International updates - April 2016

April 01, 2016

The latest international updates from our correspondents around the world.

Australia: Capital gains tax withholding

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Instruction on indirect tax exemption under Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance Programme II

Brazil: Amendments to interest on net equity not passed

Bulgaria: Exchange of tax and financial information in Bulgaria

Canada: Tax Court of Canada: Foreign rectification orders not binding on CRA unless properly recognised by Canadian courts

Chile: Voluntary income tax payment opportunity

Cyprus: Treaty analysis: Cyprus – Ethiopia double tax agreement

EU: Member states agree to implement BEPS Action 13 CbCR by EU-wide Directive

Georgia: Georgia to amend corporate tax rules

Germany: Treaty override declared constitutional

Indonesia: Analysing facilities in the special economic zones

New Zealand: Implementation of the global standard on automatic exchange of information

Norway: New proposal for a statutory GAAR in Norway

Poland: New TP regulations on the way

Switzerland: Swiss House of Representatives makes the CTR III package even more attractive

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