December 2023

  • Bulgaria
    • Bulgaria Implements Minimum Taxation Directive

      Bulgaria has gazetted amendments to the Corporate Income Tax Act, implementing the provisions of the Minimum Taxation Directive (2022/2523).

      The rules ensure a global minimum level of taxation for multinational enterprise groups and large-scale domestic groups within the European Union. Additionally, the amendments include the introduction of a domestic top-up tax.

  • China
    • China to Adjust Import and Export Tariffs on Certain Goods from January 1

      The Ministry of Finance released on December 20, 2023 the Announcement of the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council on Adjusting Tariffs for 2024, stating that the country will adjust the import and export tariffs on certain goods starting January 1, 2024.

      According to the Announcement, China will implement provisional import tariff rates lower than the most-favored-nation rates on 1,010 items starting January 1, 2024. First, import tariffs on key resources, equipment and components that are domestically scarce, like lithium chloride, low arsenic fluorite, and gas diffusion layers for fuel cells will be lowered. Second, certain anti-cancer medications and drugs for rare diseases, as well as relevant raw materials, will be subject to zero import tariffs, and import tariffs on foods for special medical purposes and other related products will be reduced. Third, import tariffs on sweet corn, coriander and burdock seeds will be cut. The Announcement also outlines other major changes, such as adding new tax items like decorative papers, high-end iron and steel products and others. There will be a total of 8,957 tax items after the adjustment.

    • Shanghai: Urban land use tax implementation regulations continue to be implemented until the end of 2028

      According to the website of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government on December 20, the Shanghai Municipal Government issued Notice No. 63 (2023) to clarify that after evaluation, the validity period of the Implementation Regulations of Shanghai Urban Land Use Tax (2019) No. 6) has been extended to December 31, 2028.

      The Regulations on the Implementation of the Urban Land Use Tax in Shanghai make it clear that the urban land use tax in Shanghai is divided into five tax brackets according to different regions: (1) Regions within the inner ring road: one to three levels; (2) Areas outside the inner ring line and within the outer Ring line: Level 2 to Level 4; (3) Areas outside the Outer Ring Line: Level 3 to 5. The tax standard of each tax grade area is as follows: the annual tax of the first-level area is 15 yuan per square meter; Secondary area, annual tax of 10 yuan per square meter; Third level area, annual tax of 6 yuan per square meter; Level 4 area, annual tax of 3 yuan per square meter; The annual tax of the five-level area is 1.5 yuan per square meter.

    • Shanghai: Continue to implement the adjusted property tax deduction ratio of the original value of the property in 2024

      On December 20, the website of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government published the Notice of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government on the continued implementation of the Adjusted Real Estate Tax Deduction Ratio of the original Value of Real Estate.

      According to the "Notice", Shanghai Government Regulation (2019) No. 5 specifies that since January 1, 2019, the city will calculate the taxpayers who pay the property tax according to the remaining value of the property, and the proportion of the original value of the property deduction will be adjusted to 30%. After assessment, the city continues to implement the adjusted real estate tax deduction ratio of the original value of the real estate, which will be implemented from January 1, 2024.

    • China to Suspend Tariff Concessions for Some Taiwanese Products Granted under the ECFA

      The Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council released on December 20, 2023 the Announcement on Suspending Tariff Concessions for Some Taiwanese Products Granted under the Cross-Straits Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), according to a statement made on the website of the Ministry of Finance on December 21, 2023. The Announcement will take effect on January 1, 2024.

      As Taiwan's discriminatory measures of prohibiting and restricting Chinese mainland's exports have violated the provisions of the ECFA, the Customs Tariff Commission decides to suspend the tariff concessions for some Taiwanese products granted under the Agreement. Starting from January 1, 2024, 12 taxable products including propylene and paraxylene originating in Taiwan, as listed in the Annex, will not be applicable to the agreed tax rates, but are subject to the existing rules instead, said the Announcement.

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  • Switzerland
    • Svizzera: nuove aliquote IVA dal 1° gennaio 2024

      Dal 1° gennaio 2024, la Svizzera applicherà nuove aliquote d’imposta.

      Nello specifico:

      • l’aliquota standard passerà da 7,7% a 8,1%
      • l’aliquota ridotta passerà da 2,5% a 2,6%
      • l’aliquota speciale per il settore alberghiero passerà da 3,7% a 3,8%

      Le attuali aliquote rimarranno in vigore fino al 31 dicembre 2023.

      Come si applicano le aliquote?

      Le differenti tipologie di aliquote coprono prestazioni specifiche, che si confermano anche per il 2024.

      Nell’aliquota standard rientrano tutte le prestazioni che non sono imponibili all’aliquota speciale o a quella ridotta.

      L’aliquota ridotta si applica alla controprestazione e importazione per i seguenti beni:

      • acqua trasportata in condotte (con eccezione del il trattamento delle acque di scarico, imponibile all’aliquota normale);
      • derrate alimentari e additivi;
      • bestiame, pollame;
      • pesci e altri animali per scopi alimentari;
      • sementi, bulbi e cipolle da trapianto, piante vive, talee, innesti, fiori recisi e rami, anche in arrangiamenti, mazzi, corone e simili;
      • alimenti e strame per animali, acidi per l'insilamento;
      • concimi, prodotti fitosanitari, materiali di pacciamatura e altri materiali vegetali di copertura;
      • medicinali;
      • giornali, riviste, libri e altri stampati senza carattere pubblicitario;
      • giornali, riviste e libri elettronici senza carattere pubblicitario (art. 51a e 52 OIVA);
      • prestazioni di servizi delle società di radio e televisione, tranne quelle aventi carattere commerciale;
      • prestazioni nel settore dell'agricoltura consistenti nella lavorazione diretta del suolo in relazione con la produzione di prodotti naturali, imponibili all'aliquota ridotta che servono a loro volta principalmente all'alimentazione umana o come alimenti e strame per animali, nonché alla lavorazione di simili prodotti del suolo;
      • prestazioni escluse dall’imposta giusta l’articolo 21 capoverso 2 numeri 14–16 LIVA, a condizione che si sia optato per la loro imposizione in conformità dell’articolo 22 LIVA;

      L’aliquota speciale per il settore alberghiero si applica alle prestazioni d’alloggio con prima colazione

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