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Hong Kong Confirms Profits Tax Shakeup From April

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

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Hong Kong has gazetted an ordinance to establish a new two-tier corporate tax regime from April 1, 2018. Read Full Story

Hong Kong Gazettes BEPS, Profits Tax Bills

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

Monday, January 1, 2018

Hong Kong published two bills in its Official Gazette on December 29 to introduce provisions to counter base erosion and profit shifting and to alter its business tax regime. Read Full Story

US Senate Presents A Different Take On Tax Reform

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Monday, November 13, 2017

The Senate Finance Committee released its tax reform plan on November 9, presenting a draft bill with marked differences to that agreed by the House Ways and Means Committee on the same day. Read Full Story

Republicans Reveal US Tax Reform Law

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Friday, November 3, 2017

On November 2 the US Government released the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, setting out in legislation its plans for comprehensive reform of the US tax code. Read Full Story

SARS Guides Non-Executive Directors On VAT Obligations

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

The South African Revenue Service has issued further guidance for non-executive directors on the tax treatment of the fees they receive. Read Full Story

US Pass-Through Tax Plan 'A Massive Tax Break For High Earners'

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

The Urban-Brooking Tax Policy Center has calculated that the 15 percent tax rate for pass-through businesses proposed by the Trump administration could reduce tax revenues by as much as USD2 trillion over the next decade. Read Full Story

The Tax Plans Of President-Elect Trump

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Taxpayers in the United States could be in line for substantial income tax cuts following Donald Trump's surprisingly comfortable victory in the presidential elections on November 8. Read Full Story

Congress Examines IRS Attitude To Small Businesses

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Monday, June 27, 2016

The US House of Representatives Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access has held a hearing to examine the attitude of the Internal Revenue Service toward small business. Read Full Story

US Congress Receives Bill To Cut Small Business Taxes

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Randy Hultgren has introduced legislation into the House of Representatives to provide federal tax relief and reduce administrative burdens for pass-through entities in the United States. Read Full Story

Hong Kong's Tax Revenue Dipped In 2015-16

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

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Hong Kong's Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Wong Kuen-fai, has reported that total tax revenue collected in Hong Kong in the 2015-16 fiscal year, which ended on March 31, was HKD291.3bn, a drop of HKD10.6bn compared with the previous year. Read Full Story

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