October 2018
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Sponsored by Eurofast AlbaniaThe Albanian Parliament on July 9 2018 approved a draft law submitted by the Council of Ministers that proposed several changes to income tax. -
Sponsored by Webber WentzelChanges made last year to South Africa's dividend stripping rules have effectively eliminated the ability of group companies to make use of the rollover relief provisions that historically have allowed qualifying liquidations or deregistration of group companies (both local and foreign) to be done on a tax-neutral basis.
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Sponsored by EY RomaniaIn recent years, due to the fairly low percentage of tax collection, the Romanian tax authorities (RTA) have increased pressure on revenue collection by various means.
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Sponsored by PwC BrazilOn 28 August 2018, Decree 9.482 was published, enacting amendments to the protocol to the convention between Brazil and Argentina.
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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 PwCOn September 12 2018, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker delivered his 2018 State of the European Union (EU) address at the European Parliament. Accompanying his speech were a number of more detailed policy documents, the most important of which was the Letter of Intent from Juncker and First VP Frans Timmermans to the presidents of the European Parliament and the Austrian EU Council presidency.
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Sponsored by Russell McVeaghIn June 2018, reforms intended to address BEPS became law in New Zealand with the enactment of the Taxation (Neutralising Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) Act 2018 (BEPS Act).
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Sponsored by Fenwick & WestThe Ninth Circuit reversed, and then withdrew its reversal of, the Tax Court's unanimous 'reviewed by the court' decision in Altera Corp. v. Commissioner, 145 T.C. 91 (2015), and held in a 2-1 decision that Treas. Reg. § 1.482-7(d)(2), requiring related entities to share the cost of employee stock compensation (the 2003 Regulation) was a valid regulation.
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Sponsored by KPMG USOn August 27 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced changes to the compliance assurance process (CAP) for future years. CAP is an IRS programme that allows select taxpayers to participate in advance resolution of issues with IRS personnel prior to filing their returns.
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Sponsored by PwC ChileAs a rule, remuneration for services – digital or otherwise – rendered by a non-resident non-domiciled in Chile to Chilean taxpayers are subject to a withholding tax, with rates of up to 35% over the full paid amount depending on the type of service.
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Sponsored by KPMG ChinaAt an executive meeting of China's State Council on July 23 2018, Premier Li Keqiang announced that the country would expand the scope of the 75% corporate income tax (CIT) super deduction for eligible research and development (R&D) expenses to cover all resident enterprises. This super deduction rate currently applies to defined science and technology-related small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), while other enterprises can obtain a 50% super deduction. The announced changes will abolish the 50% super deduction incentive. The details of the expanded incentive are still pending, and it remains to be seen whether the increased super deduction rate can be applied retroactively and whether the scope of deductible expenses will be expanded further. This improvement to the super deduction follows the enhancement of the incentive in June's Cai Shui (Circular) 64, to cover R&D work outsourced by Chinese enterprises to foreign providers.
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Sponsored by MDDPThe new rules concerning income tax on building regulations will enter into force on January 1 2019, with some relating to 2018.
