The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ratified an agreement with Malaysia on the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of tax evasion and the protocol thereto, adopting Bill No. 0002. 333 MPs voted in favor of it. It was broadcasted by official Rada Channel. The agreement extends to individual income… – Continue reading
Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Shabbar Zaidi on Monday wrote letter to UAE authorities and asked for devising mechanism to share details of Pakistanis who are hiding behind Iqama based residential status to evade taxes. In a letter written to Ministry of Finance UAE by the Chairman FBR Shabbar… – Continue reading
On October 9, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development secretariat published its proposed ‘unified approach’ to reform international tax rules, seeking to address the tax challenges of digitalisation. ... - Continue reading
Punjab Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht has said that the government was making efforts for unification of taxes and harmonisation in revenue collection in all four provinces while clarifications would be made on the tax related litigations and GST on services related matters. The minister chairing a review meeting… – Continue reading
The Advocate General (AG) in an opinion issued 24 October (Case C-458/18) stated that a company incorporated in Gibraltar and subject to Gibraltar corporation tax cannot be considered to be a “company of a Member State” within the meaning of the parent-subsidiary directive (Directive 2011/96). ... - Continue reading
Turkey’s Ministry of Treasury and Finance on 23 October released a draft law introducing a digital services tax, sending it to the Turkish Parliament for ratification. ... - Continue reading
The OECD today announced that Jordan has become the 135th country to join the “Inclusive Framework on BEPS.” ... - Continue reading
Australians living and working overseas have until June 30 to sell their family homes or face being slapped with a hefty tax after the government reversed its position for exemptions. A A$581m federal government plan to change capital gains tax arrangements for expats originaly lapsed, but the Australian government is… – Continue reading
The U.S. government ended fiscal year 2019 with the largest budget deficit in seven years as gains in tax receipts were offset by higher spending and growing debt service payments, the Treasury Department said on Friday. It is the first time since the early 1980s that the budget gap has… – Continue reading
China’s efforts to cut taxes have taken effect as firms reported lighter tax burdens, a new survey showed. The ratio of the total taxes paid by firms to their business revenue stood at 2.3 percent in 2018, down from 2.62 percent in 2017 and 3.41 percent in 2016, according to… – Continue reading
The US Internal Revenue Service has eased the rules of FATCA compliance by telling banks overseas that they are not required to close the accounts of their accidental Americans clients who have not provided their tax identification number by January 2020. FATCA was passed in 2010 and forces banks wanting… – Continue reading
African tax bodies will mark the 10th anniversary of their umbrella organization, the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF), in their efforts to reduce tax leakages. A total of 38 African countries are members of the ATAF, making the organization Africa’s largest body that collectively deals with global tax issues affecting… – Continue reading
Australians are avoiding their tax responsibilities in record numbers. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) announced at a Senates Estimates hearing that the debt owed by Australians to the tax man has recently hit 45 billion Australian dollars (31 billion U.S. dollars), a record figure, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation… – Continue reading
HMRC is clamping down on the promoters and enablers of tax avoidance scheme as prison sentence lengths for tax evasion rose by 1% on average last year. Penny Ciniewicz, HMRC’s director general of customer compliance, said “We have more than 100 current investigations into promoters [and enablers] and we’re keeping… – Continue reading
Some 1,700 ‘accidental’ Dutch Americans have applied to give up their US nationality this year, a six-fold rise on three years ago, before a new tax law is implemented next year. As FATCA is enforced, these Dutch Americans must file a tax return in the United States. If they do… – Continue reading
October 8, 2019- New tax guidance for dual resident companies published by the Irish Tax and Customs ... - Continue reading
Mauritius on October 18 deposited its instrument of ratification or acceptance of the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting ... - Continue reading
A guide to the Irish Budget 2020 ... - Continue reading
Seattle’s luxury housing boom will worsen inequality and affordability in the city, according to a new report, which calls for officials to require more transparency on who is actually buying luxury real estate in the area. The report — “Who is Buying Seattle? The Perils of the Luxury Real Estate… – Continue reading
A note in newly filed accounts for Airbnb UK said it had been contacted by HMRC over "tax laws or regulations impacting the company's business". ... - Continue reading
On September 12, the Armenian government approved a set of amendments to the laws on Criminal Procedure and Bank Secrecy, which implies the disclosure of customers bank information. ... - Continue reading
The United Arab Emirates and Switzerland removed from European Union's list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes on October 10. ... - Continue reading
