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The Spring Finance Bill 2023 (Finance (No. 2) Bill) was published yesterday (March 23, 2023), along with its Explanatory Notes. The Bill includes provisions to implement key aspects of the Pillar Two Global Minimum Tax for accounting periods beginning on or after 31 December 2023.
This follows the original draft legislation published on July 20, 2022.
The Undertaxed Profits/Payments Rule was not included in the Bill, however this is not unexpected as it was announced in the Autumn Statement that this will apply no earlier than accounting periods beginning on or after 31 December 2024.
The draft legislation is very comprehensive and, as expected, covers relevant aspects of the OECD Model Rules, Commentary and other Published Guidance.
In particular it, provides for an Income Inclusion Rule (named the Multinational Top-Up Tax) and a Domestic Top-Up Tax (which is likely to be a Qualified Domestic Minimum Top-Up Tax).
The UK Bill is the most comprehensive law we have seen to date to implement the Pillar Two Global Minimum Tax. It closely follows the OECD Model Rules and reflects the latest guidance, including aspects of the OECD Safe Harbours Guidance and the Administrative Guidance.
It is worth noting at the outset that Section 255 of the Bill specifically refers to the OECD Model GloBE Rules and Commentary (including the OECD Examples) and directly applies them in various aspects of the application of the Multinational Top-Up Tax.
In addition, it applies ‘any further commentaries or guidance published from time to time by the OECD that are relevant to the implementation of the Pillar Two model rules’.
This would, therefore, include the OECD Administrative Guidance that will itself be included in an updated version of the OECD Commentary.
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Analysis of the domestic implementation of the Pillar Two Global Minimum Tax rules in Barbados for accounting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024. Updated for the draft legislation being considered by the Barbadian Parliament.
The Pillar Two rules include specific rules for Joint Ventures (JVs) that would otherwise not be within the scope of Pillar Two due to not being consolidated in the financial accounts of the MNE group. However, of more interest is how the amount of top-tax tax (and by implication the amount not collected) varies depending on the JV group structure. Read more in this article.
MNE groups should pay careful attention to any group financing companies in light of the Pillar Two Rules. In this analysis we look at the impact of Pillar Two under for both general GloBE and QDMTT purposes.
On March 22, 2024, the Decree of the Ministry of Economy and Finance No. 1048, to amend the Enforcement Regulations of the International Tax Adjustment Act entered into force.
On March 22, 2024, the Enforcement Regulations to the International Tax Adjustment Act were amended. This includes attachments for the GIR (in English and Korean), the GloBE Tax Return and the Notification Form for a Foreign CE to File the GIR.
Whilst the OECD Model Rules require the application of the IIR to Low-Taxed Constituent Entities outside the jurisdiction, the Commentary permits the application of the IIR domestically (a ‘DIIR’). Both New Zealand and the EU apply a DIIR.
Analysis of the Pillar Two GloBE rules in Greece – updated for Law 5100/2024 of April 5, 2024 implementing the EU Minimum tax Directive.
On April 5, 2024, Law 5100/2024 was published in the Official Gazette. This implements the EU Minimum Tax Directive in Greece from December 31, 2023 (with the UTPR applying from December 31, 2024).
Analysis of the domestic implementation of the Pillar Two Global Minimum Tax rules in Liechtenstein from 2024. Updated for the GloBE Regulation of March 28, 2024.
Analysis of the domestic implementation of the Pillar Two Global Minimum Tax rules in New Zealand. Updated for the enacted legislation on March 28, 2024.
On March 28, 2024, the Decree on the minimum taxation of large groups of undertakings (the ‘GloBE Regulation’) was published in the Official Gazette.
On March 28, 2024, the GloBE Regulations were published in the Liechtenstein Official Gazette and New Zealand’s Pillar Two Law received Royal Assent.
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