16 Mar 2020 Germany Relaxes Tax Payment Rules On March 13, 2020, the German Ministry of Finance announced the relaxation of certain tax payment requirements as part of a package of measures designed to ease the economic impact of the COVID-19 virus. Read more
12 Mar 2020 UK Announces Plastics Tax, Business Rates Relief In 2020 Budget The UK's 2020 Budget, released on March 11, 2020, includes proposals to waive business rates on small retailers, to introduce a new tax on plastics, and to remove value-added tax on electronic publications. Read more
11 Mar 2020 Trump Discusses Payroll Tax Cut With Congress On March 9, 2020, United States President Donald Trump revealed that the Administration would begin discussions with Congress on potential tax measures to ease the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, including a payroll tax cut. Read more
11 Mar 2020 Kenya Announces Enforcement Policies In 2020 Budget In its 2020 Budget Policy Statement, Kenya's Government announced a number of ongoing tax enforcement and administration initiatives, aimed at boosting collections and voluntary compliance rates. Read more
11 Mar 2020 Spain Legislates For Digital Services Tax The Spanish Government has published the draft bill to introduce a digital services tax in Spain, beginning the formal parliamentary process needed to introduce the measure. Read more
10 Mar 2020 OECD Publishes Comments On CbC Reporting Review The OECD's public consultation on a review into the new transfer pricing documentation rules proposed as part of BEPS Action 13 has closed. It has published the 79 responses received. Read more
10 Mar 2020 Vietnam Pledges Tax Support Amid Spread Of COVID-19 The Vietnamese Government has announced its intention to provide fiscal support to businesses impacted by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Read more
09 Mar 2020 Argentina Extends More Transfer Pricing Return Filing Deadlines In General Resolution 4680/2020, published in the Official Gazette on February 28, 2020, Argentina announced extended transfer pricing filing deadlines for more taxpayers. Read more
06 Mar 2020 Hong Kong, China Now Sharing CbC Reports On March 4, 2020, the Hong Kong Government said that an arrangement with China on the automatic exchange of country-by-country reports is in effect. Read more
05 Mar 2020 Ukraine Mulling Tax Breaks For Intellectual Property Income The Government of Ukraine has announced plans to introduce a special tax regime for certain intellectual property income. Read more
04 Mar 2020 Portugal Ratifies BEPS Multilateral Instrument On February 28, 2020, Portugal ratified the BEPS multilateral instrument, committing to introduce changes to counter tax base erosion and profit shifting by amending its network of double tax treaties. Read more
04 Mar 2020 Korea Announces COVID-19 Tax Reliefs To Buoy Economy South Korea has announced a package of tax measures to buoy the economy amid the spread of COVID-19, with KRW7 trillion (USD5.9bn) of the KRW20 trillion stimulus package containing tax measures. Read more