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Turkey Tax News

Final Report on Improving the Resolution of Tax Treaty Disputes

24 March 2007

Company tax regimes of Swiss cantons exempting foreign profits incompatible state aid under EU-Switzerland Agreement

24 March 2007

ECJ: hearing in case regarding Dutch withholding tax on outbound dividends

24 March 2007

EU Commission requests Italy not to apply a withholding tax on dividends paid to Netherlands parent companies

24 February 2007

Treaty between Turkey and Portugal - details

24 February 2007

EU Commission requests Italy to implement the Interest and Royalties Directive correctly

24 February 2007

Report on Attribution of Profits to PEs released

24 February 2007

EU Commission progresses infringement actions against Member States for discriminatory taxation of outbound dividends

24 February 2007

Withholding tax rates reduced

24 February 2007

Treaty between Turkey and Portugal ratified

15 January 2007

ECJ: previous UK ACT regime regarding outbound dividends compatible with EC fundamental freedoms (ACT IV GLO) – details

15 January 2007

ECJ holds French withholding tax on outbound dividends incompatible with freedom of establishment

15 January 2007

European Commission requests Belgium to terminate discriminatory taxation of inbound dividends

13 August 2006

Income withholding tax rate for non-residents reduced to zero

13 August 2006

European Commission requests Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain to terminate discriminatory taxation of outbound dividends

13 August 2006

European Commission refers Italy and Luxembourg to ECJ for not implementing Directive amending EC Parent-Subsidiary Directive

13 August 2006

European Commission decides that Luxembourg's preferential tax regime for 1929 holding companies constitutes incompatible state aid

13 August 2006

European Commission requested Spain to end infringement to the EC Parent-Subsidiary Directive concerning the use of anti-abuse measures

13 August 2006

The new Turkish Corporate Income Tax Act No. 5520, wholly revising and introducing substantial amendments to the former Corporate Income Tax Act No. 5422 dated 10 June 1949 has been approved by the parliament on 13 June 2006. The Act has now been sent to the President for approval. Most of the provisions are applicable retroactively from 1 January 2006. Transfer pricing rules, however, will be applied from 1 July 2007.

11 July 2006

Corporate tax rate reduction approved

11 July 2006

Treaty between Turkey and Portugal approved

11 July 2006

New anti-avoidance measures to be introduced transfer pricing, thin capitalization, CFC

16 March 2006

Corporate and tax cuts announced

1 January 2006

Corporate income tax cuts announced

6 December 2005

Australia's Trade Minister has announced that the tax treaty between Australia and Turkey is to be finalized shortly.

6 December 2005

Corporate income tax cuts announced The Turkish Ministry of Finance has announced plans to cut the corporate tax rate (currently 30%) by applying a progressive rate system on corporate profits. Accordingly, for the first YTRL 100,000, the corporate tax rate would be 15%, and 30% for the remaining corporate profits. Another alternative proposed by the Tax Council (an advisory body of the Ministry) would be to apply a progressive rate system and gradually decrease the upper rate over a period of 3 or 4 years; the progressive rate system would be changed to a single rate system at the end of that period, by fixing the rate at 18%. The tax cut is planned to be applied from 1 January 2006.

16 October 2005

The first-time income tax treaty and protocol between Thailand and Turkey, signed on 11 April 2002, entered into force on 13 January 2005. The treaty will generally apply from 1 January 2006.

11 July 2005

South Africa and Turkey signed a first-time income tax treaty on 3 March 2005.

11 July 2005

Portugal and Turkey signed a first-time tax treaty on 11 May 2005.

9 June 2005

The first-time income tax treaty and protocol between Thailand-Turkey, signed on 11 April 2002, entered into force on 13 January 2005. The treaty will generally apply from 1 January 2006.

9 June 2005

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