Monday, April 27, 2026
Azerbaijan’s State Tax Service (STS) has released the consolidated versions of its tax treaty with Austria reflecting the changes introduced by the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI). The consolidated texts have been prepared based on the reservations and notifications submitted to the Depositary by...
Italy has published Legislative Decree No. 194/2025 in the Official Gazette No. 296 of 22 December 2025, which implements the Amending Directive to the 2011 Directive on Administrative Cooperation (2023/2226) (DAC8). The measure implements the DAC8 directive, introducing reporting requirements and the automatic exchange of data on crypto-asset transactions by operators, thus expanding the scope...
Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) states that in order to enhance the willingness of consumers to purchase completely electric-operated automobiles or motorcycles , the Legislative Yuan passed on its third reading the draft of the amendment to Article 12-3 of the Commodity Tax Act submitted by the Executive Yuan for review by the Legislative Yuan,...
Taiwan’s The Taipei National Taxation Bureau of the Ministry of Finance stated that, in order to prevent individuals and profit-making enterprises from effectively transferring the real estate and land within China of the invested profit-making enterprises through the transaction of shares or capital contributions of domestic and foreign profit-making enterprises under their control, thereby evading...
Lithuania’s State Tax Inspectorate (VMI) has issued updated guidance on Article 28 of the Law on VAT, clarifying the application of VAT exemptions for financial services. The revisions introduce a new “technical/administrative services” rule under Article 28(9), specifying that purely administrative, physical, technical, or similar services that do not alter the legal or financial position...
The Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department (IRD) announced, on 24 December 2025, that starting from 5 January 2026, the new annual rate of interest payable on Tax Reserve Certificates will be 0.2417% against the current rate of 0.2583%, i.e. the new rate will be HKD 0.0201 per month per HKD 100. Tax Reserve Certificates bear...
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published an updated list of signatories, including their signing dates, to the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Exchange of Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) Information Returns (GIR MCAA) on 19 December 2025. Hungary is the latest signatory to join the GIR MCAA, which it ratified on 16...
Israel’s Ministry of Finance has proposed a temporary tax on banks’ excess profits and approved a higher tax-free import threshold in an announcement on 23 December 2025. The initiative is aimed at easing pressure on consumers but was criticised by lenders and local businesses. Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he plans to introduce legislation...
Italy has published the Decree of 10 December 2025 in the Official Gazette, which sets a 1.6% statutory (legal) interest rate (down from 2.0%) with effect from 1 January 2026. The statutory interest rate applies to the taxation of interest income as a presumed rate on loans without a written agreement. Earlier, Italy’s Ministry of...
The UK government announced on Tuesday, 23 December 2025, that it will ease its planned inheritance tax on farms, following months of nationwide protests since the 2024 announcement. From April, the threshold for individual inheritance tax relief will rise to GBP 2.5 million (USD 3.4 million) from GBP 1 million, reducing the number of farm...