Bulgaria: Government announced several tax relief measures regarding VAT exemption

07 May, 2020

The Government has taken some tax relief measures regarding  Value Added Tax (VAT).  These are: On 4 May 2020, a draft Bill was submitted in the Bulgarian Parliament for introducing a 9% reduced VAT rate from 20% rate to support the

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Egypt extends deadline submitting the electronic VAT return amid COVID-19

07 May, 2020

On 29 April 2020, the Egyptian Tax Authority has announced that the date for submitting the electronic value-added tax (VAT) return for February 2020 has been extended until 10 May 2020 in response to COVID-19

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COVID-19: Mozambique announces tax relief measures due to coronavirus

06 May, 2020

The Council of Ministers Mozambique approved the Decree No. 23/2020, of 27 April which includes a number of fiscal and customs measures in response to coronavirus pandemic. The Decree contains the following measures that are valid until 31

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Nigeria: FIRS announces new measures for coronavirus impact

30 April, 2020

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) made some announcement of tax measures during COVID-19 outbreak: On 30 April 2020, the FIRS published a Public Notice, which provides that no interest and penalties will be charged to taxpayers having

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Canada: CRA announces some tax relief measures during COVID-19 pandemic

26 April, 2020

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has recently announced few tax relief measures. These includes: On 21 April 2020, the CRA launched general guidance concerning the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) and a calculator for determining the subsidy

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South Africa: National Treasury announces additional VAT relief for COVID-19

26 April, 2020

On 23 April 2020, the National Treasury issued a statement regarding value added tax (VAT) relief measures due to coronavirus pandemic. This includes: Implement a VAT refund tracking  procedure by the help of smaller VAT vendors, which

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Colombia issues Decree subject to insolvency regime amid COVID-19

23 April, 2020

On 15 April 2020, Colombia has issued Decree 560 of 2020 regarding insolvency processes, which are intended to mitigate the extent of the effects on companies affected by the declaration of a state of emergency due to COVID-19. The corporate

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France: Tax authority announces exceptional measures to support businesses during COVID-19

16 April, 2020

On 6 April 2020, the French tax authorities announced exceptional tax measures in response to coronavirus outbreak. These are: The corporate income tax installment payment of March 15 could be delayed until 15 June for all companies. Companies

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Brazil: Latest status of tax relief measures in response to COVID-19 pandemic

16 April, 2020

On 3 April 2020, the Government published Resolution No. 154 of 3 April 2020 in the Official Gazette, which extends the payments deadlines for taxes and social security contributions for taxpayers under the Simples Nacional regime due to

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Czech Republic: Finance Ministry announces latest updates in response to COVID-19 outbreak

15 April, 2020

On 14 April 2020, the Finance Ministry has made announcement about some measures related to VAT. The measures are given below: The penalty of amount CZK 1,000 applies in case of fail to file a control statement during the period lies from 1

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Greece: Measures regarding VAT in response to COVID-19 pandemic

15 April, 2020

On 13 April 2020, the Minister of Finance and the Commander of the Independent Public Revenue Authority officially published an Act, FEK A' 84/13-04-2020. Article 3 of this Act includes that companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak can offset

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Croatia: New provisions of tax relief measure during COVID-19 pandemic

13 April, 2020

On 8 April 2020, the Ministry of Finance Officially published an Ordinance regarding deadlines for submission of financial statements and accounting documentation amid COVID-19 pandemic. This Ordinance came into force from 9 April 2020. The

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Zambia: Tax measures in response to COVID-19

08 April, 2020

On 27 March 2020, the Ministry of Finance of Zambia has published a Statement by the Hon. Minister of Finance on COVID-19. The tax relief measures taken to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 include: Suspend excise duty on ethanol for use in

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Philippines: Finance Department announces tax relief measures due to COVID-19 pandemic

07 April, 2020

On 30 March 2020, the Department of Finance issued Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 7-2020 regarding tax relief measures amid COVID-19 pandemic. The key measures are given below: The deadline to file the 2019 annual income tax returns for all

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COVID-19: Norway announces new tax relief measures

07 April, 2020

On 28 March 2020, the Norwegian government has released new tax relief measures in response to coronavirus pandemic. Accordingly, the value-added tax (VAT) is further reduced from 8 per cent to 7 per cent from 1 April 2020 to 31 October 2020 for

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Algeria: DGT issued a communiqué regarding further tax measures for COVID-19

06 April, 2020

On 2 April 2020, the Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) issued a communiqué related to the further extension of deadline of income tax return and income tax payments. According to this communiqué, the following measures are provided: Corporate

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Ghana announces emergency tax measures in response to COVID-19 outbreak

04 April, 2020

On 30 March 2020, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister for Finance and Economic Planning of Ghana presented to the Parliament several proposals to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19, as follows: Income tax return filing deadline will be

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Canada: Government extends deadline for filing income tax return and payments

02 April, 2020

On 18 March 2020, the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister announced some tax relief measures due to COVID-19 outbreak: The federal corporate tax return deadline is extended to 1 June 2020. The filing deadline extensions have also been

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