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During the Iranian Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Tayyebnia's visit to Washington on October 8 2016, the US Treasury Department announced that it now permits financial transactions in US dollars between Iran and non-US financial institutions.

Mark Galea Salomone Kirsten Cassar Malta and Vietnam have recently concluded an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income (the DTA). The DTA will apply to income tax in Malta and to personal and business income tax in Vietnam.

An economic partnership now lies in shambles following the UK’s unilateral decision to separate from the European Union. The impact of this split will be felt by Asian businesses that need to prepare for this unprecedented change. Lam Kok Shang, head of indirect tax, and Angelia Chew, Asia Pacific trade and customs leader, of KPMG in Singapore, explore what may lie ahead.

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Elena Kostovska The latest addition to the list of preferential VAT goods and services that benefit from a 5% VAT rate was introduced on October 14 2016, and is effective from the same date. It prescribes the application of the reduced VAT rate to the supply of pellet fuel, pellet boilers and pellet stoves.

Alain Verbeken Alina Trotska Luxembourg is amending its domestic laws in line with EU changes to repeal the EU Savings Directive and introduce the common reporting standard (CRS) to facilitate the automatic exchange of tax information (AEOI).

Zoe Kokoni The Cyprus House of Representatives approve legislative proposals for a revised intellectual property (IP) box regime on October 14 2016.

Sandra Benedetto Martin Cruzat As a member of the OECD, Chile signed the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (the Convention) in October 2013, which was approved by the Chilean Congress in November 2015 and promulgated in November 2016. Along with the Convention's promulgation, the government will soon release local legislation on the automatic exchange of financial accounts information (the Regulation). This Regulation will likely follow the OECD's model on the common reporting standard (CRS) and due diligence for financial account information.

Hamish Journeaux The New Zealand Inland Revenue has released a document setting out its compliance focus in respect of multinational enterprises (MNEs).

When it comes to Brexit, the answers to whether the UK’s departure from the EU is signed, sealed, and delivered are no, no and most definitely not – but that doesn’t mean that businesses are sitting back and waiting for direction. Tim Sarson, tax partner, and Sarah Beeraje, senior manager of international tax, of KPMG UK discuss how businesses have reacted to the UK’s vote to leave the EU.