International updates - October 2014

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International updates - October 2014

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The latest international updates from our correspondents around the world.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Excise law amended in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil: New divergent decisions regarding taxation of merger of shares

Bulgaria: Amendments to the Bulgarian Public Procurement Act

Canada: Amendments to Canadian international tax proposals

Chile: Final approval for Chilean tax reform package expected next month

China: Notice on further strengthening corporate tax collection and administration on equity transfer

Cyprus: Double taxation agreement between Cyprus and Switzerland

EU FTT: End of the beginning, or beginning of the end?

Germany: Loss relief deferral unconstitutional?

Greece: Challenges in preparing Greek transfer pricing documentation

Hong Kong: Corporate residence determines source of director’s fees

India: Ruling on taxation of indirect transfer

Italy: New tax incentives for cultural activities and tourism sectors

Luxembourg: Recent tax treaties and protocols ratified by Luxembourg

FYR Macedonia: FYR Macedonia adds new product categories to the preferential VAT rate regime

Malta:Malta clarifies taxation of fees paid to non-resident investment committee members

Mexico: New miscellaneous rules introduce additional flexibility on the Mexican maquila regime

New Zealand: High Court rules on residency test for individuals

Poland: Proposal of amendments to VAT Act intended to fight fiscal frauds

Romania: Capital gains tax reporting

Serbia: Serbia – Armenia treaty ratified by Serbian parliament

South Africa: Tax exposure in respect of derivative income earned by non-residents

Switzerland: Swiss non-financial entities and new bank forms – everyone must tick a box

Ukraine: Ukraine tightens currency control rules

US Inbound: Inbound debt limitations

US Outbound: US Tax Court holds EC fine non-deductible under section 162(f)

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Over two-thirds of survey respondents back the continuation of the UK’s digital services tax, research commissioned by the Fair Tax Foundation also found
Given the US/G7 pillar two deal, the OECD is in danger of being replaced by the UN as the leading global tax reform forum
Cinven’s latest investment follows its acquisition of a stake in Grant Thornton UK in December; in other news, a barrister listed by HMRC as a tax avoidance promoter has alleged harassment
CIT base narrowing measures remain more prevalent than increased CIT rates, the report also highlighted
ITR's parent company, LBG, will acquire The Lawyer, a leading news, intelligence and data-driven insight provider for the legal industry, from Centaur Media
KPMG UK’s Graeme Webster and KPMG Meijburg & Co’s Eduard Sporken outline the 20-year evolution of MAPAs, with DEMPE analyses becoming more prevalent and MAPA requirements growing stricter
Rishi Joshi, of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, warns of potential judicial overreach as assets are recharacterised to bypass a legislative exclusion
Only 2% of in-house survey respondents said they were ‘heavy’ users of AI for TP, Aibidia’s report also found
There was a ‘deeply embedded culture within PwC that routinely disregarded formal confidentiality obligations,’ the chairman of Australia’s Tax Practitioners Board said
Jennifer Best was most recently the acting commissioner of the IRS’s large business and international division
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