UAE-Barbados Income Tax Treaty signed

24 September, 2014

The Income Tax Treaty between Barbados and the United Arab Emirates has been signed on 24 September 2014. Further details of the treaty will be reported

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US House Passes The Jobs For America Act

23 September, 2014

The House of Representatives passed the Jobs for America Act by a vote of 253  to 163, which includes the permanent extension of a selected list of the "tax extenders" that expired at the end of 2013, as well as a repeal of the Affordable Care

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US-Brazil: Intergovernmental agreement (IGA) has been signed

23 September, 2014

Brazil and the United States signed an IGA (intergovernmental agreement) on 23 September 2014 in order to apply FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act). The new IGA was focused on the FATCA requirements intended to identify the financial

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New Zealand- Canada: Second protocol to tax treaty

23 September, 2014

New Zealand and Canada signed a second protocol to income tax treaty on 12 September 2014.  This protocol delivered specific right to tax to New Zealand regarding pensions. This specific right to tax uses on only to pensions under a government

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US Agreed To Extend The Internet Tax Moratorium

21 September, 2014

United States have agreed a short-term extension to the Internet Tax Freedom Act until December 11, 2014. The Republican-led House voted 319 to 108 to pass the continuing resolution on September 17, and, on the following day, the Senate followed

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Canada: Impact of FTOs in Brazil for Canadian companies

18 September, 2014

The tax authority for Brazil verifies how to manage foreign tax offsets (FTO) and how to apply income tax treaty provisions for cross-border payments for services fees and described that under the presumed profit method, companies that are taxed are

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Canada: Income tax cuts prioritization

18 September, 2014

The Prime Minister of Canada has declared that tax cuts may be feasible for families while the Government has balanced the budget. The Government's recent declaration on tax relief in payroll as an example of the Government's commitment to reducing

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US urged Immediate Congressional Action on Tax Extenders

18 September, 2014

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) has urged the US Congress "to immediately address the fifty-seven tax provisions that expired at the end of 2013 and the six tax provisions that expire at the end of 2014." Congress

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Czech Republic-Colombia Income Tax Treaty details

18 September, 2014

The Income Tax Treaty (ITT) between Colombia and Czech Republic has accepted Colombian Congress and it was signed on March 22, 2012. The treaty was concluded in the Czech, English and Spanish languages and needs to be declared constitutional by the

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Brazil: Reduced income tax rate on manufacturing industries

17 September, 2014

The Ministry of Finance has declared that, reduced income tax rate from 34% to 25% will impose on foreign income from resident manufacturing industries, on 15 September 2014.This tax benefit already exists for food and construction industries but

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Chile: Tax reform has approved by Chilean Congress

16 September, 2014

The bill of Law amending the tax regulations has been approved by the Chilean Chamber of Representatives on September 10, 2014. Currently, the Congressional steps have been settled; the Chilean Government must publish the Bill of Law to enact it.

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Brazil: Provisional Measure 644/2014 was terminated by National Congress

08 September, 2014

Brazil was issued Provisional Measure 644/2014 in order to introduce individual income tax legislation for 2015 (tax year) and this Provisional Measure is not converted into law by the National Congress. But recently it was terminated when the

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Canada: Legislative proposals regarding thin-capitalization, loans, other items

08 September, 2014

The Finance Department has published a draft legislative proposal to implement certain exceptional measures actually declared in the 2014 federal budget. The proposals contained 105 pages of draft legislation and 128 pages of explanatory notes,

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United States: ADD/CVD Roundup for August 2014

08 September, 2014

Following table shows the Federal Register notices related to ADD/CVD cases for August 2014 in United States. Country Product Investigations Case Number Links Brazil Stainless Steel Bar Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;

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US: Executive Action on Immigration Will Boost Tax Revenue

07 September, 2014

The Center for American Progress (CAP) has released a paper that a deferred action program that allows undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States for at least five years to apply for a temporary work permit would increase payroll

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US: Conservatives urge the Senate to pass internet tax moratorium

05 September, 2014

A coalition of more than 40 conservative and libertarian organizations and entities have written a letter to members of the United States Senate urging them to pass the Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act that would permanent extend the tax moratorium

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Canada: New CRA tax compliance agenda for SMEs

05 September, 2014

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has taken a new approach for developing tax compliance among small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This approach is proposed to help for preventing errors in business tax returns after they are filed. In

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Canada: Payroll tables has reflected tax raises

05 September, 2014

The Canada Revenue Agency has published updated Ontario payroll deduction tables that are effective from September 1, 2014. This table includes raises to individual income tax rates according to the Ontario budget of July 2014 and the tables are

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