Hong Kong: Finance Secretary of SARS presents the Budget for 2018/19
On 28 February 2018, the Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr. Paul Chan Mo-po presented the Budget proposal for the country’s tax year beginning 1 April 2018. Major proposals with respect to tax and business
See MoreMalaysia: MIRB updates the form require to collect information for TP transactions
The Malaysian tax office (MIRB) has recently updated the form used by the tax authority to gather information from certain taxpayers in connection with their cross-border transactions to conduct a transfer pricing risk assessment. Certain taxpayers
See MoreIndia: CBDT signs seven more unilateral APAs
On 1 March 2018, the Ministry of Finance issued a press release announcing that Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had signed seven further Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) in February 2018. All seven are unilateral APAs covering the
See MoreSingapore: The excise duties imposed on all tobacco products increased by 10%
On 19 February 2018, the Budget for 2018 was presented to Parliament by the Finance Minister. The Finance Minister, Heng Swee Keat, earlier the same day during the nation’s annual Budget speech announced that the Government will impose a 10%
See MoreSingapore: Published Country-by-Country Reporting regulations
The Government of Singapore published Country-by-Country Reporting in the Singapore Government Gazette the “Income Tax Regulations 2018” on 5 February under the Income Tax Act (ITA). Country-by-Country reporting application and
See MoreKorea: Government Postponed Reduced Exemption Threshold for Withholding of Capital Gains Tax
Korea decides against lowering ownership threshold for withholding of capital gains tax for foreign investors. Under the rule, if a foreign investor together with its related parties owns less than 25% stake in a locally listed company, capital
See MoreIndia: Sugar import duty doubled to 100%
On February 6, 2018, the central government doubled the import duty on raw and refined sugar to 100% and raised duty on chana (chickpeas) to 40% to protect domestic farmers. At present, customs duty or import tax on sugar is 50% and that on chana is
See MoreSingapore: IRA releases revised transfer pricing guidelines
On 23 February 2018, Inland Revenue Authority issued the fifth edition of its transfer pricing guidelines outlining the improvements to the arm’s length principle, adding new transfer pricing documentation requirements, and granting new powers of
See MoreIndia: The Tribunal considers the AMP costs to be the customs value of the transaction
The Delhi Customs Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) in a recent case, upheld the AMP (Advertisement, Marketing and Promotion) expenses to the transaction value declared for customs purposes. In that case, the appellant was a
See MoreSingapore: Finance Minister presents the Budget for 2018
On 19 February 2018, the Finance Minister presented the Budget for 2018 to the Parliament. Some of its most significant corporate tax measures are summarized below: For Year of Assessment (YA) 2018, the CIT rebate will be enhanced to 40% of tax
See MorePakistan issues more draft amendments to CbC reporting requirements
On 9 February 2018, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in Pakistan has published SRO no. 144(I)/2018, which provides more amendments to draft rules that establish transfer pricing documentation and country-by-country reporting rules for large
See MoreNew Zealand: Government drafting amendments to transfer pricing rule
On 14th February 2018 government announced that it will recommend a change to transfer pricing provisions in a bill designed to lessen tax avoidance by multinationals. This bill concerns the new rule to limit the rate of deductible interest on
See MoreJamaica and five more countries sign MLI to implement tax treaty related BEPS measures
On 24 January 2018, the Ministers and high-level officials from Jamaica, Malaysia, Panama, Barbados, Côte d’Ivoire and Tunisia have signed the BEPS Multilateral instrument (MLI) to amend double tax treaties to bring into effect changes designed
See MoreAustralia: ATO releases draft PCG on diverted profits tax
On 7 February 2018, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) publicly released a draft practical compliance guide PCG 2018/D2 concerning Diverted Profits Tax (DPT). The draft PCG has been released for public consultation and submissions close on
See MoreIndia: CBDT Issues FAQs on the Introduction of a 10% Tax on LTCG
On 4 February 2018, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has published Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the introduction of a 10% tax on long-term capital gains (LTCG). The CBDT has issued a detailed FAQ and it addressed numerous questions
See MoreHong Kong: IRD gazettes law on joining multilateral tax agreement
On 2 February 2018, the Inland Revenue Department published a law in the official gazette outlining the legal framework for Hong Kong to join a multilateral tax agreement on implementing automatic exchange of information in tax matters (AEOI),
See MoreIndia: Budget 2018 proposes rules for implementation CbC reporting requirements
On 1 February 2018, the Finance Minister presented the Union Budget 2018. The budget includes proposals to clarify rules for implementation of the country-by-country (CbC) reporting requirements. Consequently, the due date for submits the CbC
See MoreMalaysia: IRBM amends the APA rules and updates the MAP guidelines
Recently, the MIRB (Malaysia Inland Revenue Board) has published an amendment to the APA Rules and the updated Mutual Agreement Procedure (“MAP”) Guidelines. The APA rules referred to as the Income Tax (Advance Pricing Arrangement) Rules 2012
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