NL-Africa Tax Desk newsletter – November 2021
The aim of this newsletter is to give you an easy-to-read overview of the latest tax updates in Africa. This month's newsletter includes several updates on the 2022 tax measures in Ghana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Next to that, we have seen developments focused on tackling international tax avoidance with Mauritania and Rwanda joining OECD initiatives in this regard and the tax policy debate in the Netherlands moving towards increased international exchange of information on Dutch intermediate holding companies.
Europese Commissie publiceert voorstel voor richtlijn om misbruik van “shell” entiteiten aan te pakken
Op 22 december 2021 heeft de Europese Commissie een voorstel gepubliceerd voor een richtlijn gericht op de aanpak van “shell entities and arrangements” voor belastingdoeleinden.
OECD publishes Global Anti-Base Erosion Model Rules (Pillar Two)
On December 20, 2021 the OECD published the Global Anti-Base Erosion (‘GloBE’) Model Rules, also known as Pillar 2. The GloBE Rules aim to impose a global minimum tax of 15% on multinational enterprises with a revenue in excess of EUR 750 million.