Kenya approves Finance Act 2017
The Finance Act 2017, has been gazetted on 23rd June 2017. The Finance Act seeks to amend the law relating to various taxes and duties. Corporate tax related reforms: New motor vehicle assemblers in Kenya will now enjoy a decreased corporate
See MoreTanzania: 2017 Budget effective from July 1, 2017
The Minister for Finance and Planning (MoFP) on 8 June 2017, issued to the National Assembly the estimates of government revenue and expenditure for 2017. The government plans to organise and spend TZS 31,712.0 billion in the 2017/18 budget. The
See MoreEthiopia: Budget for 2017/18
The Minister of State for Finance and Economic Cooperation presented the draft budget to Parliament on 8 June 2017. The Council of Ministers proposed to spend 320.8 birrs (USD 13.8 billion), which is a rise of 2.02 billion (16.9%) over the current
See MoreUganda: Budget for 2017/18
Finance minister has presented national budget for 2017/18 to Parliament in April 2017. The budget, which is hoped to deliver Uganda into middle-income status has seen sectors like electricity, oil and gas, ICT, education, health and agriculture
See MoreNigeria: Senate passes petroleum industry governance bill
During Nigeria’s plenary session on 25th May 2017, the Senate passed the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). The PIGB is only a segment of the original Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The bill splits the Nigerian National Petroleum
See MoreMorocco: Finance Law 2017 gazetted
The Government of Morocco published the Finance Law 2017 on 12th of June 2017 in the official gazette. The law provides an anti-avoidance rule, a tax relief in case of dividends, interest, and rental income for real estate collective investment
See MoreNigeria: Government approves signing of MLI to implement tax treaty related BEPS measures
The Government on 14th of June 2017, approved the signing by Nigeria of the Multilateral Instrument (MLI) to implement into bilateral tax treaties the tax treaty-related measures arising from the OECD / G20 BEPS Project to tackle base erosion and
See MoreUAE: Excise tax to be implemented by the end of 2017
The Finance Ministry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 10th of May 2017 arranged a briefing session in respect of the new Excise Tax Law. Implementation of the UAE Excise Tax Law follows the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Ministers of Finance
See MoreMauritius will sign the MLI by the end of June 2017
The Ministry of Finance announced in a statement on 7 June 2017, that Mauritius will sign the OECD Multilateral Agreement to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) by the end of June 2017. The
See MoreMauritius: Budget for 2017-2018
On 8 June 2017, the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Development delivered the Budget speech for 2017-18 to the parliament with little change to economic policy. Key points of the budget are summarised below: Reduced corporate tax
See MoreBotswana joins OECD’s Inclusive Framework on BEPS
Botswana has joined the OECD's base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) Inclusive Framework. The OECD announced June 9 that Botswana has joined the “Inclusive Framework on BEPS,” becoming the framework’s 99th member. The Inclusive Framework on
See MorePortugal: DTA with Ethiopia enters into force
The Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between Ethiopia and Portugal entered into force on 9 April 2017. The agreement provides for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on
See MoreSaudi Arabia: DTA with Egypt approved
On 1 May 2017, the cabinet of Saudi Arabian approved the Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) with Egypt for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on
See MoreSouth Africa issues guidance on VAT on non-executive director fees
The South African Revenue Service issued guidance on the value added tax (VAT) treatment of fees paid to non-executive directors. On 10 February 2017, SARS issued binding general ruling (BGR) 41 which confirms that a non-executive director (NED) who
See MoreTurkey signs CRS Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement
Turkey has signed Common Reporting Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (CRS MCAA) for the implementation of automatic exchange of financial account information pursuant to the OECD/G20 Common Reporting Standard (CRS) to launch exchanges in
See MoreIsle of Man signs MLI to prevent tax avoidance
On 7 June 2017, the Treasury Minister of Isle of Man, Mr. Alfred Cannan MHK has signed the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (“Multilateral Instrument” or “MLI”) in
See MoreMozambique provides a draft law that revises the tax rules for oil and mining operations
The Council of Ministers in Mozambique, on 30th of May 2017, approved the proposed changes to the special tax regimes applicable to Petroleum and Mining Operations. The following step is for the draft bill to be sent to Parliament for approval and
See MoreMorocco: House of Representatives approve Finance Bill 2017
On June 6, 2017, the Finance and Economic Development Committee in the House of Representatives approved the second reading of the Finance Bill 2017. The Finance Committee of the House of Councilors opposes Article 8 bis of the Draft Finance Law
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