Barbados To Slash PIT Rates Through Indirect Tax Grab

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Monday, April 15, 2019

Barbados's 2019 Budget includes proposals to remove VAT input tax credits for various supplies, reform the personal income tax regime, and generate more revenues from property taxes and the gaming sector. Read Full Story

Switzerland-Pakistan DTA Enters Into Force

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, December 7, 2018

A new double taxation agreement between Switzerland and Pakistan entered into force on November 29. Read Full Story

UK Announces Digital Tax, Corporate Tax Reforms In New Budget

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Friday, November 2, 2018

The UK's 2018 Budget includes changes to tax rules for companies, and notably for multinational groups to conform with the EU's Anti Tax Avoidance Directive. Most significantly, the UK has decided to move ahead of the EU in announcing that it will apply a tax on the turnover of certain digital businesses. Read Full Story

Mauritius Announces Company Tax Reforms In New Budget

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Mauritius announced wide-ranging changes to its tax regime in its latest Budget, including for companies. Read Full Story

Australian Miners' Tax Contribution Back To Boom Levels

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

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Australian mining companies paid a record AUD12.1bn (USD9.4bn) in company tax in 2016-17, according to research published by the Minerals Council of Australia. Read Full Story

China Sets Out How To Determine Beneficial Owner For Treaties

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

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

On February 3, 2018, China's State Administration of Taxation set out new rules on the disallowance of tax treaty benefits where an entity fails to demonstrate it is the beneficial owner of Chinese assets from which passive income is derived. Read Full Story

Colombia, Italy Sign New Double Tax Pact

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Colombia and Italy signed a double tax agreement on January 26, 2018, which provides for lower withholding tax rates on cross-border payments of dividends, interest, and royalties income. Read Full Story

Study Into Australian Miners' Tax Contribution

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

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

The Minerals Council of Australia has drawn attention to an independent study into the tax contribution of the mining industry, noting that firms paid an average effective tax rate of 51 percent in 2015-16. Read Full Story

UAE Cabinet Approves Tax Deals With Croatia, Moldova

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

The United Arab Emirates Cabinet on January 7, 2018, approved two double tax agreements concluded by the territory in 2017 with Moldova and Croatia. Read Full Story

Cambodia-Singapore Double Tax Deal Effective

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

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Singapore's tax agency has announced that the territory's new double tax avoidance agreement with Cambodia entered into force on December 29, 2017, capping cross-border withholding taxes on trade and investment. Read Full Story

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