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Indonesia Taxes Crypto Asset Transactions

July 12, 2022

Through the authority of the Minister of Finance, Government of Indonesia has issued regulations to taxing crypto assets transactions. Although the legal position is still ambiguous, the Minister of Finance chose to go one step further by issuing tax regulations on crypto-asset transactions by applying value added tax (VAT) and withholding tax (WHT) starting in April 2022.

Kenya

New CbC Reporting Requirements to Apply in Kenya

July 7, 2022

In a bid to curb profit shifting, Kenya is increasing its transfer pricing documentation requirements. The recently published Kenya Finance Bill seeks to have the ultimate parent entity of a multinational enterprise group or a constituent entity of a multinational enterprise group (MNE’s), which is a tax resident in Kenya, file a country-by-country report.

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Finnish Tax Administration to Publish Guidance on Reverse Hybrid Legislation

June 28, 2022

Late 2021, Finland implemented a regulation concerning taxation of reverse hybrid arrangements included in article 9a of ATAD2 directive (Council directive (EU) 2017/952 amending Directive 2016/1164). The new rules have been implemented in Section 8a of the Finnish act on taxation of cross-border hybrid arrangements (Hybrid Act) and have been applied for fiscal year 2022 onwards.

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The Evolution of Transfer Pricing in Saudi Arabia

June 23, 2022

The tax regimes of the six countries—the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, the Sultanate of Oman, the State of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates—that make up the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (better known as the GCC) are evolving and changing rapidly.

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Greek Guidance on Controlled Foreign Corporations

June 15, 2022

By virtue of Law 4607/2019 (published in the Greek Government Gazette Α’ 65/24-04-2019), certain provisions of the Council Directive 2016/1164/EU of July 12, 2016, have been embedded in the Greek legislation and namely in the Greek Income Tax Code (ITC) (article 66 of L.4172/2013).

Americas

Muddled goals, broad scope lead to unexpected costs of OECD tax agreement

April 20, 2022

Alex M. Parker, Capitol Counsel LLC, discusses why last year’s OECD-G20 global minimum tax agreement has revealed a scope much broader than most anticipated; provisions of the agreement, revealed in technical commentary released by the OECD in the past months, could affect everything from green energy incentives to affordable housing credits in the U.S.

Americas

Biden’s tax reforms could leave US multinational corporations at a competitive disadvantage

April 13, 2022

Kyle Pomerleau, American Enterprise Institute, warns that while the Biden Administration’s recently released 2023 budget—which includes additional reforms to the tax treatment of multinational corporations—is intended to further align the U.S. tax code with the OECD’s Pillar Two model rules and enhance the competitiveness of U.S. multinational corporations, they actually could leave U.S. companies at a competitive disadvantage.