[fa icon="calendar'] Jan 08, 2019 @ 10:00 AM / by Jeremy Piccoli
As part of the IRS contingency plan for a government shutdown, the treasury department is recalling 46,000 people, roughly half of the IRS workforce. These workers are expected to report for work without pay and without a clear plan from the U.S. government to compensate them with back-pay once the government does reopen.
[fa icon="calendar'] Oct 19, 2018 @ 10:00 AM / by Amber Chan
Value-added tax (VAT), known as “Taxe sur la valeur ajoutée (TVA)” in Algeria, is applied to most goods and services. Algeria’s Finance Act 2017 increased the standard rate from 17% to 19% in January 2018, and the reduced rate from 7% to 9%.
[fa icon="calendar'] Oct 19, 2018 @ 04:35 AM / by Pat Jurgens
AIRINC's tax experts have compiled an infographic of the countries that have the most progressive tax structures, the countries with the most regressive tax structures, and the countries with flat tax rate structures. All data was compiled with our international tax tools.
[fa icon="calendar'] Oct 18, 2018 @ 02:15 AM / by Pat Jurgens
The Chinese government has enacted amendments to the individual income tax law, which will be implemented in two phases – October 1, 2018 and January 1, 2019. The changes that are effective October 1, 2018 include
[fa icon="calendar'] Oct 04, 2018 @ 11:39 AM / by Jeremy Piccoli
Tax laws, rates, and regulations vary greatly from country to country, and being on an international assignment creates even further complexity. To minimize the tax impact on the assignee, most globally-mobile companies have a Tax Equalization policy in place.
[fa icon="calendar'] Sep 25, 2018 @ 12:40 PM / by Pat Jurgens
The United States Internal Revenue Service has announced transitional tax relief for certain moving expenses. This guidance (IRS Notice 2018-75) is for employer reimbursements made after December 31, 2017 for qualified moving expenses incurred for a work-related move that occurred prior to January 1, 2018.
[fa icon="calendar'] Aug 28, 2018 @ 08:40 AM / by Jeremy Piccoli
With great publicity and fanfare, the United States enacted significant Federal tax reform, titled The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, effective January 1, 2018. The details of the reform at a Federal level have been widely dissected, debated, and analyzed.
[fa icon="calendar'] Aug 20, 2018 @ 03:45 AM / by Jeremy Piccoli
On April 20, 2018, the Dutch Ministry of Finance announced that the 2019 Tax Plan will include an amendment to the ‘30% ruling’ for expatriate employees, shortening the eligibility from 8 to 5 years, effective January 1, 2019.
