International Tax, Transfer Pricing News
Latest tax treaty news from around the world
Qatar and Uruguay have signed a tax treaty on December 7.
The tax treaty includes several technical provisions related to the regulation of income taxes across various sectors, most notably the international transport sector, as well as the taxation of associated enterprises, dividends, interest, and royalties.Continue Reading
The tax treaty between Switzerland and Jordan has entered into force and will generally apply from January 1, 2026.Continue Reading
Hong Kong and Norway signed a tax treaty on December 16 in Beijing.Continue Reading
The tax treaty between Japan and Armenia entered into force on December 20, 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Finance has announced.Continue Reading
On December 19, 2024, the tax treaty between Ecuador and the UK entered into force.
The treaty applies from January 1, 2025, for withholding taxes.
On December 18, 2024, the tax treaty between Ireland and Oman entered into force.
The treaty applies from January 1, 2025.
On January 15, 2025, Bahrain and Oman signed a tax treaty.
Further details will be provided as and when available.
On December 24, 2024, the tax treaty between Andorra and Lithuania entered into force.
The treaty applies from January 1, 2025.
The dividends, interest, and capital gains articles of the tax treaty between Austria and Belarus have been suspended until December 31, 2026.Continue Reading
Denmark has gazetted regulation terminating its tax treaty with Russia.
The regulation was published in the Official Gazette on November 15.
The termination will take effect from January 1, 2024.
On November 22, 2023, the Swiss Federal Council adopted the dispatch on the approval and implementation of an additional agreement supplementing the country’s tax treaty with France.Continue Reading
Germany has signed protocols to amend its tax treaties with Austria and Switzerland.Continue Reading
Taiwan will apply the country’s tax residency rules leniently while granting tax treaty benefits, the Finance Ministry has said.Continue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suspended several tax treaties with “unfriendly” countries.
The suspension decree was signed on August 8. The decree includes tax treaties signed with the US, the UK, and Canada, and other countries that had imposed unilateral economic sanctions on Russia.
“In view of the need to take urgent measures in connection with the unfriendly actions of a number of foreign states against the Russian Federation, its citizens and legal entities, the President resolved to suspend a number of provisions of tax treaties with the United States of America, European Union countries and other unfriendly states,” an official statement from the President’s office notes.
The suspension was proposed by the Finance Ministry in March 2023.
Georgia’s Finance Ministry has published on its website the text of the country’s tax treaty with Kyrgyzstan.Continue Reading
Denmark has terminated its tax treaty with Russia.
Denmark terminated the tax treaty vide Notice No. 27/2023 dated June 19, 2023, in accordance with Article 29 of the tax treaty.
The tax treaty will cease to have effect on January 1, 2024.
Japan’s tax treaty with Azerbaijan will enter into force on August 4, 2023.Continue Reading
Czech Finance Ministry has updated the official list of tax treaties on its website.Continue Reading
Japan and Turkmenistan are going to negotiate a new tax treaty.Continue Reading
The Australian Government is consulting stakeholders on draft legislation to implement a new tax treaty with Iceland.Continue Reading
The tax treaty will become effective after both countries have completed their respective domestic procedures.Continue Reading
Japan and Peru have “in principle” agreed to conclude a tax treaty.Continue Reading
The Protocol will be effective for requests for information made on or after the date of entry into force for tax years on or after January 1, 2009.Continue Reading
A revised tax treaty between Singapore and Sri Lanka entered into force on December 31, 2017. Continue Reading