WTS Global Newsletters

• Hot Topic: Foreign investors in US real property interest – Final regulations on FIRPTA tax exemption for Qualified Foreign Pension Funds (QFPF) issued)
   
• Austria: Married couples are not entitled to apply jointly for refund of capital gains tax
   
• Belgium: Possibility for non-resident investment funds to reclaim Belgian source tax (incl. WHT); Dividends; Interest payments; Belgian real estate income
   
• Denmark: Danish Supreme Court (Højesteret) issues final judgement in the beneficial owner cases on dividends
   
• Finland: Recent Finnish case law considering the tax (WHT) exemption of foreign investment funds
   
• France: An opportunity of tax refund for foreign life insurance companies receiving French source dividends; Quick insight into key VAT measures expected for 2023 and 2024
   
• Germany: International Private Equity funds, the return of capital and German fund investors
   
• India: Key tax proposals arising from the Union Budget
   
• Italy: The Italian Investment Management Exemption: a new safe harbor for asset manager of foreign investment vehicles
   
• Philippines: WHT on Income of Foreign Investors in Philippine Securities
   
• Poland: Reference for preliminary ruling on Polish CIT exemption for self-managed foreign investment funds; Finance Minister's public tax ruling on disclosure duties of real estate companies
   
• Portugal: ECJ rules that marketing of shares in common funds falls within the scope of the Council Directive concerning indirect taxes on the raising of capital(Case C-656/21)
   
• Sweden: Three Finnish public sector pension institutions may be comparable with the Swedish AP funds and be granted a refund of WHT levied on dividend income
   
• United Kingdom: UK IME Investment Transactions List updated with crypto assets

Sub-participations in loans - ECJ judgement of 6 October 2022 (C-250/21)

Consequences of the Cum-Ex-Trades on WHT refund and relief in Austria

The Belgian Constitutional Court decides on the annual tax on securities accounts (ATSA)

Additional taxes for the Belgian financial sector and snowball effect for Belgian regulated investment companies (tax-on-tax)

Reclaim opportunity re Belgian WHT for Luxembourg SICAVs

China: Tax audits on private wealth

Czech Republic: Windfall tax

Draft bill to improve attractiveness of Germany as a Financial Services location

Germany: Court decision: taxation of realized capital gains from fund units in the context of the 2018 tax reform

Italian Tax authorities rule on VAT and income taxes on mining activity

Poland: Changes to banking tax

Changes on Spanish SICAVs

United Kingdom: Autumn Statement 2022 impacts financial institutions

Austria: Changes in the taxation of investment income by way of the Austrian tax reform 2022

China: Green channel for foreign loans to high-tech firms

Czech Republic: Taxation of cryptocurrencies & required capital of self-governed investment funds

Finland: Exit tax proposed for individuals

France: French Supreme Tax Court validates the possibility of charging foreign tax credits on the share of costs and expenses on dividends

Germany: ECJ judgement in the case “ACC Silicones” - C-572/20 & draft administrative guidance on duties of cooperation related to crypto assets & new regulation on crypto fund units

Indonesia: Taxation of crypto asset transactions, new regulation as of 30 March 2022

Italy: Important update on WHT reclaims due to recent Supreme Court decisions Poland: Interest on overpaid WHT for third-country investment and pension funds - SAC requests CJEU

United Kingdom: Sovereign immunity from direct taxation, Investment Management Exception, qualifying asset holding companies regime

Argentina: Summary of recent tax news relevant to the FS industry

Belgium: Luxembourg treaty exemption for the Annual Tax on Securities Accounts at risk?

Finland: CJEU dated 7 April 2022 (C-342/20): Finnish WHT exemption in conflict with free movement of capital &

Finland: Finnish Tax Administration reveals malicious companies set up for tax evasion “as a service”

France: Intra-group interest – improvement for taxpayersGermany: Final administrative decree on crypto assets & Decision in ECJ case C-641/17 & “CPP” & Federal Tax Court on cum-/ex-transactions

Italy: Tax ruling on WHT exemption and foreign investment funds (dated 30 March 2022)

Poland: Two Supreme Administrative Court decisions on cryptocurrencies and interest on overpayment

United Kingdom: Changes to Economic Crime Act 2022 & Plans of HMRCs Business Risk Review & Crypto asset developments & Changes to the US Qualified Intermediary Agreement

• Austria: Reserved dividends in the case of share deals
• Belgium: Leveraged distributions challenged by the tax authorities
• Brazil: Impact of contingent consideration on tax amortisation of goodwill
• China: Case study – indirect share transfer
• France: Management package – back to reality?
• Poland: Latest amendments to the Polish restructuring law
• Romania: Consolidation for corporate income tax purposes
• Switzerland: Substance requirements for international investments or group structures
• General: Deals news

