax information with other countries and certain other acts including Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting rules. Under this, if a group prepares its
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 MoreIndonesia: MoF publishes new guidance on MAP
On 26 April 2019, the Minister of Finance (MoF) issued a new provision on the Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) with Regulation No. 49 / PMK.03 / 2019 (PMK-49). PMK-49 is effective from 26 April 2019 and repeals MoF Regulation No. 240 / PMK.03 /
See MoreGreece transposes the rules of the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive
On 24 April 2019, Greece published Law 4607/2019 in the Official Journal containing measures to implement certain aspects of the EU's Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD). This includes the replacement of existing rules to bring them in line with ATAD.
See MoreIndia: CBDT signs 18 new APAs
On 3 April 2019, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has announced the signing of 18 advance pricing agreements (APAs) during March 2019, including three bilateral APAs. With the signing of these APAs, the total number of APAs entered into
See MorePeru: SUNAT issues a new transfer pricing guideline on related-party share transfers
On 16 May 2019, Peruvian tax administration published a guidance “Informe No. 057-2019-SUNAT/7T0000” outlining the tax treatment of transfers of undervalued Peruvian entity shares involving foreign related parties. Under this any transfer
See MoreAustria: MoF proposes draft legislation regarding tax reform for 2019-2020
On 8 May 2019, the Austrian Ministry of Finance published a draft bill regarding tax reform for 2019-2020. The main measures of the draft bill are following: -A reduction in the corporate tax rate from 25% to 23% in 2022 and to 21% in
See MoreHungary: NTC publishes a notice to remind taxpayers for deadline of TPD
On 8 May 2019, the Hungarian National Tax and Customs Administration issued a notice to remind taxpayers that they must prepare their transfer pricing documentation by 31 May 2019 if they are required to keep transfer pricing records and closed
See MorePortugal legislates the EU ATAD into domestic law
On 3 May 2019, Portugal published Law n. 32/2019 in the Official Journal which introduced amendments to the Portuguese Tax Law in line with the European Union (EU) Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) provisions. The law amends the following
See MoreBelgium extends deadline for filing CIT return
The tax authority of Belgium has declared corporate income tax (CIT) return filing deadlines for the 2019 tax year, with a concession for those with a deadline prior to September 26, 2019. Generally, tax returns are due by the last day of the
See MoreTransfer Pricing Brief: May 2019
JapanAudit Rules-Statute of limitation: On 27 March 2019, the Parliament of Japan adopted the legislation for the government's tax reform proposals for 2019. Accordingly, the statute of limitations for transfer pricing purposes is extended
See MorePeru: SUNAT issues a rule on Interest paid on loans from related parties
On 23 April 2019, the Tax Administration (SUNAT) of Peru issued Administrative rule 033-2019-SUNAT/7T0000 regarding the application of the Peruvian thin capitalization rules which specify a restriction of the deduction of interest on loans where a
See MoreUkraine: SFS clarifies controlled transactions between a non-resident and its PE in Ukraine
On 19 April 2019, the State Fiscal Service (SFS) of Ukraine published a guidance letter 1723/6/99-99-15-02-02-15/IPK on the treatment of transactions between a non-resident and its permanent establishment (PE) in Ukraine as controlled for transfer
See MoreIndia issues Notification on CbC exchange agreement with the U.S.
On 25 April 2019, India published Notification No. 37/2019 from the Department of Revenue in an extraordinary version of the Official Gazette. India and USA have signed a Bilateral Competent Authority Agreement and Inter – Governmental Agreement
See MoreLuxembourg: Government publishes budget law for the year of 2019
On 26 April 2019, Luxembourg published the Law of 26 April 2019 in the Official Gazette containing the measures for the 2019 budget. The law lowered the standard corporation tax rate from 18% for the financial year 2018 to 17% for the financial
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