HMRC has recently been consulting on how the UK will implement new EU disclosure rules contained in the latest Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC6). ... - Continue reading
Highlights of the “unified approach to pillar one” proposal ... - Continue reading
With this new legal initiative, the taxpayers have the opportunity to clear tax debts without interests, surcharges and fines and to file forms past due without penalties. ... - Continue reading
Regulations governing BSA/AML compliance are often ambiguous, leading to disagreements with regulators about whether financial institutions are in compliance with those regulations. ... - Continue reading
Finance Ministry targets deliberate losses designed to slash bill ... - Continue reading
On September 20, the Peruvian tax authority issued guidance as to how to treat interest expenses on foreign debt. ... - Continue reading
The Irish Revenue has published guidance on dual-resident companies that explains new rules introduced under the BEPS multilateral convention on tax treaties. ... - Continue reading
A regional tax office posted 32 percent jump in revenue collection to Rs26.43 billion in the first quarter of the current fiscal year as tax rates on non-compliance increased during the period, sources said on Wednesday. Revenue collection by the Regional Tax Office (RTO)-II Karachi amounted to Rs19.98 billion in… – Continue reading
The Irish government today published Finance Bill 2019, which contains legislation to enact tax measures taking effect primarily from January 1, 2020. ... - Continue reading
Luxembourg’s Budget Bill published on 14 October comes up with new laws surrounding advance pricing agreements and other advance tax confirmations (so-called tax rulings) ... - Continue reading
For Canadians who are planning their retirement by investing their savings, the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) has become an important supplement to the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) since its introduction in 2009. ... - Continue reading
The concept of 'Secondary Adjustment' was introduced in Finance Act 2017 by introducing new Section 92CE in the Indian Income Tax Act (the Act) to align transfer pricing provisions with international best practices. ... - Continue reading
In the last few years, the international tax space has experienced an unprecedented drive to achieve increased transparency in the tax practices of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) and individuals in order to curb tax avoidance and evasion. ... - Continue reading
A man from Pleasant Grove, Utah, was convicted of multiple counts of tax evasion for failing to submit proper tax returns and avoiding paying his taxes for 12 years. Robin Kartchner, 69, has been convicted of 15 counts of tax evasion, according to a Tuesday press release from the Utah… – Continue reading
Singapore has long been a preeminent destination for setting up a regional headquarters to pursue business opportunities across ASEAN and Asia. ... - Continue reading
The tax compliance of online gaming operators and their service providers continue to show improvements every month amid the strict enforcement activities of the government, a tax official said. The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) initially reported that its preliminary income tax collection from Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) foreign… – Continue reading
The Maldives Finance Ministry on Monday said the state had collected over 40 million U.S. dollars as Green Tax from foreigners and tourists in the first nine months of this year, local media reports said. According to statistics published by the Finance ministry, the Maldives government had received 42.466 million… – Continue reading
On 20 September 2019, Switzerland and the USA ratified the protocol of amendment of their double taxation treaty ("DTA"). ... - Continue reading
The US IRS on October 11 released IRS guidance addressing the expiration of debt-equity documentation temporary regulations under code Section 385. ... - Continue reading
“The suggestion has been brought up many times before and lawmakers with the support of the business community rejected it,” said a revenue regional director who declined to be named. He recalled that many congressmen even protested when the BIR in 2014 tried to require taxpayers to include in their… – Continue reading
In 2017, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) announced the introduction of six (6) new electronic services. ... - Continue reading
Key tax changes to the country’s tax law primarily inspired by the OECD’s base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project ... - Continue reading
The corporate tax cut would reduce the reach of the unorganized retail sector as they lose their edge of tax evasion, a 2Point2 Capital report says ... - Continue reading
On 8 October, the Irish government announced its Budget 2020 measures. Brexit and climate change are core themes of new revenue measures and expenditure commitments. Brexit remains the foremost immediate concern for the Irish economy, whereas tackling climate change requires long-term commitments to tax and spending policies. ... - Continue reading
As suggested by the EU Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation), on 4 October, the EU Council today adopted a revised EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions (annex I – blacklist) removing the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Marshall Islands. ... - Continue reading
The Delhi High Court ("Court") in Glencore International AG v. Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited has held that amounts paid to a non-resident pursuant to an international arbitration award would not be subject to withholding tax in India. ... - Continue reading
