US: Interest rates on overpaid and underpaid tax steady for Q4 2024
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced in a release IR-2024-220 on Wednesday, 21 August 2024, that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning 1 October 2024. For individuals, the rate for overpayments and
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Costa Rica amends law to extend VAT relief, business closure rules
Costa Rica has published Law No. 10491 titled "Law to Facilitate the Regularisation of the Tax Condition in Support of Formality and the Reactivation of the Economy," in the official gazette on Monday, 19 August 2024. The Law went into force on the
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Canada consults global minimum tax, capital gain inclusion rate draft legislation
Canada’s Department of Finance invites public feedback on draft legislative proposals to implement the 2024 Budget and other previously announced tax measures. These proposals include changes such as introducing a global minimum tax and increasing
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Chile proposes alternative VAT regime for fair sales
Chilean President Gabriel Boric proposed a new VAT regime for individuals selling at fairs to the Chamber of Deputies on 8 August 2024. The proposal was made through the bill Mensaje Presidencial 168-372. Fairs in Chile sell non-perishable food
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Costa Rica amends tax code regulations
Costa Rica’s Ministry of Finance published Executive Decree No. 44597-H in the Official Gazette, on 14 August 2024, amending the Tax Code and its regulations, clarifying provisions related to administrative procedures for determining tax
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US: CRS reviews marginal effective tax rates on investment, expiring tax cuts
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a report (R48153) on 13 August 2024, examining tax rate differences by asset, sector, and source of finance. The report also evaluates the relative incentives for investment. The Tax Cuts and Jobs
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Canada: PBO predicts CAD 17.4b revenue boost from capital gains tax hike
Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) published an estimate that the increased capital gains inclusion rate, implemented in the 2024 Budget, will boost income tax revenues by CAD 17.4 billion from 2024-25 to 2028-29. The PBO issued this
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US: Senate fails to pass Taiwan double-tax relief bill
The US Senate failed to pass the legislation (H.R. 7024) featuring the US-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act on 1 August 2024. This legislation, known as the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, aims to establish tax
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Colombia offers interest, penalty relief for delayed returns and payments
The Colombian tax authority (DIAN) announced on 8 August 2024, that it is extending the deadline for submitting income tax returns of natural or similar persons, assets abroad, gasoline and diesel fuel, and withholding tax without interest and
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Panama extends CRS filing deadline
Panama’s tax administration (Dirección General de Ingresos—DGI) has extended the common reporting standard (CRS) filing deadline for the fiscal year 2023 until 2 September 2024. The previous reporting deadline was set for 31 July
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US: Kamala Harris promises to increase corporate tax rate
US Vice President Kamala Harris, during her campaign on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, on Monday, 19 August 2024, said that she will increase the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%. However, Harris has committed
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Guatemala launches tool for third-party RTU management for taxpayers
Guatemala’s tax agency, Superintendencia de Administración Tributaria (SAT), has launched a new tool enabling authorised third parties to manage taxpayers' Unified Tax Registry (RTU) through SAT's virtual platform. The tool was introduced
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Ecuador introduces new rules for large taxpayers on income tax, remittance credits
The Ecuadorian Tax Authority, Servicio de Rentas Internas (SRI), has introduced a Resolution No. NAC-DGER CGC24-00000030 which allows large taxpayers to utilise credit notes from the remittance tax to offset their income tax obligations. The
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Canada seeks comments on new entrepreneurs’ incentive
Canada’s Department of Finance has put forward a proposal to enhance the Canadian Entrepreneurs' Incentive as part of recently released draft legislative measures on 12 August, 2024. The Department is seeking public comments on these changes
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Puerto Rico extends deadline for 2023 financial statements filing, property tax filing
Puerto Rico’s Department of State announced on 12 August 2024, that it extended the deadline for filing the 2023 annual report with audited financial statements to those corporations or legal entities that accepted the second extension to
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Panama, Brazil negotiate income tax treaty
Panama's Ministry of Economy and Finance, in a release, stated that officials from Panama and Brazil convened, on 12 August 2024, to discuss the negotiation of an income tax treaty. Panama’s General of Revenue, Camilo Valdés Mora, and the
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Argentina sets deadlines for new tax, customs, social security regularisation
The Argentine tax authority (AFIP), in a release, on 15 August 2024, provided clarification about the "My Facilities" system, which taxpayers must utilise to participate in the regularisation regime for tax, customs, and social security obligations
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US: IRS consults updated draft form for reporting digital asset transactions
The US Internal Revenue Service released IR 2024-204 on 9 August 2024, which contains an early draft of the updated Form 1099-DA. This form is for brokers to report certain sale and exchange transactions of digital assets that take place beginning
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