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Hong Kong has adopted amendments in Ordinance on companies

Published: 01.09.2017 |

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On June 23, 2017, the official Hong Kong government publication published a draft amendment in the Ordinance on the Companies (Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017). The changes were adopted as the additional measures in combating with money laundering and financing of terrorism, and they are designed to bring the corporate legislation of jurisdiction in compliance with the international standards of the FATF (Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering). The project provides for the introduction of two requirements for Hong Kong companies, one of which is the maintenance of public registries of the beneficiaries or "persons with significant control over the companies" (Register of People with Significant control). "Significant controllers" refer to the persons owning directly or indirectly of more than 25% of the company's assets, as well as entitled to exercise significant influence over its activities. The second change concerns the introduction of the mandatory licensing for the providers of trust and corporate services. The license, which has validity for 3 years, will need to be received within 90 days, starting from January 1, 2018. The administrative liability will be...

Is it possible to form tax credit through transactions with fictitious counterparties?

Published: 01.09.2017 |

The leading tax lawyer of the Finance Business Service, Rolan Bondarets, gave an interview to the First Business TV Channel on the topic "Fictitious counterparty and tax credit". The conversation was devoted to a topical, but at the same time, debatable and ambiguous matter: if the enterprise has the right to form a tax credit through economic transactions conducted with the counterparties that are subsequently admitted fictitious. The examples from real court practice were considered: Rolan Bondarets cited the conclusions of the highest courts of Ukraine, compared the current positions of the Supreme Court of Ukraine and the ECHR, and also expressed his personal opinion on this issue. At the end of the interview, the expert told the entrepreneurs about the practical recommendations how to independently check domestic and international counterparties for the signs of...

On September 7 EBA Education team together with Finance Business Service will hold a master class on problems of tax invoices blocking

Published: 08.08.2017 |

Date: September 7, 2017 Venue: EBA Kyiv Office, 1A Andriyivskiy Uzviz An attempt to automate the system of tax administration and eliminate the human factor was adopted to reduce the corruption component. This led to the consequences that the taxpayers predicted in advance. Regulatory authorities actively denied the possibility of their occurrence. The implementation of an automated blocking of tax invoices led to a large number of unjustified stopped registrations of tax invoices. There were cases of subsequent refusal in their registration. These problems have arisen since the full-fledged launch of the automated blocking of tax invoices. A powerful blow from the launch of tax invoices automated blocking was felt by the most vulnerable sectors of the real economy. These were manufacturing enterprises and enterprises providing services. This problem has also affected the business that is engaged in commercial activities. This was due to the impossibility of accounting for tax overhead balances by the lock program in warehouses and other nuances. The target audience: This topic is relevant for all registered payers of value added tax, and those who intend to register a payer of...

The EU consults concerning reform of VAT rates

Published: 22.12.2016 | news

The European commission began process of consultations on reforming of the rules regulating value added (VAT) rates. An autumn 2017, the commission intends to provide official proposal about reform of the VAT Directive. The directive sets common rules that restrict the right of choice for the Member States to establish VAT rates, and is intended to guarantee neutrality, simplicity and technological effectiveness of the VAT system. The system was created more than two decades ago, for the purpose of achievement of the final VAT system based on the "principle of origin" amely - system in which location of the seller determines a tax regime including rates. As a result, state members will be obliged to tax the same goods at very similar rates, and the directive established the minimum levels of the taxation in hope that over time VAT rates will meet. The Commission stated that the implementation of the target system, has opened an opportunity to reform the rules and rates to make them less constraining for the Member States. At a meeting look for feedback about need of actions of the EU in the field of VAT rates and between harmonization, and autonomy of state members in settlement...

Australia needs tax reform

Published: 20.12.2016 | Без категории

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James Pearson, the CEO of the Australian chamber of commerce and the industry (ACCI) told that the country "needs tax reform on a wide basis, but not gradual approach for the purpose of stimulation of economic growth". The real gross internal product (GIP) as predict, grows for two percent in 2016-17, and for 2.75 percent in 2017-18. The main cash deficit as expect, will fall from 2.1 percent of GDP in 2016-17 to 0.5 percent in 2019-20. The net debt as it is supposed, will reach a maximum in 19 percent of GDP in 2018-19, and then will decrease for the medium-term period approximately to 10 percent. The size on recovery of the budget that took place from a general election in May, costs more than 22 billion Australian dollars (16 billion US dollars). The treasurer Scott Morrison told that for maintenance of economic growth, the government will continue to perform the plan for workplaces and growth that will allow to raise level of living and will support a profit increase. He told that the government remains careful in taxation by high taxes of the Australian economy on the ground that it limits growth and therefore the income. This assumption provides to the government...

