11 Mar 2020 Spain Legislates For Digital Services Tax The Spanish Government has published the draft bill to introduce a digital services tax in Spain, beginning the formal parliamentary process needed to introduce the measure. Read more
10 Mar 2020 OECD Publishes Comments On CbC Reporting Review The OECD's public consultation on a review into the new transfer pricing documentation rules proposed as part of BEPS Action 13 has closed. It has published the 79 responses received. Read more
10 Mar 2020 Vietnam Pledges Tax Support Amid Spread Of COVID-19 The Vietnamese Government has announced its intention to provide fiscal support to businesses impacted by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Read more
09 Mar 2020 Argentina Extends More Transfer Pricing Return Filing Deadlines In General Resolution 4680/2020, published in the Official Gazette on February 28, 2020, Argentina announced extended transfer pricing filing deadlines for more taxpayers. Read more
06 Mar 2020 Hong Kong, China Now Sharing CbC Reports On March 4, 2020, the Hong Kong Government said that an arrangement with China on the automatic exchange of country-by-country reports is in effect. Read more
05 Mar 2020 Ukraine Mulling Tax Breaks For Intellectual Property Income The Government of Ukraine has announced plans to introduce a special tax regime for certain intellectual property income. Read more
04 Mar 2020 Portugal Ratifies BEPS Multilateral Instrument On February 28, 2020, Portugal ratified the BEPS multilateral instrument, committing to introduce changes to counter tax base erosion and profit shifting by amending its network of double tax treaties. Read more
04 Mar 2020 Korea Announces COVID-19 Tax Reliefs To Buoy Economy South Korea has announced a package of tax measures to buoy the economy amid the spread of COVID-19, with KRW7 trillion (USD5.9bn) of the KRW20 trillion stimulus package containing tax measures. Read more
03 Mar 2020 Turkey Introduces New Digital Services Tax On March 1, 2020, Turkey's recently approved tax on certain digital services went into effect. Read more
02 Mar 2020 Namibia To Repeal 'Harmful' Tax Incentives Namibia's Minister of Finance, Calle Schlettwein, has tabled a legislative amendment in parliament that will repeal certain tax incentives attached to Export Processing Zones as well as those aimed at the manufacturing sector. Read more
25 Feb 2020 EU Finance Ministers Issue Joint Statement On Digital Taxation The finance ministers of France, Germany, Italy, and Spain have put their names to a statement calling for countries to reach an agreement on solving the tax challenges of the digital economy by the end of 2020. Read more
25 Feb 2020 Switzerland Reports Bumper Tax Receipts For 2019 Higher tax receipts helped Switzerland to another surplus in 2019, with withholding tax and direct federal tax performing particularly well. Read more