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Indonesian Lawmakers Approve Tax Reform Plans

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Monday, October 18, 2021

Indonesia's lower house of parliament has signed off on a bill that provides for a two-stage hike to the headline value-added tax rate, the cancellation of a planned corporate tax cut, and the introduction of a new top rate of personal income tax. Read Full Story

Belt And Road Forum Agrees Digital Tax Admin Agenda

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Monday, October 4, 2021

China has set out the priorities of the Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Cooperation Mechanism (BRITACOM) Council over the next five years, at the 36-country grouping's second forum. Read Full Story

China's New Urban Maintenance And Construction Tax Law In Force

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

China's Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation have issued a statement announcing tax relief from the Urban Maintenance and Construction Tax. Read Full Story

Asia-Pac's Tax Take Dropped, Even Before COVID-19: Report

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Friday, August 6, 2021

Tax revenues fell in 2019 in two-thirds of economies across Asia and the Pacific as a result of an economic slowdown prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new OECD report. Read Full Story

China Halves Corporate Tax For Smallest Businesses

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Chinese authorities have announced enhanced temporary tax breaks for small businesses. Read Full Story

Eight States' Tax Transparency Frameworks Reviewed

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

The OECD Global Forum has released eight peer review reports, for Brunei, Macau, Switzerland, Barbados, the Seychelles, Liberia, Peru, and Tunisia, on the jurisdictions' efforts to adopt and comply with international tax standards on transparency and the exchange of tax-related information on request. Read Full Story

OECD Releases Eight New Action 14 Peer Reviews

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, December 6, 2019

The OECD recently released the seventh round of stage one peer review reports, assessing eight jurisdictions' efforts to implement the BEPS Action 14 minimum standard on tax dispute resolution. Read Full Story

New Zealand Tops World Bank's 'Doing Business' 2020

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Friday, November 8, 2019

New Zealand is the easiest place in the world to do business, according to the World Bank's new Doing Business 2020 report, which looks at the simplicity of setting up, operating, and paying taxes in 190 territories around the world. Read Full Story

OECD Seeks Feedback On Dispute Resolution In Ten Jurisdictions

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, July 25, 2019

The OECD has requested stakeholders' input on the dispute resolution processes in place in Andorra, Anguilla, Bahamas, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Faroe Islands, Macau (China), Morocco, and Tunisia. Read Full Story

At UN General Assembly, OECD Urges Global Carbon Tax Action

Friday, September 28, 2018

Three years on from the commitments made at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, the overwhelming majority of governments have not taken the necessary action to contain growing risks to the climate, says the OECD. It said, with emissions on the rise again, OECD governments need to get serious about shifting their economies to a low-carbon model and stop investing in carbon-intensive infrastructure. Read Full Story

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