On February 8, 2021, the European Commission launched a consultation on a review of the VAT rules for financial and insurance services.

The Internal Revenue Service launched tax season for individuals on February 15, 2021, highlighting the various supports available for taxpayers when preparing their returns.

The Swedish tax authority has announced that it will be expending more resources this year on ensuring businesses fully declare income from e-commerce and taxpayers report income from home rentals.

Belgium has published in its Official Gazette legislation to introduce the country's new tax on securities accounts.

The Philippines Department of Finance has announced that the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) will complete the implementing rules and regulations for the corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act by the third week of May.

Mexico has recently enacted legislative amendments to various tax laws in a bid to restrict the ability of companies to enter into outsourcing arrangements.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has signed a law to terminate the country's double tax agreement with the Netherlands.

The Hong Kong Government has announced that the comprehensive double tax agreement it signed with Georgia last year will enter into force on July 1.

The US Senate has approved the inclusion of new provisions in the bipartisan infrastructure bill to require intermediaries involved in cryptocurrency trading to report details about transactions.

China's Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation have issued a statement announcing tax relief from the Urban Maintenance and Construction Tax.

The European Commission has committed to tabling a proposal for a digital tax in October, whether or not an international agreement surfaces from OECD-led talks on new international tax rules for the world's largest firms.

China has set out the priorities of the Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Cooperation Mechanism (BRITACOM) Council over the next five years, at the 36-country grouping's second forum.

EU finance ministers have agreed an update to the rules governing value-added tax rates for goods and services.

Legislation has been enacted in Ecuador to introduce new taxes on companies and wealthy individuals, to fund government efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has updated its guidance on the tax requirements for companies being liquidated and those under receivership.

The United Arab Emirates' Federal Tax Authority has released a bulletin highlighting the value-added tax rights and obligations of performers and those who earn income from online platforms.

Hong Kong tabled the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 in parliament on March 24.

On April 1, 2021, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore issued a summary of an advance ruling concerning franchise income earned by a Singaporean company from licensing intellectual property rights.

The New Zealand Inland Revenue Department has released a new "special report" to provide guidance on changes to real property tax rules and other tax rules that were included in the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2020–21, Feasibility Expenditure, and Remedial Matters) Act 2021.

Chinese authorities have announced enhanced temporary tax breaks for small businesses.

Experts speaking at the UN's Economic and Social Council's annual Special Meeting on International Cooperation in Tax Matters concluded that the international community must do more to tackle tax base erosion and profit shifting and offshore tax evasion.

On May 3, 2021, the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department issued over 2.62 million tax returns for individuals for the year of assessment 2020-21.

Hong Kong's Legislative Council has passed a bill to implement a series of amendments to the Inland Revenue Ordinance.

Mauritius announced numerous tax relief measures for investors and for wealthy foreign individuals in its newly released Budget.

New Zealand has announced further extensions to due dates for applications for the country's research and development tax incentive for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 income years.

The OECD has said 131 countries and jurisdictions have put their name to an international agreement on an overhaul to tax rules for the digitalized economy and for large multinational businesses.

Thailand's Revenue Department has released new English-language guidance on the value-added tax rules for business-to-consumer supplies of electronic services rendered by non-resident businesses.

Hong Kong's Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui Ching-yu, has set out how the territory intends to respond to the OECD's proposed new international tax framework.

Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) has introduced legislation to overhaul the 20 percent deduction for pass-through income introduced into US tax law in 2017.

On August 1, 2021, Mexico's federal tax authority released a second report on the effective corporate tax paid by large businesses in various economic sectors.

The Indonesian Government has legislated to shoulder the value-added tax liability of retail businesses on rent and service charges due between August and October 2021.

The Hong Kong Government has said it is looking at potential measures to support the shipping industry following the decision by the US Government to terminate the two territories' agreement that exempted shipping industry income from tax.

The Dutch Government has announced changes aimed at improving the tax system in its 2022 Tax Plan, released on September 21.

The Hong Kong Government has issued a statement committing to amend its tax law with regards the tax exemption for foreign source passive income from 2023, to ensure the territory does not end up placed on the EU's tax blacklist of non-cooperative territories.

Following a consultation exercise, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has said the territory intends to go ahead with various important goods and services tax regime changes without accepting amendments proposed by stakeholders.

Indonesia's lower house of parliament has signed off on a bill that provides for a two-stage hike to the headline value-added tax rate, the cancellation of a planned corporate tax cut, and the introduction of a new top rate of personal income tax.

With the UK corporate tax rate set to rise 25 percent from April 2023, the UK Government has announced various tax proposals that are intended to support businesses and the UK economy, in the newly released 2022 Budget.

Singapore's Minister of Finance has said Singapore will set out plans to hike its carbon tax in the 2022 Budget.

HM Revenue and Customs is reforming late-filing and payment penalties to make them fairer and more consistent across taxes. The first stage of these reforms was set to come into effect early this year. However, on January 13, 2022, HMRC postponed the effective dates by nine months to one year.

The Turkish Government has recently enacted Law No. 7,351, which provides corporate tax reliefs for exporters and manufacturing businesses.

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has suspended the use of more than a dozen additional letters, including the mailing of automated collection notices, normally issued when a taxpayer owes additional tax and the IRS has no record of a taxpayer filing a tax return.

Singapore has announced personal income tax hikes and higher wealth taxes on the territory's wealthiest individuals, as well as plans to ramp up the territory's carbon tax, in its newly released Budget.

The Guernsey Government on April 26, 2022, announced that a parliamentary debate on tax reform, scheduled for July, will now be delayed until the end of the year, to allow time for consideration of corporate tax options. Earlier, Guernsey's Policy and Resources Committee proposed that the territory could implement a goods and services tax to buoy the territory's finances.

The British Virgin Islands' Inland Revenue Department is to introduce a new platform from early next year to automate the administration of all taxes and licenses.

Threat type: Trojan

Aliases: Trojan.Win64.Agent (IKARUS), Trojan:Win64/Comebacker.A!dha (MICROSOFT)

Platforms: Windows

Overall Risk Rating: Low

Damage Potential: Medium

Distribution Potential: Low

Reported Infection: Low

Information Exposure: Low

Overview:

This Trojan arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

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