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Tunisia Publishes Additional Tax Measures in Response to COVID-19

16 June 2020

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Approved Changes

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Tunisia

Tunisia has published Decree-Law No 30 for 2020, which includes additional tax measures in response to COVID-19 and generally entered into force on 10 June 2020. Some of the main measures include: a temporary 2% contribution is introduced on taxable profits of banks and financial institutions and insurance and reinsurance companies, which is not tax-deductible and applies for tax years 2020 and 2021 (minimum contribution of TND 5,000); a 35% final withholding tax is introduced on gross interest earned from fixed-term deposits in banks if the interest rate on 1 January of the investment year exceeds the average financial market...