Reading Time: 2 minutesCambodia has signed a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) with Hong Kong on the 26th of June 2019 as announced by the Secretary for Financial Services and Treasury, Mr James Lau, on behalf of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. Under the DTA, double taxation will be avoided in that any tax paid in Cambodia […]
Cambodia Tax Update: VAT Update – Zero-rated Supplies
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs a general rule the Cambodia tax regulations contemplate Value Added Tax (VAT) being charged at zero percent (“zero-rated”) for services invoiced by a Cambodian taxpayer that are deemed to be performed outside of Cambodia (“exported services”). The uncertainty facing taxpayers in Cambodia centers upon what constitutes an exported service and what evidence do they […]
Cambodia Legal Alert: Certain Foreign Organizations and Agencies Exempt From Implementation of Prakas 442 and 443
Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing the issuance of Prakas 442 on the Payment of Wages dated 21 September 2018 and Prakas 443 on Seniority Payments dated 21 September 2018, the ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (“MLVT”) issued official Guideliens 044/19 on the Implementation of Prakas 442 and 443 for Personnel of Foreign Missions, Agencies of the United Nations […]
Cambodia Real Estate Update: Annual Tax Compliance and Transfer Pricing
Reading Time: 4 minutesRegistered taxpayers in Cambodia are now in the process of completing their Annual Tax on Income (“TOI”) declarations for the 2018 tax year. This applies equally to those entities that hold real estate in Cambodia and we provide below some of the key tax issues that those entities should be aware of when submitting their […]
Cambodia Tax Alert: Use of Khmer Riel in Tax Invoices
Reading Time: 2 minutesNotification 4908 issued by the General Department of Taxation (GDT) on the 18th of March 2019 requires all registered taxpayers in the self-assessment taxation regime in Cambodia to now provide the total amounts, in tax invoices that they issue to customers, in Khmer Riel (KHR). For completeness the itemized amounts in a tax invoice do […]
Cambodia Tax Alert: Interest Rate Update/Transfer Pricing
Reading Time: 3 minutesMarket rates On 13 March 2019, the General Department of Taxation (“GDT”) released Notification 4630, which provides the “market rates” for determining the caps on interest rate deductions for loans that had been entered into using Khmer Riel (“KHR”) and United States Dollars (“USD”) in the 2018 financial year. The “market rates” for 2018 are as […]
Cambodia Tax Alert: Tax Incentives for Listing Entities
Reading Time: 2 minutesSub-Decree 01 ANKr.BK dated 4 January 2019 (“Sub-Decree”) has introduced a new package of tax incentives for those entities in Cambodia looking to list on the Cambodian Stock Exchange (CSX). The 2019 tax incentives provided to listing entities on the CSX are much more comprehensive and concessional then those that were initially offered in 2011, […]
Cambodia Tax Alert: Double Tax Agreement Update
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Cambodia General Department of Taxation (GDT) has formally announced that the Double Tax Agreements (DTAs) which the Kingdom of Cambodia signed with Brunei Darussalam, The People’s Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam officially come into effect on 1 January 2019for Cambodian tax residents. These developments represent major milestones in Cambodia’s ongoing tax […]
Cambodia Legal Alert: Cambodia’s Latest Draft Competition Law
Reading Time: 5 minutesEarlier this year, Cambodia issued an English version of its Competition Law entitled Version 5.7 stated to be “based on the Draft Khmer Version as of 13 FEB 2018” (“Law”). Below we describe some of the key features of the Law. We have been informed that this is a final version and that it is […]
Cambodia Tax Update: Important – Taxation of Individuals
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhilst a lot of discussion has been in made in recent times regarding the impact of the proposed seniority payments a much more significant and far-reaching area of tax reform is expected to be ushered into effect with the anticipated promulgation into law this month of the 2019 Law on Financial Management (2019LFM). Compared to […]
Cambodia Tax Update: Transfer Pricing – Interest Rates for Related Parties
Reading Time: 4 minutesInstruction 11946 issued by the General Department of Taxation (“GDT”) on the 21st of August 2018 (“Instruction 11946”) provides an important clarification regarding the determination of interest rates between related parties. Since the introduction of Circular 151 in early 2014 Cambodian taxpayers were historically able to receive and extend interest free loans to domestic as […]