An Overview of Taxation on Nonresident Individuals in Kazakhstan
Individuals not resident in Kazakhstan are subject to taxation on certain Kazakhstan-source income. ... - Continue reading
Individuals not resident in Kazakhstan are subject to taxation on certain Kazakhstan-source income. ... - Continue reading
China’s State Taxation Administration on 14 October published “Administrative Measures for Non-resident Taxpayers Claiming Tax Treaty Benefits” [Announcement (2019) No. 35]. ... - Continue reading
The first transmission of financial account information on automatic basis between the two countries took place in September 2019 for enhanced cooperation in the fight against tax evasion. ... - Continue reading
China’s double tax avoidance agreements (DTAs) can be used to avail lower tax rates while making outbound payments. However, DTA benefits are not automatically applicable to everyone. ... - Continue reading
In the wake of the Panama Papers, thousands of taxpayers around the world received notices from their respective tax authorities seeking clarifications, issuing fines, or requesting payment of taxes dodged. ... - Continue reading
When multinational companies look to open up a new subsidiary or a regional headquarters, they tend to prefer certain countries due to their favorable tax policies. ... - Continue reading
Big changes ahead : Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and other top-tier South Korean companies might have to pay corporate taxes even in countries where they have no physical presence. Here's how. ... - Continue reading
The government is set to tighten rules on disclosure by Japan’s wealthier residents about their overseas assets in a bid to prevent tax avoidance, sources close to the matter said Sunday. ... - Continue reading
PHNOM PENH, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) — The Cambodian parliament on Monday ratified an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income that the country had signed with China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Ruling Cambodian People’s Party’s 110… – Continue reading
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ratified an agreement with Malaysia on the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of tax evasion and the protocol thereto, adopting Bill No. 0002. 333 MPs voted in favor of it. It was broadcasted by official Rada Channel. The agreement extends to individual income… – Continue reading
Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Shabbar Zaidi on Monday wrote letter to UAE authorities and asked for devising mechanism to share details of Pakistanis who are hiding behind Iqama based residential status to evade taxes. In a letter written to Ministry of Finance UAE by the Chairman FBR Shabbar… – Continue reading
Punjab Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht has said that the government was making efforts for unification of taxes and harmonisation in revenue collection in all four provinces while clarifications would be made on the tax related litigations and GST on services related matters. The minister chairing a review meeting… – Continue reading
Turkey’s Ministry of Treasury and Finance on 23 October released a draft law introducing a digital services tax, sending it to the Turkish Parliament for ratification. ... - Continue reading
The OECD today announced that Jordan has become the 135th country to join the “Inclusive Framework on BEPS.” ... - Continue reading
China’s efforts to cut taxes have taken effect as firms reported lighter tax burdens, a new survey showed. The ratio of the total taxes paid by firms to their business revenue stood at 2.3 percent in 2018, down from 2.62 percent in 2017 and 3.41 percent in 2016, according to… – Continue reading
The United Arab Emirates and Switzerland removed from European Union's list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes on October 10. ... - Continue reading
Finance Ministry targets deliberate losses designed to slash bill ... - Continue reading
G20 finance ministers support taking the 'Unified Tax Framework' a notch higher - Multinational enterprises like Google, Facebook and Amazon with huge customer base to retain share of profits in concerned countries. ... - Continue reading
A regional tax office posted 32 percent jump in revenue collection to Rs26.43 billion in the first quarter of the current fiscal year as tax rates on non-compliance increased during the period, sources said on Wednesday. Revenue collection by the Regional Tax Office (RTO)-II Karachi amounted to Rs19.98 billion in… – Continue reading
The concept of 'Secondary Adjustment' was introduced in Finance Act 2017 by introducing new Section 92CE in the Indian Income Tax Act (the Act) to align transfer pricing provisions with international best practices. ... - Continue reading
Singapore has long been a preeminent destination for setting up a regional headquarters to pursue business opportunities across ASEAN and Asia. ... - Continue reading
The tax compliance of online gaming operators and their service providers continue to show improvements every month amid the strict enforcement activities of the government, a tax official said. The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) initially reported that its preliminary income tax collection from Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) foreign… – Continue reading
The Maldives Finance Ministry on Monday said the state had collected over 40 million U.S. dollars as Green Tax from foreigners and tourists in the first nine months of this year, local media reports said. According to statistics published by the Finance ministry, the Maldives government had received 42.466 million… – Continue reading
“The suggestion has been brought up many times before and lawmakers with the support of the business community rejected it,” said a revenue regional director who declined to be named. He recalled that many congressmen even protested when the BIR in 2014 tried to require taxpayers to include in their… – Continue reading
The OECD Secretariat has published a public consultation paper to advance international negotiations ... - Continue reading
The corporate tax cut would reduce the reach of the unorganized retail sector as they lose their edge of tax evasion, a 2Point2 Capital report says ... - Continue reading
