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Greece: AADE issues guidance on digital transaction tax application

Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) issued Circular E. 2011 on 10 March 2026, providing detailed guidance on the application of the Digital Transaction Tax (Law 5177/2025), which replaced the Stamp Duty on 1 December 2024. The circular outlines procedures for lease agreements with government entities, remuneration of elected local officials, and compensation for...

Albania: Parliament reviews draft law to ratify multilateral instrument for Pillar two STTR

Albania’s parliament is reviewing a draft law, submitted on 9 March 2026, aimed at ratifying the Multilateral Convention to Facilitate the Implementation of the Pillar Two Subject to Tax Rule (STTR MLI). Albania signed the STTR MLI on 23 September 2025, enabling the STTR to be applied in bilateral tax treaties. It became the 10th...

Vietnam: MoF drafting new transfer pricing, taxpayer obligations, CbC reporting rules

The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance (MoF) is preparing a draft Decree on tax administration for related-party transactions of enterprises with affiliated relationships, in line with the Law on Tax Administration No. 108/2025/QH15. The new regulations aim to ensure consistent application from the Law’s effective date on 1 July 2026, and to address challenges observed under...

Mongolia announces broad tax reforms, cuts corporate tax to 15%

Mongolia’s government submitted a comprehensive tax reform package to Parliament on 30 December 2025, following extensive nationwide consultations with over 13,000 citizens and businesses throughout the year. The proposed amendments to corporate income tax, personal income tax, value-added tax (VAT), and the General Tax Law are scheduled for implementation on 1 January 2027. After organising...

UK: Finance Act 2026 receives Royal Assent

The UK’s Finance (No. 2) Bill 2025-26 was granted Royal Assent on 18 March 2026 and has now been enacted as the Finance Act 2026, introducing measures across income, corporate, and inheritance taxes, environmental levies, and tax administration. Key changes include revised property income rates, reforms to inheritance tax reliefs, a new vaping duty from...

US: IRS to host webinar on One, Big, Beautiful Bill business tax provisions

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has scheduled a webinar for 24 March 2026 at 2 PM Eastern time to explain business tax provisions introduced under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill. Tax professionals can earn two continuing education credits for attending the webinar titled: Understanding the One, Big, Beautiful Bill: Business Tax Provisions. The 120-minute...

Australia gazettes 2026 global, domestic minimum tax amendment determination 

Australia’s government has gazetted the Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) (Qualified GloBE Taxes) Amendment (Measures No. 1) Determination 2026 on 20 March 2026, which amends the Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) (Qualified GloBE Taxes) Determination 2025 and aligns it with the OECD’s central record of jurisdictions that have qualifying global anti-base erosion (GloBE)...

Cyprus sets 10-year bond yield benchmark for notional interest deduction

The Cyprus Tax Department announced, on 18 March 2026, the issuance of the 10-year government bond yield rates as of 31 December 2025 for various countries related to the Notional Interest Deduction (NID) on equity investments. These rates will be used to establish the reference interest rate for claiming the notional interest deduction (NID) for...

Cyprus mandates new documentation requirements for cross-border payments to low-tax jurisdictions

Cyprus’ Council of Ministers introduced three decrees (K.D.P. 131/2026, 132/2026, and 133/2026) to combat tax abuse involving payments to low-tax and non-cooperative jurisdictions on 13 March 2026. These measures, effective from 1 January 2026, require Cyprus companies to maintain detailed documentation when making interest, dividend, or royalty payments to entities in low-tax jurisdictions (LTJs). LTJs...

Australia: ATO releases overview of Australian company tax rates for 2025-26

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has revised its guidance on company tax rates, providing an updated overview of the applicable rates for the 2025–26 income year, as outlined below: Companies Income category Rate (%) Base rate entities 25 Otherwise 30 This includes corporate limited partnerships, strata title bodies corporate, trustees of corporate unit trusts and...