Serbia: MoF adopts arm’s length interest rates for 2023
On 29 March 2023, the Serbian Ministry of Finance has approved the rulebook on arm’s length interest rates for 2023. The rulebook will be effective from 6 April 2023. Interest rates in accordance with “arm’s-length” principle that applies
See MoreSerbia: Ministry of Finance release arm’s length interest rates for 2022
On 16 December 2022, the Serbian Ministry of Finance published the Rulebook on arm’s Length interest rates applicable for 2022 that applies to related parties’ loans. The rulebook comes into force on 24 December 2022. Taxpayers can use the
See MoreOECD: Stage Two Peer Review Report on Serbia under BEPS Action 14
On 24 January 2022 the OECD’s Inclusive Framework released the stage 2 peer review report on Serbia’s compliance with the minimum standard under Action 14 of the project on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). The minimum standard under
See MoreSerbia publishes rulebook on updating transfer pricing rules
On 1 October 2021, the Serbian Ministry of Finance has published the updated rulebook on transfer pricing. The updated rulebook includes the more detailed guidance regarding CbC report including the conditions, content, and manner of submitting
See MoreSerbia: MOF releases arm’s length interest rates for 2021
On 19 March 2021, the Serbian Ministry of Finance has published the Rulebook on Arm’s Length Interest Rates applicable for 2021 that applies on related parties’ loans. Rulebook comes into force on 27 March 2021. Taxpayers can use
See MoreSerbia: Ministry of Finance adopts Rulebooks concerning CIT amendments
On 30 December 2020, the Rulebooks (as the regulations are referred to in Serbia) regarding corporate income tax amendments published in the official gazette. The Rulebooks are effective retroactively for tax periods starting in 2020 including
See MoreSerbia publishes decree providing defer payment of taxes and contributions
On 25 December 2020, the Decree of Serbia No.156 was published in the Official gazette providing guidance concerning the method for paying amounts of taxes deferred in response to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Accordingly, whole amount of
See MoreHong Kong and Serbia enter into tax pact
On 28 August, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Christopher Hui, on behalf of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, signed a comprehensive avoidance of double taxation agreement (CDTA) with Serbia. The
See MoreCOVID-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 MoreCOVID-19: Serbia publishes a decree on tax relief measures
On 10 April 2020, Serbia published a decree in the official gazette providing tax relief as well as direct financial aid to certain companies in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The following tax measures included in the
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 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 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 MoreSerbia: Parliament adopts draft bill to implement CbC reporting obligations
On 18 October 2019, the Serbian parliament accepted for consideration a bill to implement country-by-country (CbC) reporting obligations for multinational entities (MNEs). Under this ultimate parent entities of an MNE group resident in Serbia are
See MoreSerbia: Ministry of Finance publishes safe harbor interest rates for 2019
The Serbian ministry of finance has published the Rulebook on arm’s length interest rates that are applicable for 2019, which apply to interest rates on loans and credits between associated parties. The Rulebook was published in the Official
See MoreOECD: Taxpayer input required for eighth batch of dispute resolution peer reviews
The OECD announced on19 February 2019 that it is currently collecting taxpayer input in preparation for the eight batch of stage 1 peer reviews in relation to improving the tax treaty dispute resolution process under Action 14 of the project on base
See MoreSerbia: Parliament adopts the law on amendments to the corporate income tax law
On 7 December 2018, the parliament of Serbia adopted the Law on Amendments to the Corporate Income Tax Law (the Law) which was published in the Official Gazette of RS number 95/2018 dated 8 December 2018. The Law came into force on 9 December
See MoreUK: Amendments to tax treaty with Serbia
The UK-Serbia bilateral tax treaty has been updated as a result of changes made under the OECD’s multilateral instrument (MLI) for inclusion into bilateral treaties of tax treaty related provisions from the recommendations on base erosion and
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