COVID-19: Serbia postpones the deadlines for filing corporate income tax returns
On 16 April 2020, the government of Serbia has adopted a decree that postponed the deadlines for filing corporate income tax returns and for submitting annual financial statements or for other actions required of certain regulated companies. The
See MoreSwitzerland: Tax measures in response to the economic impact of COVID-19 outbreak
On 20 March 2020, the Federal Council of Switzerland has approved several tax measures to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19 outbreak, as follows: Enterprises are allowed to postpone tax, VAT, certain customs duties and special consumption
See MoreCOVID-19: Serbia provides new interest rate for underpayments or overpayments of tax
On 20 March 2020, Serbia published a decree No.38/2020 that includes tax relief measures to mitigate the economic consequences of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The decree provides for a reduction in the default interest rate for underpaid or
See MoreRussia announces tax measures amid COVID-19 pandemic
On 17 March 2020, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) of Russia announced several tax measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The key tax measures are following: Extended tax payments deadline to 3 months for enterprises of tourism
See MoreUkraine: National Bank reduces the interest rate from March 2020
On 12 March 2020, the National Bank of Ukraine decided to reduce its key policy rate from 11% to 10% per annum with effect from 13 March 2020. The interest rate has a tax effect on the late tax payment interest and
See MoreUkraine: Tax measures due to the outbreak of COVID-19
On 17 March 2020, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted Law No 3220 “On amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine and other legislative acts of Ukraine aimed to support taxpayers during the period of taking measures against the occurrence and spread of
See MoreSerbia: Ministry of Finance publishes safe harbor interest rates for 2020
The Serbian ministry of finance has published the Rulebook on arm’s length interest rates that are applicable for 2020, which apply to interest rates on loans and credits between associated parties. The Rulebook was published in the Official
See MoreRussia amends WHT return filing deadline
On 5 February 2020, Russian Federal Tax Service published a notice amending the deadline for filing of 2019 withholding tax (WHT) returns by tax agents. The notice have been in force since 1 January 2020, the WHT returns are required to file
See MoreRussia amends penalty provision for tax evasion
On 26 December 2019, the Russian President introduced draft Law no. 871811-7 revising the thresholds for the tax evasion committed by legal and natural persons. According to the draft Law, the tax evasion thresholds for criminal liability have been
See MoreUkraine: Parliament approves draft law to implement BEPS provisions
On 16 January 2020, the Ukrainian Parliament approved draft laws on the improvement of the administration of taxes and elimination of certain inconsistencies in tax legislation (Law No 1209-1 and Law No 1210) to implement the Base Erosion and
See MoreUkraine: National Bank reduces the interest rate from January 2020
On 30 January 2020, the National Bank of Ukraine decided to reduce its key policy rate from 13.5% to 11% per annum with effect from 31 January 2020. The interest rate has a tax effect on the late tax payment interest and
See MoreUkraine: Parliament adopts draft law on amendments to the Tax Code
On 16 January 2020, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted Law No 1210 on amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine with regard to improvement of tax administration, elimination of technical and logical discrepancies in tax legislation. The important
See MoreUkraine: National Bank reduces the interest rate from December 2019
On 12 December 2019, the National Bank of Ukraine decided to reduce its key policy rate from 15.5% to 13.5% per annum with effect from 13 December 2019. The interest rate has a tax effect on the late tax payment interest and
See MoreUkraine: SFS explains about foreign exchange differences for transfer pricing purposes
Recently, the Ukraine State Fiscal Service (SFS) has explained about treatment of foreign exchange differences if controlled transactions meet the transfer pricing thresholds. Transactions are classified as controlled transactions if the annual
See MoreSerbia: Parliament amends the corporate income tax law including CbCR obligations
On 6 December 2019, the Serbian Parliament passed the legislation that amends the corporate income tax law including requirements for country-by-country (CbC) reporting of controlled transactions within a corporate group. The Law is published in
See MoreRussia updates CFC notification form
On 18 November 2019, the Russian Federal Tax Service published updated controlled foreign company (CFC) notification form with e-filing instruction. This form applies from 1 January
See MoreGeorgia adopts updated OECD transfer pricing guidelines
On 2 December 2019, the Ministry of Finance issued Decree No. 366 amending the country's transfer pricing legislation. The new decree updates the reference to the 2010 OECD transfer pricing guideline, providing that the 2017 version should
See MoreUkraine: MLI enters into force
On 1 December 2019, the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI) entered into force with respect to the Ukraine. On 8 August 2019, Ukraine deposited its instrument of
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