Publications - Tax
COVID-19: New measures changing the time period for preparation and approval of financial statements and their tax consequences
Royal Decree-Law 19/2020 states that the three-month time period for preparing financial statements and other documents required by law will start to run from June 1, 2020, and reduces the time period for approving financial statements to two months…
COVID-19: Morocco extends the public health emergency through June 10th
Decree n°2-20-371, published in the Official Gazette on May 19th, has extended the public health emergency through June 10th.
Shield 4.0 as the last part of the economic protection system during a pandemic
On May 20, 2020, the Polish government adopted the fourth and final package of anti-crisis solutions known as "Shield 4.0".
COVID-19 Special Newsletter - Spain | May 18 and May 31
New guarantee facility, extension of ERTE temporary layoff procedures, effects of the crisis on transfer pricing, return to judicial activity and ‘shields’ for businesses.
COVID-19: The health crisis may affect the analysis, pricing and documentation of controlled transactions
The current international health emergency is having a huge impact in every area, including tax, and will foreseeably have lasting effects. Transfer pricing is not immune to this situation and its consequences are being felt in elements such as…
Tax reform: What tax hikes can we expect?
Despite the economic situation caused by the current health crisis, there is still talk of approval in the short term of the “Google tax” and “Tobin tax”; and some speculation has appeared over a potential corporate income…
COVID-19: Portuguese government temporarily subjects masks and disinfectant gel to the reduced VAT rate
As announced by the Portuguese Government, Law no. 13/2020, of 7 May, was finally published, which came into force on the day after its publication and provides for the temporary application of the following VAT measures:
COVID-19 Special Newsletter - Spain | Week between May 11 and May 17
Phase 1 of the ‘scaling-down’ process, third tranche of guarantees, extension of ERTE temporary layoffs, potential delay in the application of VAT directives and of DAC6, and measures to support the cultural sector
COVID-19: The European Commission expands the Temporary Framework to allow authorization of state aid in the form of recapitalization and subordinated debt measures
On May 8, 2020 the European Commission announced a second amendment to the Temporary Framework adopted on March 19, 2020, amended for the first time on April 3, 2020, in which the framework is extended to allow aid to…
The European Commission proposes postponing entry into force of VAT directives on e-commerce for goods and of exchange of information requirements under DAC6
The crisis caused by the spread of COVID-19 has led Brussels to propose the entry into force of VAT directives 2017/2455 and 2019/1995 on July 31, 2021; and to propose new time periods for the filing and exchange of information under Council…
2019 personal income tax filing season: The amortizable cost of real state assets acquired by inheritance or gift is limited to expenses and taxes incurred when they were acquired
Article 23 of Personal Income Tax Law 35/2006, of November 28, 2006, states that net income from real estate capital is calculated by deducting certain types of expenses and reductions from gross income. Among the expenses, amounts in respect of the…
Tax Newsletter - April 2020