International Updates
Under the 60-day rule in Cyprus, individuals are considered tax residents of Cyprus and benefit from the island's tax regime.
On December 10 2018, Portugal published Notice 144/2018 in the Official Gazette, announcing the new income tax treaty with Montenegro.
Russian legal entities that make capital gains from the sale of shares are eligible for a 0% tax rate, yet the criteria for satisfying this arrangement may not always be so simple.
Canada's Revenue Agency (CRA) confirmed in a recent technical interpretation (2017-071330117) that Canadian withholding tax can apply to the accrued (but unpaid) interest on a debt owed by a Canadian resident to a non-resident when the debt is assumed by another entity and such an assumption constitutes a "novation" of the debt obligation for purposes of the applicable commercial law.
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Sponsored by Garrigues PortugalA recent Portuguese Arbitration Court decision (Case 639/2017-T), dealing with the application of the exemption method to foreign-based liquidation proceeds for non-habitual tax residents serves as a good illustration of how this domestic exemption works. -
Sponsored by Eurofast GeorgiaGeorgian and Saudi officials signed an income tax treaty on March 14 2018, which has been forwarded for ratification.
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Sponsored by Eurofast EgyptThe head of Egypt's tax authority (ETA) Emad Sami said on August 26 2018 that an amendment to the Income Tax Act had been drafted to allow the finance minister to access corporate bank accounts to help combat tax evasion.
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