Israel's Parliamentary Finance Committee approved the 2025 state budget on 23 March 2025. The bill proposes that the net state budget for 2025 will stand at about NIS 755.9 billion – the total budget for calculation of the expenditure limit

Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas has confirmed that the Government is considering increasing the preferential rate of value-added tax (VAT) from 9% to 12%. The 21% standard VAT rate and the 5% super-reduced rate will remain

Lithuania is planning to further increase the corporate income tax rate (CIT), which could rise to 17%–18% from 16%. "The corporate tax could certainly be increased by 1 or even 2 percentage points. This would not reduce our business

Israel’s tax authority (ITA) released a draft Tax Circular on 27 February 2025 for public comment. The circular outlines criteria and requirements for local R&D centres and post-acquisition IP sales, offering potential certainty from the

Lithuania’s parliament (Seimas) has recently proposed an alternative draft bill for the phased increase in the value-added tax (VAT) registration threshold, which would take effect on 23 February 2025. The current threshold of EUR 45,000 would

Lithuania's tax authority expanded the range of corporate gifts eligible for tax deductions as representational expenses, effective 17 February 2025. The updated regulations now include items such as sweets, edible gift sets, and alcoholic