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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Egypt: Tax measures in response to COVID-19 pandemic

30 April, 2020

Recently, the Egyptian Government has announced several tax measures to mitigate the financial effect in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The main tax measures are as following: Capital Gains: the extension of the suspension from the taxation

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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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Turkey extends CIT return filings and payments deadline for 2019

23 April, 2020

On 17 April 2020, the Turkish Revenue Administration has published Circular No 127 on its website regarding the extension of Corporate Income Tax (CIT) return filings and payments deadline for the fiscal year 2019. The CIT returns for the fiscal

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Turkey issues Draft General Communiqué on disguised profit distribution

22 April, 2020

On 16 April 2020, the Turkish Revenue Administration has issued Draft General Communiqué on disguised profit distribution amending General Communiqué no. 1 on Transfer Pricing. The Draft Communiqué No. 4 implements the Presidential

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Angola: Tax measures due to COVID-19 pandemic

18 April, 2020

On 13 April 2020, the Ministry of Finance of Angola has issued a press release regarding tax measures in the scope of the response and relief of the economic impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The main measures are as following: Extension

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Oman ratifies multilateral instrument

09 April, 2020

On 31 March 2020, the Sultan of Oman issued the royal decree for the ratification of the multilateral convention for the implementation of the double taxation agreement (DTA) related measures to prevent base erosion and profit shifting (MLI). Now

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Oman: Emergency tax measures amid COVID-19 outbreak

09 April, 2020

On 31 March 2020, an announcement was made by the Oman Tax Authority declaring emergency tax relief measures in response to COVID-19 outbreak. The Tax Authority announces the following measures: In the event that statements are not submitted in

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Egypt extends tax return filing deadline for individuals amid COVID-19 pandemic

08 April, 2020

On 23 March 2020, the Egyptian Tax Authority has issued a press release extending tax return filing deadline for individual amid COVID-19 pandemic. Tax Authority extends the period of submitting tax returns from 31 March 2020 to April 16 for

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Kenya: President announces tax relief measures in response to COVID-19 pandemic

08 April, 2020

On 25 March 2020, the Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta outlined tax proposals intended to provide the following tax relief measures regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A reduction in corporate tax for companies from 30% to 25%. It is

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Qatar declares revised rate of late payment charge and compensation

07 April, 2020

On 30 March 2020, the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) announced that the rate of late payment charge in respect of the late payment of tax referred to in Article 143 of the QFC Tax Regulations will be set at 0% from 1 March 2020 until 31 August 2020.

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Nigeria: Tax authority launches an e-filing portal for TP documents and forms

06 April, 2020

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has recently announced an electronic portal, which permit taxpayers to complete and submit the transfer pricing declaration and disclosure forms, country-by-country (CbC) reports and CbC notification forms

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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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Qatar exempts Customs duty on specific food and medical equipment

05 April, 2020

The General Authority of Customs (GAC) of Qatar has issued a directive exempting 905 items related to food and medical equipment from customs duties for a period of 6 months due to COVID-19 pandemic, effective from 23 March

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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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Uganda: Tax measures due to COVID-19 pandemic

01 April, 2020

On 25 March 2020, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has published a public notice unveiling tax measures to support taxpayers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The main measures in relation to tax obligations are: Taxpayers whose accounting period

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Turkey: Tax measures due to COVID-19 pandemic

31 March, 2020

On 18 March 2020, Turkey unveiled tax measures to help businesses and individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Main measures in relation to tax obligations are: A six-month deferral of tax payments for value added tax (VAT) and

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Israel: Tax measures amid COVID-19 outbreak

31 March, 2020

On 22 March 2020, the Israel Tax Authority (ITA) has declared several tax measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tax Authority extended the corporate income tax return submission deadline for the fiscal year 2019 to 30 July 2020 and

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