Anguilla suspends exchange of tax information with Russia and Belarus
On 21 August 2023, the Government of Anguilla announced the suspension of exchanges and the sharing of tax information with Russia and Belarus in solidarity with the United Kingdom (UK) Government. Tax information is exchanged as part of a
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Russia amends regulations on taxation of controlled foreign companies
On 31 August 2023, the government of Russia announced new tax rules that will exempt profits of foreign collective investment structures from taxation. The exemption will apply if the following conditions are met: The profit of the structure is
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UK updates transfer pricing documentation requirements
The United Kingdom (UK) has published the Transfer Pricing Records Regulations 2023, which updated transfer pricing documentation requirements by introducing Local file and Master file requirements. The UK has officially updated its transfer
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UK: Statistics on Creative Industries Tax Relief
On 24 August 2023 HMRC published updated statistics for creative industries tax relief, showing that GBP 1.66 billion was paid out in tax relief for creative industries in 2021/22. The increase was due mainly to a significant rise in the amount of
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UK: HMRC announces new reporting regulations for digital platform operators (DAC7)
On 20 July 2023, the United Kingdom’s HMRC issued a policy paper outlining a comprehensive plan to establish reporting regulations for digital platform operators operating in the United Kingdom (UK). This initiative, which aligns with the OECD
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Ukraine ensures technical capacity for information exchange on CRS and CbCR
On 17 August 2023, Ukraine announced that the development of software for the State Tax Service of Ukraine has been completed, which will ensure the international automatic exchange of information under the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) and the
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Russia plans to implement windfall tax in 2024
On 7 August 2023, the President of the Russian Federation signed a law No. 414-FZ establishing a new federal tax of a one-time nature the excess profit tax. Taxation will apply to the surplus earnings of Russian companies, foreign entities
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Georgia adopts rules on Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAP)
The Ministry of Finance of Georgia recently published Decree No. 258 of July 2023, which approves the rules for the Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAP) under the Tax Treaties of Georgia or the provisions of the BEPS MLI. The rules encompass various
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Serbia amends the law to ratify BEPS MLI
On 27 July 2023, Serbia published in the Official Gazette Decree No. 78 of July 2023, approving amendments to the Law on Ratification of the Multilateral Convention on the Implementation of Tax Treaty-Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and
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Ukraine: National Bank reduces interest rate from July 2023
On 27 July 2023, the National Bank of Ukraine decided to reduce its key policy rate from 25% to 22% per annum with effect from 28 July 2023. The interest rate has a tax effect on the late tax payment interest and penalties which is equal to 120% of
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UK: Capital Gains Tax Statistics for 2022
The update on statistics for capital gains tax (CGT) released on 3 August 2023 notes that record amounts of capital gains were reported in 2021/22 and record amounts of CGT were collected. The statistics are based on the self-assessment tax returns
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North Macedonia: Government proposes amendments to the tax law
The government of North Macedonia has re-submitted the draft amendments to the parliament related to the corporate income tax law, value-added tax (VAT) law, and draft law windfall profits tax. The drafts were initially submitted last year. The key
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United Kingdom Enacts Finance Bill 2023
On 11 July 2023, the United Kingdom (UK) Finance (No.2) Act 2023 was enacted, that incorporates provisions to adopt the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Pillar Two income inclusion
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UK: Review of Noncompliance in Research and Development Tax Relief Schemes
On 17 July 2023 HMRC published an analysis of the scale of non-compliance in the research and development (R&D) tax relief schemes and the approach taken to enforcing taxpayer compliance. The UK has two R&D tax relief schemes, a scheme
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Albania: Government approves new law to attract “Digital Nomads”
The Albanian Parliament approved Law no. 36/2023, to foster tech and innovation start-ups. The law supports “digital nomads” foreign professionals using technology provide their professional services on behalf of entities without an Albanian
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Cyprus: Tax Department issues circular on back-to-back financing transactions
On 7 July 2023, the Cyprus Tax Authority released Circular 7/2023, focusing on transfer pricing for intra-group back-to-back financing transactions. The Circular specifies that starting from the tax year 2023, the Comparable Uncontrolled Price (CUP)
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Cyprus: Tax department issues transfer pricing simplification measures
On 6 July 2023, the Cyprus Tax Department released a new circular (6/2023) entitled "Simplification measures for persons exempt from the obligation to maintain a Cyprus local file". The Circular provides guidance for persons exempt from the
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UK amends CbC notification Requirement
On 5 July 2023, the House of Commons in the United Kingdom (UK) made a significant decision by accepting Statutory Instrument No. 752/2023 to amend tax regulations on BEPS country-by-country (CbC) notification requirement. The UK government has
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