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From July 1 2019, payments from Poland abroad that are subject to a withholding tax (WHT) regime and exceeding PLN 2 million ($520,000) will be subject to a standard 19%/20% WHT rate.

In January 2019, Romania's General Antifraud Directorate (DGAF) initiated a significant number of operative controls regarding transfer pricing (TP) documentation.

The appointment of Edward Kieswetter as the new Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (SARS) was announced at the end of March 2019.

In the course of its March 8 2019 meeting, Switzerland's Federal Council took note of an expert board's report and its recommendations for reforming Swiss withholding taxes (WHTs).

A new Brazilian proposal for tax reform, which is extremely important for the country’s development, is under discussion.

Italy has implemented a growth decree designed to encourage research & development (R&D). Hager & Partners' Gian Luca Nieddu and Barbara Scampuddu discuss the key tax implications of the decrees 32 articles.

In April 2019, India implemented GST reform in the real estate sector, seeing rates drop to as low as 1% for some residential sectors. Dhruva Advisors' Ritesh Kanodia and Meetika Baghel discuss the implications for property buyers and developers.

Alessandra Gomensoro and Ricardo Cosentino of Mattos Filho discuss the new tax challenges affecting Brazil

Brazil has affirmed that sales to the Amazonian free trade zone of Manaus must be equal to export transactions. Machado Associados' Ricardo Debatin da Silveira and Rogério Gaspari Coelho discuss the implications for exporters over the last five years.