The OECD is seeking comments on compliance and coordination aspects of the Pillar Two global minimum tax. Two documents have been published for consultation:
Comments are invited by 3 February 2023. The OECD has also published a ‘further progress’ update page on Pillars One and Two.
Guidance has been issued on Pillar Two safe harbours and penalty relief. This includes the agreed terms of a transitional country by country reporting safe harbour that effectively removes the obligation of calculating the GloBE effective tax rate for an MNE’s operations in lower-risk jurisdictions in the initial years. There is a framework for the development of permanent safe harbours as simplified income and tax calculations, as well as a common understanding as to a transitional penalty relief regime for applying penalties or sanctions where an MNE has taken reasonable measures to ensure the correct application of the GloBE rules.
Going forward, the Inclusive Framework expects to release administrative guidance on the interpretation or administration of the global minimum tax on a rolling basis, with the first package of administrative guidance to be released in early 2023. Work is also proceeding on the finalisation of the subject to tax rule and the related multilateral instrument to assist in its implementation.
Further information on the two-pillar solution for addressing the tax challenges arising from digitalisation and globalisation of the economy is available at https://oe.cd/bepsaction1.
The OECD is seeking comments on compliance and coordination aspects of the Pillar Two global minimum tax. Two documents have been published for consultation:
Comments are invited by 3 February 2023. The OECD has also published a ‘further progress’ update page on Pillars One and Two.
Guidance has been issued on Pillar Two safe harbours and penalty relief. This includes the agreed terms of a transitional country by country reporting safe harbour that effectively removes the obligation of calculating the GloBE effective tax rate for an MNE’s operations in lower-risk jurisdictions in the initial years. There is a framework for the development of permanent safe harbours as simplified income and tax calculations, as well as a common understanding as to a transitional penalty relief regime for applying penalties or sanctions where an MNE has taken reasonable measures to ensure the correct application of the GloBE rules.
Going forward, the Inclusive Framework expects to release administrative guidance on the interpretation or administration of the global minimum tax on a rolling basis, with the first package of administrative guidance to be released in early 2023. Work is also proceeding on the finalisation of the subject to tax rule and the related multilateral instrument to assist in its implementation.
Further information on the two-pillar solution for addressing the tax challenges arising from digitalisation and globalisation of the economy is available at https://oe.cd/bepsaction1.