Latvia approves 2025 Budget draft law: Increase of EUR 583.2 billion projected revenue
Latvia’s Cabinet of Ministers approved the draft law on the 2025 State Budget and the budgetary framework for 2025, 2026 and 2027 with various tax amendments on 15 October 2024. The consolidated national budget revenue for 2025 is planned at
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Lithuania approves income, capital tax treaty with Andorra
The Lithuanian government has approved the income and capital tax treaty with Andorra on 11 September 2024.This agreement aims to eliminate double taxation on income and capital, fostering closer cooperation between the tax administrations of both
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Switzerland lowers interest rates for federal taxes
The Swiss Federal Finance Department (DFF) has announced a reduction in the interest rates for late, refunded, Advance Tax Payments, effective from 2025. Starting 1 January 2025, the tax arrears, refunds, and conditional payment obligations will
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Paraguay, Spain income tax treaty enters into force
The income tax treaty between Paraguay and Spain took effect on 14 October 2024. This agreement aims to enhance economic relations, encourage investments, and enhance bilateral cooperation in tax matters between the two countries. It seeks to
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Romania approves protocol to tax treaty with Malta
Romania’s government approved the amending protocol to the 1995 income tax treaty with Malta on 9 October 2024. Earlier, the two nations signed an amendment protocol to the original income tax treaty on 4 July 2024. The protocol aligns the
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Ireland publishes Finance Bill 2024: Implements taxation changes announced on Budget Day
Ireland's Minister for Finance, Jack Chambers TD, has published the Finance Bill 2024 and Explanatory Memorandum following the Government's approval earlier in the week. The Bill enacts key measures from Budget 2025, alongside a series of
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France sets new interest rates for shareholder interest deductibility
France has published interest rates for entities whose financial year (FY) ended between 30 September and 30 December 2024, which are used to determine the deductibility of interest payments to shareholders. The applicable rates from 30 September
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Poland approves cash accounting scheme for eligible entrepreneurs
Poland’s parliament approved a new "Cash PIT" regime aimed at individual entrepreneurs who operate their businesses independently and whose revenue did not surpass the PLN 1 million (EUR 250,000) threshold in the previous tax year. The scheme
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Cyprus revises transfer pricing FAQs
The Cyprus Tax Department announced that it updated its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (English version) on transfer pricing on 24 September 2024. New questions are added from 25 through 43. The main question is 25, which highlights that
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Iraq: Council of Ministers terminate tax treaty negotiations with Croatia
Iraq’s Council of Ministers revoked its authorisation for tax treaty negotiations with Croatia on 1 October 2024. This decision nullifies earlier approvals granted under Decision No. 103 of 2023 and No. 23396 of 2023, which allowed the drafting
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France: Finance Bill 2025 proposes new corporate and personal income tax regime
The French government presented the Finance Bill 2025 during a press conference in Paris on Thursday, 10 October 2024, with the goal of reducing the deficit from 6.1% of GDP this year to 5% next year. To achieve this, the government plans to
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Finland consults TV Tax, VAT on broadcasting services, increases VAT rate on broadcasting from 10% to 14%
Finland’s Ministry of Finance initiated a public consultation on 4 October 2024 on a draft proposal to revise the TV Tax for individuals and businesses and to adjust the VAT on public broadcasting services. The consultation is set to conclude
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Slovak Republic to amend anti-money laundering law
The Slovak Republic Parliament agreed to review the government's proposed draft bill, which seeks to amend the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Law, on 4 October 2024. These amendments aim to address the European Commission's concerns regarding the
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Hungary, Serbia sign amending protocol to tax treaty
Hungarian and Serbian have signed an amending protocol to their income and capital tax treaty on 8 October 2024 in Budapest, as reported in a release from the Serbian Ministry of Finance on the same day. The protocol was signed by Norbert Izer,
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Slovak Republic gazettes bill to tax sugary beverages
The Slovak Republic gazetted a new bill, “Act on Tax”, which imposes a sugar tax on sweetened soft drinks. The bill will take effect on 1 January 2025. The Slovak President signed the bill on 20 September 2024, and it was officially
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EU publishes its stance on Terms of Reference for a United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation
The Council of the European Union has declared its Position of the European Union and its Member States on the draft Terms of Reference for a United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. This follows after they abstained
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Ireland publishes updated Tax and Duty Manual, bank levy remains unchanged
Irish Revenue has released an updated Tax and Duty Manual concerning an additional levy on specific financial institutions on 7 October 2024, clarifying that the rate of bank levy to be applied for the year 2024 will remain at 0.112% as legislated
See MoreEuropean Commission releases revised list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, removes Antigua and Barbuda
The European Commission (EC) announced that European Union (EU) member states have updated the list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. The update confirmed that Antigua and Barbuda have been removed from Annex I (the blacklist), while Armenia and
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