The contribution of UK’s largest taxpayers increased in 2016

Published: 19.12.2016 | Без категории

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This year, the largest companies of Great Britain paid for taxes 82.3 billion pounds sterling (103.2 billion US dollars), in comparison with 2015, they paid 80.5 billion pounds sterling, despite reducing corporate tax rate, according to the report of PwC. Tax deposits from 100 largest companies in Great Britain constituted 13,3 percent of the state receipts and it turned out 23.7 billion pounds sterling in a type of tax which become covered at the expense of companies and 58.6 billion pounds sterling of taxes which were collected by the entities on behalf of the government, such as the VAT and a tax which they created in 2016. Taxes increased by 3.6 percent since 2015, due payments increasing of the corporate tax. PwC says, while the corporate tax is at the lowest level, elimination of a capability of banks to offset the losses or to make compensation payments for the purpose of the taxation, led to increase amount of the corporate tax. Revenues from banking tax rose by 24.4 per cent in 2016, after the rate increase. The tax contribution from the financial sector, increased over the past six years, it currently accounts for 43 percent of the taxes collected from 100 companies....

Increasing of tax risk abroad

Published: 16.12.2016 |

Companies are faced with a more thorough check of taxes, as more and more employees are working at the international level, 24 percent of enterprises reported a recent call by tax authorities. According to PwC, minimization of the taxation and removal of profit of OECD aggravated attention on the risks connected with mobility of employees as the international organizations. The governments are aimed at providing profit that is assessed with a tax on the territories where business activities are performed. 31 percent of the companies say that they don't know the exact number of the employees working at the international level. 58 percent of the companies realize consequences of this tax provision and they don't know how to cope with such changes. Most of them understand that it is necessary to make changes before tax rules are put into operation. According to the report, informally migrating population creates special problems and risks for employers. Nearly a quarter (23 percent) of respondents told that they didn't know who bears responsibility for business travelers and only a third of the companies worry about the taxes. Ben Wilkins, the partner of global mobility told that...

EU in search of successful promotion tax

Published: 15.12.2016 |

The Presidents of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission gave their consent that the successful promotion of taxes just need "to eliminate the tax fraud, tax evasion and for safe, fair tax system." Schultz, Fico and Juncker signed (in December) a declaration in which they are given direct EU objectives and priorities of the legislation process in 2017. Even if the impact and changes in tax process was not one of the most issues, it was one of the "four main tasks that need to pay special attention to further progress in 2017," and what about draft laws, presidents of the three state institutions have stated that "draft laws have to be fast tracked." Therefore, the institutions have decided to set up a joint monitoring and track the progress of tax, when it is said about the implementation of the joint statement. Meetings of the three state institutions will be held in the spring, summer and autumn of 2017, and implementation of such declaration will be verified on a regular basis of the interdepartmental working group on coordination of activities. Author: Sergey Panovmanaging partner Finance Business...

Seychelles planning considerable tax changes in 2017

Published: 14.12.2016 |

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The Seychelles will finish considerable reforms on the main taxes in 2017. Since July 1, 2017 the new assessed tax on the land property in the Seychelles will be imposed, it will be levied only for foreigners, and purchases of the private land by foreigners will also attract the high state fee. Also, the government suggests to change the law on taxes for entrepreneurs. The limit taxable for the separate entities, such as individual dealers or partners, will remain in SCR150,000. Besides, the government offers that the expected rate of a tax was changed further. The rate of a tax on the entities with turnover to SCR0.5m shall remain at the level of 1,5 percent, but the tax on three percent will be imposed on the entities with turnover from SCR0.5m. Professional taxpayers, such as accountants and engineers, will pay a rate of five percent. The government will exempt the entities with an annual gross income to SCR1m from the tax discharge in the first year of operation to help small and medium scale enterprises. Larose told that at the moment the purpose is "to turn Seychelles into the capital of small and medium business of the Indian Ocean". Larose also announced an...

Scotland urged to provide independence of new tax court

Published: 13.12.2016 |

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New tax appeal court in Scotland should be independent from the national new tax authority, the group of tax reform with the low level of the income declared. Simultaneously with the introduction of the new Scottish tax inspection to manage taxes, transferred from the UK, Scotland suffers an existing tribunals service to the Scottish Tribunals on 1 April 2017 and brings a lot of related changes, according to the legislative offers. These offers include drafts of procedural rules for new court of the first level for tax chamber of Scotland which will be similar to an operating mode of present tax court of the first level. Reacting to negotiations on new system, the group of tax reform with the low level of the income declared that tax chamber and tax court of the first level "actually, both shall be both conscious, and absolutely independent of the income of Scotland". Also noted that the system of court shall be "available to all" and asked that the government considered a question of providing free legal services tax and accounting services to help people with low incomes. Author: Sergey Panovmanaging partner Finance Business...

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