The Delhi High Court ("Court") in Glencore International AG v. Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited has held that amounts paid to a non-resident pursuant to an international arbitration award would not be subject to withholding tax in India. ... - Continue reading
The United Arab Emirates and Switzerland are set to be removed from a European Union blacklist of countries deemed to be tax havens, according to a Reuters report citing an official document. Switzerland has delivered on its commitments, the document said, acknowledging that a tax reform passed last year –… – Continue reading
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said that service providers for Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) must cooperate and comply with the tax authorities to avoid revenue losses once they become subject for closure. BIR Commissioner Caesar R. Dulay said that POGO service providers should be prepared to incur millions… – Continue reading
The country’s total financial resources reached P31.044 trillion as of end-March 2019, according to the latest survey of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Preliminary results of the Other Financial Corporation Survey showed the total assets of depository corporations reached P23.068 trillion while the combined resources of other financial corporations hit… – Continue reading
If you wish to retain the NRI status to avoid clubbing of US salary with Indian income for tax purposes, it would be advisable for you to restrict your stay in India to less than 60 days during FY20 ... - Continue reading
LAHORE: Lahore traders having failed to convince the Federal Board of Revenue on taxation measures have sought the assistance of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) to plead their case, a statement said on Saturday. LCCI President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, Senior Vice President Ali Hussam Asghar and Vice… – Continue reading
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) padlocked simultaneously Wednesday the main office and two branches of one of the biggest Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) service providers in the country for alleged failure to register and pay the corresponding deficiency taxes amounting to P2 billion. Shuttered were the headquarter of… – Continue reading
In a landmark ruling, the Delhi bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has concluded that a liaison office could be treated as a permanent establishment of a foreign entity in India. ... - Continue reading
The Hong Kong government today announced that Hong Kong and Estonia have signed a comprehensive tax treaty. ... - Continue reading
Finally, the outdated and “dysfunctional” tax regime based on gross income earned is now about to end with the expected enactment into law of the new Corporate Income Tax and Incentives Rationalization Act (CITIRA), which the House recently passed with a vote of 170 versus eight against and six abstentions. … – Continue reading
Initial results of a study conducted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas show that an immediate pullout by Philippine offshore gaming operators from the country will not have an impact on the financial stability, Governor Benjamin Diokno said Tuesday. Diokno asked the BSP’s Financial Stability team and the Anti-Money Laundering… – Continue reading
In a development that surprised businesses and the stock market, India’s Finance Minister on Friday announced a significant reduction in the corporate tax rates. ... - Continue reading
Value-added tax on online purchase of goods and services will be applicable if the e-commerce company concerned collects those from the original suppliers and manufacturers without paying VAT, according to the National Board of Revenue. ‘There will be no VAT on online purchase of any goods and services if the… – Continue reading
KARACHI: Foreign portfolio investors invested $143.633 million in treasury bills from July onwards as the present government started betting on overseas funds into debt securities to finance budget deficit and refinance maturities. The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) latest data showed that outflow from portfolio investors amounted to $5.808 million… – Continue reading
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will tighten noose around offshore illicit money and assets as Pakistanis having undeclared assets abroad are required to file statement by September 30, 2019. “The FBR will launch proceedings against persons having offshore assets on the basis of available data,” an official at… – Continue reading
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issues 475 notices to owners of printing press and advertising businesses, asking them to file their income tax returns, sources said on Tuesday. The FBR issued notices for mandatory filing of income tax returns and wealth statement in order to determine annual… – Continue reading
New rules mandate officials to refer a suspected case of tax avoidance to a panel of senior officials ... - Continue reading
The Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) initiative by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will assist the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) in cracking down tax evasion, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. ... - Continue reading
Senator Joel Villanueva has urged the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to order local government units and police to crack down on Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGOs) that refuse to comply with the country’s tax laws. Villanueva also backed the Department of Finance’s (DOF) order to shut down… – Continue reading
You may evaluate claiming foreign tax credits under the India-US Double Tax Avoidance Agreement, for the taxes, if any, paid in the US on the salary received during the assignment, subject to satisfaction of conditions ... - Continue reading
'Those who don't pay or respond to your assessments, clamp them down,' says Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III ... - Continue reading
A question arises is whether a foreign company which has earned income from a source in India is required to file its tax return in India. ... - Continue reading