Austria: Government publishes Program for 2020-2024 regarding tax measures

15 January, 2020

The Government released its Program for 2020-2024 regarding several tax reform measures. Corporate tax The Program proposed to increase the threshold of corporate income tax from EUR 30,000 to EUR 100,000 and reduce the corporate income tax

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UK: Consultation on reform to disclosure of VAT schemes and IHT hallmark regulations

22 April, 2016

On 20 April 2016 HMRC published a consultation document on reforms to the legislation on disclosure of value added tax (VAT) avoidance schemes and inheritance tax hallmark regulations for the purposes of the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes

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Finland: IMF report on the value added tax compliance gap

24 February, 2016

On 23 February 2016 the IMF published a technical assistance report on the analysis of the value added tax (VAT) gap in Finland. The estimates of the VAT gap in Finland were made by the IMF for the years 2008 to 2014 under the Revenue Administration

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Vietnam:  VAT regime is to be increased

12 December, 2013

The penalties for infringement of the Vietnamese VAT regime are to be increased.  The new charges were published in Decree 129 which is summarized below: The changes include: • The new maximum fine for VAT reporting infringements is VND 200m. •

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Ireland introduces construction VAT relief

06 November, 2013

The Irish Ministry of Finance has published the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013 giving force to measures announced in the 2014 Budget, and bringing forward the introduction of the value-added tax incentive for home renovations. VAT relief is being granted

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