Advance tax payments – Percentages for tax year 2016
On 27 February 2015, the Belgian government took a decision on the rates for the advance tax payments for tax year 2016. Considering the low market rates, it was decided that the basic rate to be taken into account for the calculation of the different rates would be 0.5% (instead of the current rate of 0%).
Global Tax Accounting Services Newsletter (October-December 2014)
This release provides an update on a variety of accounting and reporting developments, including: an update on income tax accounting topics added to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s agenda recent International Financial Reporting Standards Interpretation Committee’s (IFRS IC) guidance on some tax-related matters state aid developments enforcement priorities in relation to 2014 IFRS financial statements recently released
Global Tax Accounting Services Newsletter (July – September 2014)
In this release we provide an update on a variety of accounting and reporting developments, including: an update on the income tax accounting topics added to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s agenda amendments proposed to the International Accounting Standard 12 Income Taxes recent International Financial Reporting Standards Interpretation Committee’s guidance on some tax-related matters, and
FASB adds income tax accounting topics to its agenda
During its Agenda Prioritisation meeting on 13 August, 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) added the following two income tax accounting topics to its agenda as part of its broader simplification initiative: Possible elimination of the exception for recognising deferred taxes on certain intercompany transactions under ASC 740-10-25-3(e); and Possible classification of all deferred tax
BASC published final advice 2014/8 on the Belgian GAAP treatment of the Fairness Tax
Following the draft advice published on 2 April 2014, the Belgian Accounting Standards Commission (BASC) issued advice 2014/8 on the Belgian GAAP treatment of the Fairness Tax. This advice confirms what was stated in the draft version of the advice. In brief, the final version of the advice confirms that the Fairness Tax should follow
European Commission launches public consultation on IFRS
The European Commission is holding a public consultation to seek views from all interested parties on their experience of Regulation 1606/2002 (“the IAS Regulation”). The results of this public consultation will feed into the European Commission’s evaluation of the IAS Regulation. The IAS Regulation states that the IFRS must be applied to the consolidated financial
Global Tax Accounting Services Newsletter (April– June 2014)
In this release, an update is provided on a variety of accounting and reporting developments, including: country-by-country reporting the OECD project on hybrid mismatch arrangements, and the new converged standard on revenue recognition recently issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and International Accounting Standards Board Your attention is also drawn to some significant tax
OECD releases global standard for automatic exchange of tax information
Starting in 2012, political interest has increasingly focused on the opportunities provided by an automatic exchange of information between tax authorities. On 6 September 2013, the G20 Leaders committed to the automatic exchange of information as the new global standard and fully supported the OECD work for developing a single standard for automatic exchange of
