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    India is gearing towards the introduction of a goods and services tax (GST), a destination-based consumption tax, replacing several central and state taxes.
  • Germán Campos Gabriela Varas One of the major changes introduced by Law 20,780, published in the Chilean official gazette on September 29 2014, is the establishment of a general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR) in Article 4-bis of the Chilean tax code, which came into force on September 30 2015.
  • Michela Chin Mark Conomy Provisional measure 692/2015 (PM 692) was released by the executive branch of the Brazilian government on September 22 2015. Among other items, PM 692 amends the tax rates applicable to individuals and certain companies on the capital gain deriving from the sale of assets and rights of any nature.
  • Sabrina Wong Evan Schmid On July 31 2015 the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) issued its decision in Guindon v Canada, 2015 SCC 41. The substantive legal issue before the SCC was whether the penalty under section 163.2(4) of the Canadian Income Tax Act (ITA) was a criminal sanction such that procedural protections in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter) should be engaged and the penalties vacated.
  • Michela Chin Mark Conomy On September 30 2015, the executive branch of the Brazilian Government released Provisional Measure 694/2015 (PM 694). Among other items, PM 694 amends the relevant legislation concerning the withholding tax applicable to payments of interest on net equity (INE) as well as introducing a further limitation in relation to the calculation base for such payments.
  • Igor Vujasinovic On October 14 2015, the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Upper House of the Parliament) approved the tax treaty signed between Bosnia & Herzegovina and Poland. The treaty was signed in June 2014, and was ratified by Poland on April 8 this year.
  • Melissa Lim In the context of the October 5 release of the final package of measures relating to the BEPS project, the Australian Government has signalled its commitment to the BEPS process as evident in the new Treasurer's October 6 media release. The Treasurer highlighted that "Australia is firmly on the right track" in supporting the BEPS measures and outlined Australia's responses to the BEPS action items to date.
  • Drilona Likaj In 1999, Albania and Switzerland signed an agreement, the main aim of which was the avoidance of double taxation. The general objective of this kind of agreement is to ensure individuals and companies operating and residing in both countries pay the relevant taxes only once, therefore reducing their fiscal burden and facilitating their economic activities.
  • In a BEPS seminar organised by the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium this week, with a special focus on the practical consequences for Belgian enterprises, a representative of the Belgian Ministry of Finance, Steven Van Elsuwé, provided more details on the new legislative proposals that have been prepared so far, and on the different options that are currently under review.
  • Bär & Karrer has appointed Susanne Schreiber as partner and co-head of its tax practice group in Zurich, Switzerland.