Luxembourg: Parliament ratified DTA with Brunei
According to a journal published on 27 December 2016, Luxembourg ratified the Luxembourg-Brunei Income and Capital Tax Treaty (2015) on 23 December
See MoreDTA between Kazakhstan and Serbia enters into force
The Income and Capital Tax Treaty (2015) between Kazakhstan and Serbia entered into force on 24th November 2016 and generally applies from 1st January
See MoreTaiwan: Ministry of Finance introduces electronic filing for non-resident taxpayers
The Ministry of Finance (Gao Xiong Tax Bureau) has announced on its website that non-resident taxpayers may file tax returns online in the same way as resident taxpayers from 1 January 2017. Additionally, withholding agents of non-resident taxpayers
See MorePoland-Taiwan: Polish Senate approves tax agreement between Poland and Taiwan
The higher chamber of the Polish parliament accepted the draft law ratifying the Poland - Taiwan Income Tax Agreement of 2016 on 15 December 2016. Further details will be reported
See MoreTaiwan: Ministry of Finance amends withholding tax on income of non-resident workers
The Tax Bureau of the Ministry of Finance has announced that withholding tax on income derived from a non-resident worker will be adjusted in 2017. Accordingly, if monthly income is less than TWD 31,513 this will be subject to withholding tax at a
See MoreDTA between Chile and Japan enters into force
The Income Tax Treaty (2016) between Chile and Japan entered into force on 28th December 2016. It generally applies from 28th December 2016 for tax matters regarding the exchange of information (article 26) and from 1st January 2017 for other tax
See MoreHong Kong: IRD released country-by-country reporting
The Inland Revenue Department on 22 December 2016 published on its website an announcement on country-by-country (CbC) reporting. The CbC report requires aggregate tax jurisdiction-wide information relating to the global allocation of the income,
See MoreSingapore- Voluntary filing of CbC Reports for Singaporean tax resident MNE groups for fiscal year 2016
The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) announced on 19 December 2016 that the voluntary filings for Singaporean multinational enterprise groups for financial year 2016 will be allowed and this follows the e-tax guide of the
See MoreMalta, Vietnam income tax treaty enters into force
On 25 November 2016, the income tax treaty between Malta and Vietnam was entered into force. This treaty will apply from 1 January
See MoreIndia: decided to reduce the existing deemed profit rate
The Central Board of Direct Taxes announced 19 December 2016, stating that in order incentivize small traders/businesses to proactively accept payments by digital means, it has been decided to reduce the existing rate of deemed profit of 8% under
See MoreIndia: Court’s decision on Computing section 10A deduction and intra-group services
Recently, In the case of Yokogawa India Ltd, The Supreme Court of India decided that the deduction under section 10A of the Income-tax Act, 1961, is to be determined at the point when computing the gross total income of the eligible undertaking and
See MoreChina: Adjustments to tariff items
On 19 December 2016, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council issued the adjustments to the tariffs in 2017. The new plan comes into force on 1 January 2017. According to the plan, the number of items to be taxed in 2017 will reach 8,547.
See MoreKorea-Tax reform bill of 2017 enacted
Korea enacted the tax reform bill of 2017 on 20 December 2016 which was approved by the National Assembly on 2 December 2016. According to the Tax Reform of 2017 domestic merged brother-sister companies would be considered as tax free if and only
See MorePakistan: KTBA Requests the date extension for return filing up to December 31
Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) on 19 December 2016 request Finance Minister Senator to extend the last date for filing income tax return for the tax year 2016 up to December 31 because the online return filing portal of FBR was crashed on the
See MoreDTA between Canada and Israel entered into force
The Income Tax Treaty (2016) between Canada and Israel has been entered into force on 21st December 2016 for avoiding double taxation and it generally applies from 1st January 2017 for withholding and other taxes. But, the provisions of article 23
See MoreProtocol to a treaty between India and Tajikistan signed
India and Tajikistan signed an amending protocol to the India - Tajikistan Income Tax Treaty (2008) on 17 December 2016, for an avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on
See MoreTaiwan: Finance Minister publishes draft rules on CFC and PEM
Finance Minister issued draft regulations on a controlled foreign company (CFC) and place of effective management commenced in July 2016 on 9 November 2016. The draft regulations intend to explain CFC income’s timing and amount addition CFC
See MoreSingapore-signed competent authority agreement on automatic exchange of information with Ireland
The government of Singapore signed the Competent Authority Agreement on Automatic Exchange of Information (2016) with Ireland on 20 December 2016. The Agreement stipulates details about what information would be exchanged and when according to OECD
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