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A Republican senator has defended the lack of tax cuts for working class Americans in the GOP tax bill by saying that they would only spend "every darn penny" on "booze or women or movies" anyway.

As global tax rates continue to fall, tax policy is at the forefront to drive Hong Kong's economic growth. In recent years, the Hong Kong government has introduced various initiatives to bolster Hong Kong's position as a global financial centre.

According to the law on clean air, adopted by the Iranian Parliament on July 16 2017, Mohammad Masihi, an official from the tax administration, stated that all home-grown, eco-friendly, zero-emission hybrid and electric cars and motorcycles will benefit from a tax exemption.

The German tax legislator made only a few substantial changes to the tax rules relevant for international business during 2017, the notable exception being the introduction of a new rule that will limit the deductibility of royalty payments made to recipients benefiting from a non-nexus intellectual property (IP) regime, which will apply from 2018 (see March issue of the International Tax Review magazine). In addition, the German courts issued some decisions that will require the legislator to introduce new rules, such as the replacement of the restructuring relief previously granted under an administrative practice based on a circular (see April issue of the International Tax Review magazine) and new change-in-ownership rules (discussed below). Most other changes to the tax code addressed procedural issues, such as increased notification requirements for certain business relationships with third countries and certain reliefs, by increasing the thresholds that allow simplified approaches to depreciation/amortisation, documentation, etc.

Following public consultation on the draft bill earlier in the year, the final version of the 2017 Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (TLAB) is now before Parliament.

The new draft budget plan, the so-called 'Stability Law for 2018', launched in the past few weeks by the Italian government, defines the lines of public finance for next year and focuses on important fiscal and spending measures.

The SAT ruling now has expanded the situations where the 4.9% withholding tax rate is not applicable to include interest derived from certificates, loans and other financial transactions.

India has seen several important decisions on the tax front take place in 2017.

The Maltese presidency of the EU Council is a new entry this year Malta's government has had to deal with a barrage of tax criticism over the years, but, while it held the EU Council presidency, it battled through that to deliver the amended Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) and enact of the dispute resolution mechanism, among other things.

Maria Teresa Fabregas Fernandez is a new entry this year Maria Teresa Fabregas Fernandez took over the European Commission's top indirect tax job from Donato Raponi in March, and is tasked with delivering an ambitious set of reforms.