Argentina: Argentine Tax Court ruling on “Cargill” Transfer Pricing Case

Austria: Intra-Group Financing – Austrian Specifics

Austria: Decision of the Austrian Financial Court regarding Transfer Pricing

Brazil: Superior Court of Justice rules out illegal Methodology to calculate the PRL 60 Method

Chile: 2022 Tax Reform Bill Proposal to update Transfer Pricing Regulations in Chile

France: Research Tax Credit and Subsidies Synergies with Transfer Pricing

Indonesia: Introduction of New Transfer Pricing Methods

Italy: New Arm's Length Range is set for Transfer Pricing

Poland: Administrative Courts condemn Tax Authorities’ unlawful Practices regarding the Questioning of Benchmarking Studies 

Saudi Arabia: Amending Transfer Pricing Instructions to apply to Zakat Payers

Senegal: Transfer Pricing: Systematizing the Control of Reporting Obligations

Thailand: Cash Pooling between related Companies

Ukraine: The War is not an excuse to ignore Transfer Pricing Compliance

United Kingdom: Draft Legislation on the UK TP Documentation Requirements

Europe

Austria: New Info from the Austrian Ministry of Finance – Mutual Agreement Procedure and Arbitration Procedure

Denmark: Mandatory Submission of Transfer Pricing Documentation in Denmark during 2022

France: The SAP Case: The Difficulty for Tax Courts when Handling Negative Interest Rates

Hungary: TP Update

Ireland: The Irish Position on the proposed ATAD3 Directive

Italy: DAC6 Reporting: Year-End TP Adjustment

United Kingdom: APAs, ATCAs and HM Revenue and Customs Statistics

Further Countries

Argentina: Deemed Affiliation: Cross-Border Transactions with Low-Tax Jurisdictions

Brazil: Plan for Brazil’s Accession to the OECD: Changes to Transfer Pricing Rules

Chile: Practical Lessons learned from Transfer Pricing Audits in Chile

China: First Chinese Customs and Tax Collaborative Transfer Pricing Management Mechanism

India: The Indian Revenue’s Measures for effective Dispute Resolution

Kenya: A Fundamental Shift in the Transfer Pricing Regime in Kenya

Senegal: After joining the Multilateral Convention, a Step forward in the Fight against Tax Evasion & Avoidance

Europe

Austria: No annual CbCR notification required since 1 January 2022

Czech Republic: The Czech Supreme Administrative Court’s thoughts on related party definition

France: The RKS case: shades of nuance in TP by the French Supreme Administrative Court

Germany: New case law on the determination of arm’s length interest rates for intercompany loans

Ireland: TP Compliance requirements in Ireland

Italy: New rules on TP documentation

The Netherlands: Netherlands disallows unilateral downward TP adjustments

Poland: Polish regulations on “indirect” transactions with tax havens

Portugal: Amendments to Transfer Pricing legislation

United Kingdom: Outcome of the UK consultation on TP documentation  

Ukraine: Ukrainian Ministry of Finance clarifies new TP rules on business purpose

Further Countries

Brazil: Effects of extinction of LIBOR rate to Brazilian TP controls

China: Deduction of interest charged by related parties  

New Zealand: New BEPS disclosure guidance and preparation forms

Taiwan: Taiwan CFC rules will be implemented as of 2023 in response to the Global Minimum Tax

Europe

Austria: New Austrian Transfer Pricing Guidelines 2021

Belgium: Belgian Transfer Pricing court case: a rare occurrence

France: The Engie Case: an ambitious new approach by the French Tax Administration

Germany: German Federal Ministry of Finance: Administrative Principles 2021 on Transfer Pricing published

Germany: Recent changes on German Tax Law concerning Transfer Pricing

Ukraine: State Tax Service intensifies TP control

Further Countries

Argentina: Transfer Pricing developments in Argentina

Benin: Transfer Pricing Update Benin

Chile: Migration of the approach of the Chilean Revenue Service to segments with greater fiscal impact

China: Responses to practical questions on the Transfer Pricing implications of the COVID-19 impacts15

Nigeria: Transfer Pricing Update on Nigerian TP case

Senegal: Implementation of Action 12 of BEPS project: a strengthened internal tax system

Taiwan: Supreme Administrative Court decides on one-time Transfer Pricing adjustments

Thailand: TP legal framework and practical insights

United States: The US’ role in global adoption of Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 / ongoing conversations in the US on tax reform / a status update on US tax reform

Vietnam: Transfer Pricing Update Vietnam