• Brazil: Ex-Tariff on the brink of extinction
• China: Major updates in China Customs
• France: Customs administration – French cultural exception?
• Italy: The importer is almost always responsible in case of an untrue certificate of origin
• Mexico: CFDI with consignment note complement
• Pakistan: Pakistan Single Window (PSW)
• United Kingdom: EU export controls on dual-use goods: the latest update
• Vietnam: Duty–free goods imported for export production and processing

Brazil I: Customs Controls to Curb Red Tape
Brazil II: Brazil issues regulation to combat customs fraud
China: Major updates in China Customs
Italy I: Simplifications for authorisation to the “approved place for export”
Italy II:Simplified procedure for relief from the import duties of reimported goods
Mexico I: Changes in customs compliance regulations
Mexico II: New Framework as of 2020 & 2021
Mexico III: New Free Zone in Chetumal, Quintana Roo
Portugal: Brexit implications on customs
Ukraine: New Rules on Authorised Economic Operators Implemented in Ukraine
Vietnam: Vietnam’s implementation of the EU and Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (“EVFTA”)

Regions

Asia Pacific: Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP): the world’s largest Free Trade Area and business opportunities in the Asia Pacific region

European Union: E-commerce and new provisions on low-value consignments

Additional country news

China I: China Export Controls 2.0

China II: China launches four free trade zones

Malaysia: ASW – A game changer for ASEAN trade and Customs clearance

Philippines: The Philippines Implements its “Strategic Trade Management Act” (Republic Act No. 10697)

USA: America’s New US President and International Trade: 5 Feb. 2021

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Austria: Wage withholding tax for foreign employers abolished

Bulgaria: COVID-19: what are the implications on employees and employers in Bulgaria in 2021

China: Tax honeymoon for expatriates ending on 31 December 2021

Germany/France: Being prepared for the 2020 French and German tax return filing season

Germany II: New tax return filing obligation for non-residents in Germany

Hungary: Guidance to Social Security and Personal Income Taxation concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic

Italy: The Italian tax regime for “impatriates” – Recent amendments

Russian Federation: Migration and Personal Income tax updates 2021

Senegal: Shall a foreign employee, assigned to Senegal to perform a contract signed between its employer and a local company for less than 90 days, file personal income tax in Senegal?

Sweden: Sweden adopts the Economic Employer Concept and expands companies’ obligations to make tax deductions as of January 2021

The Czech Republic: Taxation of income from employment and entrepreneurship since 2021

Austria: Home Office work in Austria and consequences due to Covid-19
Chile: COVID-19 crisis, forced permanency and PE
China: Does the coronavirus cause any impact on the IIT of individuals stranded in China?
Costa Rica: Tax treatment for employees staying in Costa Rica
Czech Republic: The influence of anti-COVID measures on tax residence and affiliation to social insurance regulations
Germany: Stay compliant when working from home
Hungary: Expat employees working from home
Italy: Issues related to working from home or remotely during the Covid crisis
Kenya: Virtual work – Tax considerations of the new normal
The Netherlands: Working from home due to the coronavirus: the Dutch tax impact
Poland: COVID-19 tax and social security guidelines still to come
Portugal: Working remotely from Portuguese home office due to thepandemic and beyond
The Russian Federation: Stuck in Russia due to the Corona pandemic
Sweden: Swedish tax liability for individuals during COVID-19
Turkey: Working remotely from Turkey
Ukraine: Migration and taxation issues in times of COVID-19
Vietnam: Does having an employee in Vietnam create a permanent establishment?

Austria: New wage withholding tax obligation in Austria as per 01/01/2020
Belgium: Belgians working in Luxembourg – 24-days’ tolerance mayincrease to 48 days
China: Announcements concerning the 2019 annual filing of individual income tax (IIT) and the coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) epidemic
Costa Rica: Salary Income Tax (SIT) and Social Security Charges (SSC)
France: Tax domicile in France of the corporate executives of French major companies
Germany: New flat-rate tax for Branch Travellers
Italy: Italy’s measures towards future: young people of excellence, sharing of parenthood, rise of smart working
The Netherlands: Workers posted to the Netherlands reporting obligation implemented
Poland: New tax exemption and new rules, if tax still has to be paid
Turkey: Recent Developments in Turkey
Ukraine: Major amendments introduced in 2020 – affecting individuals’ taxation

Austria: Reporting and documentation obligations for employee secondments to Austria
Belgium: Changes in tax and social security obligations affecting Belgian companies for benefits granted by foreign affiliated companies
China: China’s new IIT law
France: New income tax collection system
EU-Member States: The new EU Posting of Workers Directive
EU-/EEA-Member States & Switzerland: Business Trips and A1 certificate of coverage
Netherlands: 30% ruling shortened to five years as of 1 January 2019
Sweden: The Economic Employer Concept to be implemented in Sweden
United Kingdom: Brexit update – Social Security implications for Global Mobility

Europe: European Commission Communication on Business Taxation for the 21st century
Austria: Austrian Supreme Administrative Court on beneficial ownership of trademarks
China: Will an expatriate’s China tax position change due to COVID-19?
France: The French Supreme Court refers to the international definitions of permanent establishment
Germany: German registered IP of foreigners subject to tax in Germany
Italy: Step-up and realignment procedure for businesses
Netherlands: Proposal to disallow unilateral downward transfer pricing adjustments
Russia: Russian Federal Tax Service on intragroup services by MNCs to subsidiaries located in Russian Federation
Spain: 5% taxation on dividends and capital gains
United Kingdom: Tax Implications of the 2021 UK Budget
United States of America: Debt Financing in the U.S. – What a foreign investor needs to know

Austria: Construction PE – Austrian MoF on influence of trial runs and subcontracting
Azerbaijan: Amendments to the Tax Code of Azerbaijan
Benin: Permanent Establishments – forthcoming developments after introduction of public-private partnership law
Chile: Permanent establishment – a modern concept?
Indonesia: Development of permanent establishment in Indonesia
Malaysia: Permanent establishment: a total revamp or just a formality?
The Netherlands: Changing (Dutch) permanent establishment
Pakistan: Permanent establishment tax regime – key developments and issues
Senegal: For a contract concluded between a Senegalese company and a foreign one, are all the products necessarily subject to corporate income tax (CIT) in Senegal?
Vietnam: Permanent establishment (PE) in Vietnam