Cyprus: Tax Department extends the DAC6 reporting deadlines
On 21 September 2021, the Tax Department of Cyprus has issued a notice extending the DAC6 reporting deadlines. Accordingly, there will be no imposition of administrative fines for overdue submission of DAC6 information that will be submitted until
See MoreUkraine: STS clarifies the controlled transactions criteria for TP purposes
Recently, the State Tax Service (STS) has clarified the criteria for classifying transactions between related parties (Ukrainian residents and non-residents) as controlled for transfer pricing (TP) purposes. Under Ukrainian transfer pricing
See MoreUkraine issues taxation of income of non-residents
On 27 Aug 2021, the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance has issued Order No. 480 regarding the taxation of income of non-residents, which are equated to dividends. The Order provides clarification on the application of the new rules of taxation of income
See MoreCyprus: Tax Department issues update XML Schema for DAC6/MDR submissions
On 29 July 2021, the Cypriot Tax Department published an announcement regarding a new XML Schema that entered into force on 5 August 2021. The XML should be used by Intermediaries and Taxpayers to submit the information for the purposes of the
See MoreFrance: Tax authority suspends DAC6 filing services
Recently, the Tax Authority has published a notice to announce that the online service for reporting on DAC6 cross-border arrangements will be suspended in the private and professional areas from July 29, 2021 until the beginning of September 2021.
See MoreIreland: Revenue issues an eBrief to announce the reopening of DAC6 reporting portal
On 20 July 2021, the Revenue published an eBrief 142/21 and a tax and duty manual, which amend filing guidelines for DAC6 at Section 7.4 to include a revised date for the re-opening of the portal of 17 August 2021. This portal will be temporarily
See MoreSri Lanka amends transfer pricing regulations
Sri Lanka has published amended Transfer Pricing (TP) Regulations that update the existing regulations of 2018. The amended regulations were published in the Official Gazette on 2 March 2021 and apply retroactively from 1 April 2020. The
See MoreKenya enacts Finance Act 2021
On 1 July 2021, Kenya published the Finance Act 2021 in the official gazette. The act was signed into law by the president on 29 June 2021. The act was presented to Parliament by the Kenyan Treasury Cabinet Secretary on 4 May 2021. The act
See MoreCyprus: Tax department issues a notice extending penalty relief for DAC6 reporting
On 3 June 2021, the Cyprus tax department has issued a notice providing an extension to the imposition of administrative fines for overdue submission of DAC6 reporting. The Tax Department informs that there will be no imposition of
See MoreJordan introduces transfer pricing rules for MNE groups
On 7 June 2021, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has published Regulation No. 40 of 2021 in the Official Gazette. The Regulation has introduced transfer pricing rules for multinational entity (MNE) groups with effect from 7 July 2021. The Regulation
See MoreKenya publishes Finance Bill 2021
On 5 May 2021, the Parliament of Kenya has published the finance bill 2021 providing the following tax measures: Reintroduce the definition of the term ‘‘Control” The definition of the term “control” was deleted with the
See MoreSingapore: TP guidelines for centralized activities in MNE groups
On 19 Mar 2021, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) issued an e-Tax Guide “Transfer Pricing Guidelines Special Topic - Centralized Activities in Multinational Enterprise Groups”. The e-Tax guide discusses the economic value
See MoreCanada: Finance Minister presents Budget 2021
On 19 April 2021, the Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland, presented Budget 2021, which includes important business tax measures, digital service taxes, limitation of interest deduction, hybrid mismatch arrangements, transfer price cases, mandatory
See MoreSpain: Tax agency approves forms regarding DAC6 reporting
On 13 April 2021, the Spanish tax agency has published an Order HAC / 342/2021 regarding the approval of forms for reporting of information on cross-border arrangements under DAC6. Accordingly, Model 234, which will be presented in relation to
See MoreSpain gazettes decree amending regulation on DAC6 reporting
On 7 April 2021, the Spanish Official Gazette published the Royal Decree No. 243/2021, amending the general regulation on the mandatory automatic exchange of financial account information (AEOI) in relation to reportable cross-border arrangements
See MoreGermany: Ministry of Finance releases DAC6 reporting guidelines
On 29 March 2021, the German Ministry of Finance has published the final decree regarding the application of the mandatory disclosure rules relating to certain cross-border tax arrangements as per Council Directive (EU) 2018/822 of 25 May 2018.
See MoreCyprus gazettes the law to implement mandatory disclosure rules
On 31 March 2021, the Cyprus official gazette published the law (Ν. 41(Ι)/2021, the Law) amending the Law on Administrative Cooperation in the field of Taxation (Law N. 205(I)/2012). The Law transposed the EU Council Directive 2011/16 referred to
See MoreUK: Consultation on Transfer Pricing Documentation
On 23 March 2021 the UK government published a consultation paper on transfer pricing documentation. The closing date for comments is 1 June 2021. Following the final report on Action 13 of the OECD Action Plan on base erosion and profit
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