Switzerland Reports Bumper Tax Receipts For 2019

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Higher tax receipts helped Switzerland to another surplus in 2019, with withholding tax and direct federal tax performing particularly well. Read Full Story

Swiss Tax Disputes Resolved Quickly In 2018: Report

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, December 6, 2019

Switzerland has released a report on its efforts to resolve tax disputes, noting that the average time to complete mutual agreement procedure cases was 13 months in 2018, significantly below that required under the BEPS minimum standards. Read Full Story

Switzerland To Improve Tax Information Exchange Regime

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Switzerland is to amend its domestic framework for the automatic exchange of information, in line with recommendations made by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes. Read Full Story

Ireland Had EU's Lowest Tax-To-GDP Burden In 2018: Eurostat

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, November 15, 2019

The overall tax burden in the European Union relative to GDP rose slightly in 2018, to 40.3 percent, the Eurostat has announced. Read Full Story

Ireland Studies Potential Drop In Record High CIT Receipts

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Friday, October 18, 2019

A reversal of recent surges in corporate tax receipts could hit tax revenues and affect the Ireland's longer-term economic position, according to analysis released by the Irish Finance Department. Read Full Story

EU Updates Tax Blacklist

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, October 11, 2019

The EU has removed two countries from its list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions and found a further five to have met their commitments on tax cooperation. Read Full Story

Switzerland Sends 2019 Taxpayer Data Under CRS

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, October 11, 2019

Switzerland's Federal Tax Administration has announced the exchange of information on millions of financial accounts with 75 partner countries. Read Full Story

Irish Tax Investigations Typically Last Almost A Year

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Friday, October 18, 2019

Ireland's Comptroller and Auditor General has released a new report on the Irish Revenue's compliance activities during 2018, and its efforts to improve how it interacts with taxpayers since a review in 2012. Read Full Story

Singapore Reports On Tax, Compliance Work

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

Thursday, September 5, 2019

The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) has reported that revenues increased by 4.4 percent in the 2018-2019 fiscal year, in its annual report for the year. Read Full Story

Ireland Consults On Future Of Two Tax Reliefs

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Friday, July 5, 2019

The Irish Government is holding a public consultation on the Special Assignee Relief Programme and the Foreign Earnings Deduction, as part of a broader independent review of the reliefs. Read Full Story

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