Iceland approves budget bill for 2025
Iceland’s Budget Committee submitted the proposed amendments to the 2025 Budget on 15 November 2024 following its second parliamentary debate. The parliament approved the proposed amendments, incorporating them into the bill for the final round
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Iceland proposes mileage tax on fossil fuel cars, doubles carbon tax
Iceland’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs submitted a bill to parliament on 22 October 2024 proposing introducing a mileage tax on fossil fuel-powered vehicles. The bill aims to eliminate excise duties on fuels and vehicles while
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Iceland consults tax law and excise duty changes
Iceland’s Finance and Economic Affairs Minister has proposed a draft bill for public consultation on 15 October 2024, putting forward various taxes and duties on lodging, VAT, income, state treasury income, public tax collection, alcohol, tobacco,
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Brazil, Iceland sign tax treaty
Brazil and Iceland have signed a new tax treaty on 14 October 2024. The agreement will introduce several key provisions, including a principal purpose test and a limitation on benefits clause. It also addresses fiscally transparent entities,
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Iceland consults for 2025 budget bill
Iceland’s Budget Committee convened on 16 September 2024 to discuss the 2025 Budget Bill, which is now open for public consultation for comments until 3 October 2024. On 13 September 2024, the 2025 Budget Bill was approved in the parliament
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FTA between Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Moldova enters into force
The free trade agreement (FTA) between Moldova and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which includes Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland, will take effect on 1 September, 2024. The agreement between the EFTA member states
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Iceland amends VAT Act for cross-border services
Iceland's parliament has amended the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act 50/1988 to align the sale of services to non-resident businesses with the OECD VAT Guidelines and the EU VAT Directive. The new legislation clarifies that, in most cases, the VAT will
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Iceland, Andorra tax treaty enters into force
As per a notice published in Andorra's Official Gazette, the income and capital tax treaty between Andorra and Iceland took effect on 10 May, 2024. The treaty, the first between the two nations, was signed on 28 February, 2023. The agreement
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Costa Rica, Iceland TIEA goes into effect
The tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) between Costa Rica and Iceland took effect on 10 September, 2023. Applicable to criminal tax matters from the date it went into force, the agreement extended to other matters starting 1 January,
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Iceland proposes capital gains exemption for non-residents
The Icelandic parliament is considering a draft bill that aims to introduce change in its taxation policy. If passed, this legislation will grant an exemption on capital gains derived from the sale of shares in Icelandic companies to
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Iceland plans to adopt global minimum tax rules pillar two
On 16 April 2024, Iceland published the Fiscal Strategy Plan for 2025-2029, in which it determined to implement a global minimum tax pillar under the EU Minimum Tax Directive (Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523 of 14 December 2022. This includes the
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Iceland announces personal income tax and corporate tax changes for 2024
The Iceland Revenue and Customs has released the key rates and amounts for 2024, which provides individual income tax changes in 2024. The key changes in the monthly brackets and rates involving personal income taxes are as follows: Income
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Iceland announces CbC notification deadline for 2023
On 19 December 2023, Iceland published Notice 1525/2023 in the Official Gazette. The notice stipulates that the CbC report notification for the 2023 fiscal year must be submitted within one month from the year's end (by 31 January 2024, for the
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Iceland: Tax administration announces deadline for 2022 CbC notification
On 2 January 2023, the Icelandic Directorate of Internal Revenue published Notice 1609/2022, announcing the Jan. 31 deadline for submitting country-by-country (CbC) reporting for the fiscal year 2022. The notice contains that the notification must
See MoreOECD: Updates to Transfer Pricing Country Profiles
On 28 February 2022 the OECD released updated transfer pricing country profiles for 22 countries, together with new transfer pricing profiles for six more countries. This is the third batch of updates for 2021/22. The OECD transfer pricing
See MoreIceland sets 31 January 2022 deadline for 2021 CbC notification
On 22 December 2021, Iceland published the Notice No.1490/2021 which provides that the CbC report notification in respect of the 2021 fiscal year is to be submitted by 31 January 2022. Companies must designate a company group member to submit CbC
See MoreIceland publishes a law on new penalties for transfer pricing documentation
On 15 June 2021, Iceland published Law 61/2021 in the Official Gazette introducing new rules for the imposition of fines on taxpayers who fail to comply with transfer pricing documentation requirements for related party transactions, whether
See MoreOECD: Peer review reports on making tax dispute resolution more effective
On 25 May 2021 the OECD released a further batch of eight Stage Two peer review reports in relation to making dispute resolution mechanisms more effective under BEPS Action 14. The minimum standard under BEPS action 14 is concerned with
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