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 Eurofast MacedoniaIn 2009, as an anti-crisis measure, the FYR Macedonian government introduced the possibility to apply for the preferential VAT rate of 5% on the first sale of residential buildings. While initially planned to be in force until the end of 2011, the application period has already been extended twice. -
Sponsored by Deloitte SwitzerlandThe Federal Tax Administration has issued a new circular letter (number 37A), which confirms the existing practice of the majority of cantons for the deductibility of equity incentive expenses.
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Sponsored by Russell McVeaghThe New Zealand government is consulting on measures that would require the reporting of details of beneficial ownership of companies and limited partnerships on a public register.
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