In recent years, Mexico has introduced several tax reforms designed to enhance efficiency and reduce the administrative burden for small and medium-sized enterprises and individual entrepreneurs. These reforms have made...more
Budgets are normally stories of two halves. The first half contains the headline-grabbing tax policy reforms that can be encapsulated in a snappy soundbite in the Budget speech, such as “Chancellor scraps the non-dom regime”....more
After more than two decades of discussions, the National Congress approved, and the President of the Republic enacted the final text of the Constitutional Amendment n. 132/2023, known as the Brazilian Tax Reform on...more
The UK Government has announced wide ranging reforms to the UK financial services industry, including key tax reforms - On 9 December 2022, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, announced the “Edinburgh...more
On 9 December 2022, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, announced the “Edinburgh Reforms” of UK financial services. These reforms propose over 30 regulatory reforms that are described as intending to “unlock...more
El Consejo de Estado de Colombia mediante en Sentencia Anticipada 25541 del 3 de noviembre de 2022 declaró la nulidad del siguiente aparte contenido en el parágrafo 2 del artículo 1.6.1.6.3 del Decreto 1625 de 2016: "Las...more
El texto del Proyecto de Reforma Tributaria radicado para debate en sesiones plenarias de Senado y Cámara de Representantes en Colombia el 31 de octubre de 2022 contiene el siguiente artículo nuevo, que permitiría corregir...more
Welcome to May's edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen a number of interesting court decisions, an important opinion of the European Commission’s Advocate General and the commencement of a Treasury consultation...more
Welcome to February’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. This month’s edition includes updated guidance on the VAT treatment of contractual termination payments, updated HMRC guidance on the assessment of “substantial”...more
UK Case Law Developments - Contributions to remuneration trust scheme not tax deductible - In Strategic Branding Ltd v HMRC, the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) held that sums contributed by the taxpayer company to a...more
Taxpayers can now withdraw from the VAT exemption for financial and fund management services, as well as services concerning foreign currency exchange, coins and banknotes....more
UK Case Law Developments - Taxpayer treated as receiving distribution in tax avoidance case - We reported on First-tier Tribunal’s (FTT’s) decision in Dunsby v Revenue & Customs in our June 2020 UK Tax Round Up. By way...more
Los siguientes son aspectos relevantes de la iniciativa presentada el 7 de septiembre del 2021, por el Ejecutivo Federal de México, que reforma, adiciona y deroga entre otros ordenamientos, la Ley del Impuesto sobre la Renta,...more
El Presidente de Colombia, Iván Duque Márquez, sancionó el pasado 14 de septiembre de 2021 la nueva reforma tributaria, denominada Ley de Inversión Social, que fue aprobada la semana anterior por el Congreso de la República....more
El gobierno de México, el 7 de septiembre del 2021, presentó la Iniciativa del Decreto por el que se reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas disposiciones de la Ley del Impuesto sobre la Renta, de la Ley del Impuesto al Valor...more
In Haworth v HMRC the Supreme Court (SC) upheld the Court of Appeal’s (CA’s) decision to quash a follower notice (FN) and accelerated payment notice (APN) issued to the taxpayer, Mr Haworth. An FN can be issued by HMRC where...more
Tras la culminación del proyecto Erosión de la Base Desplazamiento de Beneficios (Base Erosion Profit Shifting o BEPS) en 2017, proyecto creado para combatir la erosión de la base gravable y estrategias para la transferencia...more
The size of the UK's 'legal interpretation tax gap' is a matter of increasing concern to the government, so much so that it has now published its second consultation on the topic. A 'legal interpretation tax gap' arises where...more
It’s the beginning of a new year! 2020 is over, COVID-19 vaccines are being administered, the USMCA is in effect, and there is an apparent unofficial understanding that the auto industry is essential in North America (Mexico,...more
The UK has now been in lockdown, on and off, for the best part of a year. With the COVID-19 vaccination programme now in full swing in the UK, and hopefully with light at the end of tunnel, attention has inevitably turned to...more
The UK Government’s public consultation on Asset Holding companies (AHCs) has just finished, having run from December 15, 2020 to February 23, 2021. The objectives of the UK Government in the consultation have been to improve...more
UK COVID-19 Developments - Extension of support for retail, leisure and hospitality businesses - Further to the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or furlough scheme), reported in the November issue of...more
Mexico’s president sent a bill to the Congress of the Union proposing amendments to insourcing and outsourcing structures of several key employment and tax laws. These amendments would cause several commonly used structures...more
UK COVID-19 Developments - Extension of support for employed and self-employed workers - On 5 November, the UK Chancellor announced the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or furlough scheme) to the end...more
COVID times has brought us tough changes in our lives, and tax reform is one of them. In the U.S., the CARES Act provided relief to multiple sectors of the economy to alleviate the impact of the pandemic. However, the...more