South Korea to Apply a QDMTT from January 1, 2026
August 6, 2025
South Koreas 2025 Tax Reform Proposal (announced on July 31, 2025), provides that a QDMTT will be applied from January 1, 2026.
The Director of International Taxation of the Directorate General of Taxes has confirmed Indonesia is planning to implement the Pillar Two GloBE Rules from 2024.
This is unlike Singapore which has delayed the implementation until 2025.
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South Koreas 2025 Tax Reform Proposal (announced on July 31, 2025), provides that a QDMTT will be applied from January 1, 2026.
On July 24, 2025, the Luxembourg Government issued:
– a draft law to amend its Minimum Tax Law to provide for the January 2025 OECD Administrative Guidance and the EU DAC 9 GIR filing requirements: and
– a draft Regulation which includes the format of the GIR
On July 16, 2025, Kuwait updated its electronic registration portal to include Pillar 2 registration for in-scope groups.
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On July 9, 2025, ANAF Order 1.729/2025 was issued to nominate a single designated entity for QDMTT filing and payment purposes, if there are several constituent entities in Romania that are part of the same group.
On June 30, 2025, Japan issued its updated GloBE Information Return (GIR) to reflect the OECD GIR changes in January 2025.
The Executive Regulations were issued on June 29, 2025, in Ministerial Resolution No. 55 of 2025. The Regulations provide for the detailed rules for the application of the domestic minimum top-up tax from January 1, 2025.
Section 26 of the amendment law in the 2025 Spring Tax Package (approved on June 19, 2025), amends the registration deadline to the last day of the second month following the last day of the tax year.
On June 19, 2025, the updated version of the Global Minimum Tax (Pillar Two) Order 2024 was published.
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