Korea-Tax Reform Proposals for 2015
The Ministry of Strategy and Finance of Korea announced the Tax Reform Proposals for 2015 on 6 August 2014. According to the proposals a new corporate accumulated earnings tax will be levied on excess cash of large corporations with equity capital
See MoreIsrael-Germany new Income Tax Treaty signed
The new Income Tax Treaty between Germany and Israel has signed on August 21, 2014 that will replace the Germany - Israel Income Tax Treaty (1962), as amended by the 1977 protocol. Further details of the new treaty will be reported
See MoreIndia: Government to approve GST by the end of the year
Recently, the Indian Finance Minister presenting the 2014-2015 budgets and stated that the government will work to introduce GST by the end of this year. Although similar statements have been made during the past five years, so it is uncertain as
See MoreHong Kong and Republic of Korea Sign bilateral Double Tax Agreement
In order to avoid double taxation, Hong Kong and Republic of Korea signed a double taxation agreement on 08 July 2014. The Agreement was concluded in the Chinese, Korean and English languages, each text having equal authenticity. In the case of
See MoreSouth Korea- Tighten Thin Capitalization Rules
Under revised thin capitalization rules of South Korea proposed for 2015, overseas multinational companies performing business would have to pay a higher tax. The existing thin capitalization rules reject the South Korean unit of a foreign
See MoreSri Lanka: Central Bank sets out FATCA compliance
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka set out measures to relax the foreign exchange control rules. The government of Sri Lanka has not entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the United States. Sri Lankan banks have been directed to comply with
See MoreAustralia – Reduces safe harbor for thin capitalization
Australia recently reduced the safe harbor rule for thin capitalization limit from 75% to 60%, corporate groups may want to consider what steps to take with respect to their thin capitalization positions. With effect from 1 July 2014 the permitted
See MoreSingapore: SMU launches first Tax Research Center
In association with the Tax Academy of Singapore (TA), and with the backing of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), the Singapore Management University (SMU) launched the SMU-TA Center for Excellence in Taxation (SMU-TA CET). It will
See MoreChina: General tax audit on service fees and royalties payment
The State Administration of Taxation (SAT) has urged the tax authorities at all levels to carry out general tax audits on large sum payments on service fees and royalties paid to non-residents, by issuing a directive on 29 July 2014 (Shui Zong Ban
See MoreChina: VAT rates reformed
The Standard VAT rate levied on the import or sale of goods and the condition of processing, installation services and repair is 17 percent. A Reduce rate of 13 percent applies to goods for example newspapers, books, magazines, edible vegetable
See MoreTaiwan: With China agreed to continue trade talks
Recently, Taiwan and China have agreed to continue discussions on goods tariff reductions within their economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA), despite the long-running dispute over the cross-strait agreement for trade in services that was
See MoreIndia: Amended the transfer pricing rules in budget 2014
On 10 July 2014, the Finance Minister proposes amendments to India’s transfer pricing rules in India’s budget of 2014. The Budget 2014 proposes to amend the rules to provide that an APA entered into with regard to a future transaction may also
See MoreNew Zealand-United States: FATCA agreement enters into force
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) between New Zealand and United States has entered into force on 3 July
See MoreThailand-Proposal on changes to VAT rate during 2014 and 2015
The government of Thailand has announced a proposal according to which if approved the value added tax rate would be reduced from 7% to 6.3% between 1 October 2014 and 30 September 2015. On the other hand an additional new, local sales tax rate of
See MorePhilippines: BIR strengthens control over large taxpayers
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has strengthened its monitoring of the country’s large taxpayers, particularly on the value-added tax (VAT). BIR’s collections of first half of this year reached PHP643.2bn (USD14.8bn), which is more than
See MoreTaiwan: Ministry of Finance improved business tax for banks, insurance companies
Taiwan’s Government has increased business tax for banking and insurance industries from 2% to 5%, which will be effective on 1 July 2014. Nevertheless, a 2% rate may remain to apply for banks and insurance companies that involve in the essential
See MoreCzech Republic-Kyrgyzstan Income Tax Treaty signing authorizations
The Government of the Czech Republic has authorized the signing of the initialed income tax treaty between the Czech Republic and Kyrgyzstan on July 14, 2014. Details of the treaty will be reported
See MoreVietnam-Turkey DTA signed
The Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between Vietnam and Turkey has signed during four days of meetings concluding on July 9,
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