Luxembourg issues new guidelines on interest rates for debit current accounts
The Luxembourg Administration of Direct Tax has released Circular L.I.R. no. 164/1 on 29 January 2025, detailing updated rules for determining interest rates on debit current accounts held by associates or shareholders of corporate taxpayers. The
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Slovak Republic passes draft bill for DAC8 implementation
The Slovak Government has approved a draft bill to implement Council Directive (EU) 2023/2226 (DAC8), which introduces new reporting and due diligence rules for crypto-asset service providers. This follows after the Slovak Republic’s Ministry
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EU Commission seeks feedback on DAC7 rules
The European Commission has initiated a feedback period from 4 February 2025 to 4 March 2025 on a draft regulation detailing the statistical data Member States must provide to evaluate the Amending Directive to the 2011 Directive on Administrative
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Singapore: IRAS updates lists of reportable, participating jurisdictions for CRS
The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) released updated lists of reportable and participating jurisdictions under the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) on 3 February 2005. The Common Reporting Standard (CRS) is an internationally agreed
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Australia: Senate report on bill to amend luxury car tax and deny interest deductions on tax debts
Australia’s Senate Economics Legislation Committee has published its report on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Incentives and Integrity) Bill 2024. This follows after the Senate referred the provisions of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax
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UK: HMRC publishes transfer pricing, diverted profits tax data for 2023-24
UK tax authority, HMRC, released a transparency data report covering statistics on transfer pricing and Diverted Profits Tax through the end of the 2023-24 tax year on 27 January 2025. The report contains data on the following: Transfer
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Australia: ATO publishes guidance on public CbC reporting for large multinational enterprises
The Australian Taxation Office has published guidance on Public Country-by-Country reporting on 27 January 2025. Public CbC reporting is a reporting regime which requires certain large multinational enterprises to publish selected tax
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Slovenia adopts public CbC reporting
Slovenia has published a decree to implement the EU public country-by-country (CbC) reporting under Directive (EU) 2021/2101 into its domestic legislation on December 2024. Under the decree, public CbC reports must be translated into Slovenian.
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Slovak Republic drafts bill for DAC9, Pillar Two global minimum amendments implementation
The Slovak Republic’s Ministry of Finance has announced plans to draft an amendment to Law No. 507/2023, enacted on 8 December 2023. This law partially implemented the Pillar Two global minimum tax in alignment with Council Directive (EU)
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Cyprus adopts public CbC reporting
Cyprus has published the Companies (Amendment) (No. 5) Law of 2024 in the Official Gazette on 6 December 2024, implementing the public Country-by-Country (CbC) under Directive (EU) 2021/2101 which establishes a reporting threshold for companies with
See MoreWTO Working Paper: Continuing Significance of MFN Trading Terms
A WTO working paper of 15 January 2025, written by Tomasz Gonciarz and Thomas Verbeet, has the title Significance of most-favoured-nation terms in global trade: A comprehensive analysis. Under the WTO's MFN trading principle, member countries of
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Australia: ATO updates guidance on transfer pricing for inbound-related private group funding
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released new guidance on transfer pricing for inbound related party funding within private groups that receive funding from an overseas related party or associate for property and construction on 15 January
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Kazakhstan sets higher penalties for failing to file CbC notification
Kazakhstan will enforce higher penalties for non-compliance with Country-by-Country (CbC) notification requirements from 13 March 2025. Large taxpayers will face fines of KZT 1,966,000, while medium-sized enterprises will be penalised KZT 983,000
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IMF Working Paper: Is Tax Policy Supporting a Costly Industrial Policy in Mozambique
An IMF working paper written by Santos Bila, Utkarsh Kumar and Alexis Meyer-Cirkel with the title Is Tax Policy Costly Industrial Policy in Mozambique? Finds that tax advantages do not compensate for shortcomings in economic conditions. The
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Chile revises procedures for transfer pricing adjustment requests
Chile's Internal Revenue Service (SII) has published Resolution No. 6 of 9 January 2025, which updates procedures for requesting transfer pricing adjustments after adjustments by foreign tax authorities. It updates and replaces Resolution No. 67
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IMF Working Paper: Strengthening Tax Governance Through Legal Design
An IMF working paper of 17 January 2025 written by L. Sofrona, C. Waerzeggers and B. Crowley with the title Strengthening Tax Governance Through Legal Design looks at tax governance in tax administration and how this can be strengthened. The
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Cambodia issues transfer pricing rules from 2025
Cambodia's Ministry of Economy and Finance has announced Prakas 574 on 19 September 2024 introducing revised transfer pricing regulations, which went into force on 1 January 2025. The key changes include: Updated definition of "related
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Sri Lanka publishes new Advance Pricing Agreements guide
The Inland Revenue Department of Sri Lanka has announced the release of a new guide on Advanced Pricing Agreements (APAs) on 6 January 2025. This guide provides an overview of the APA process in Sri Lanka, including detailed steps, documentation
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