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2019 Tax Filing Deadlines in Lebanon 2019 Tax Return Deadlines in Pakistan 40% Top Tax Bracket Introduced in Turkey Algeria Financial Shareholding Alert Algeria introduces penalty in 2024 on G29 non-compliance Algeria Payroll Outsourcing Alert Angola – Changes in tax rates 2024 Angola – New General Labor Law – 26 March 2024 Angola – Rules for Carrying Out Foreign Exchange Transaction By A Natural Person – 9 April 2023 Australia announces amendments to the Superannuation fund rate Austria – Change in Income Tax Tables and Allowances Bahrain Payroll Outsourcing Alert Bangladesh Income Tax Law Amendment Bulgaria changes in social security base & benefits 2024 Canada – Change in Income Tax Tables and Benefits amount Change in Minimum wage for EOBI calculations Changes in Tax Rates for November and December 2024 Colombia Payroll Outsourcing Alert Combined Tax Declaration Forms Postponed in Turkey Costa Rica new brackets of income tax effective from 1 January 2024 Costa Rica Payroll Outsourcing Alert Cyprus – Changes in Maximum Insurable Earnings Denmark – Social security & tax changes 2024 DIFC Service Gratuity Law in UAE, Dubai Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) Mandates Wages Protection System (WPS) Egypt – Parliament approves changes in tax law effective Mar 2024 Egypt – Increase in Social Security Contribution Bases Egypt announces social security contribution for the year 2023 Egypt Income Tax Law Amendment Egypt Income Tax Law Amendment Egypt New Tax Rates – Consult Mercans’ Payroll Outsourcing Team Egypt Payroll Outsourcing Alert Egypt Payroll Outsourcing Alert Egypt Payroll Outsourcing Alert Egypt Payroll Outsourcing Alert Egypt Payroll Outsourcing Alert Egypt Payroll Outsourcing Alert Egypt Payroll Outsourcing Alert Egypt Payroll Outsourcing Alert Egypt Social Security Calculations Change Egypt Social Security Contribution Updates Enforcement Proceedings Suspended in Turkey EPF Contributions Rate Reduced in Malaysia Estonia Announced Major Statutory Changes for 2023 Executive Regulation Amendment in Saudi Arabia Financial Relief Measures in Turkey Financial Stimulus Incentives in Tunisia Finland revises social security contribution rates Ghana amends income tax rates for resident individuals Ghana Amends Income Tax Rates For Residents Ghana Payroll Outsourcing Alert Ghana Payroll Outsourcing Alert Ghana revises national daily minimum wage for 2024 Ghana revises the minimum and maximum insurable earnings Global Payroll Suite Upgrade for Asia GPSSA introduces a new pension law INDIA – Maharashtra LWF announces new half yearly contribution amounts effective from June 2024 Introduction of end of service benefit for foreigners, Taminat system, separate unemployment insurance Ireland – Budget Statement Changes 2025 Ireland – Increase in PRSI contribution rates Jordan Payroll Outsourcing Alert Jordan Payroll Outsourcing Alert Jordan Social Security Rates Reduction Kazakhstan amends monthly calculation index (MCI), monthly minimum wage, and introduces employer pension contribution Kenya – Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) to replace National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Kenya – 2023 Statutory Changes Kenya – Court upholds affordable housing levy on 26 Jan 2024 Kenya – Enactment of the Affordable Housing Act 2024 Kenya Changes National Social Security Fund Act Kenya- 2024 National Social Security Fund Changes Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Statutory Change Alert Kuwait Payroll Outsourcing Alert Lebanon – Sickness and Maternity Contributions Set To Raise Lebanon – Amendment to sickness and maternity ceiling amount Lebanon – Transportation Allowance Modification Lebanon Announced Tax Rate and Exemption Changes for 2023 Lebanon Government Responds to COVID-19 Lebanon Payroll Outsourcing Alert Lebanon Payroll Outsourcing Alert Lebanon Payroll Outsourcing Alert Lebanon Payroll Outsourcing Alert Lebanon Payroll Outsourcing Alert Lebanon renews Transportation, Schooling, Cost of Living Expenses and Minimum wages Lebanon Revises Cost of Living Allowance Limits Libya – Social Security Contribution Percentage Change Lithuania – Updates To Minimum Wage, Non-Taxable Amount And SODRA rate Lithuania 2024 regulation updates on minimum monthly wages, non-taxable amount and SODRA wages Malaysia – Increase in Salary Ceiling for SOCSO & EIS Contributions Malaysia – Update on Specification for Monthly tax deduction (MTD) calculation Malaysia regulation update on tax reliefs for employees effective from 01 January 2024 Malta – Changes To Income Tax Tables Malta revises social security and maternity fund contribution rates for 2024 Minimum Salary & Tax Changed in Estonia Monthly Stipend to Workers in Morocco Morocco – Change in Income Tax Tables and Allowances Morocco Amended Professional Expenses Deduction for Tax Year 2023 Morocco Payroll Outsourcing Alert Morocco Payroll Outsourcing Alert Morocco Payroll Outsourcing Alert Netherlands – Changes in National Minimum Wage July 2024 Netherlands 2024 Statutory Amendments New Income-tax Slab Rates, New Deduction Limits and Employer Contribution Rates New Salary capping limit for payment of Social and Health Insurance (SHI) in Vietnam New Social Insurance Law Enforced in Qatar Nigeria Amended National Housing Fund (NHF) Contributions Norway Announced Income Tax Rate 2023 and Introduced a New Social Tax Norway Tax and Social Security Updates 2024: New Rates, Deductions, and Allowances Oman Announces New Labor Law Oman Announces New Social Security Law Oman Payroll Outsourcing Alert Outsourcing Engineering Recruitment to meet Nitaqat Rules. Pakistan – New Minimum Wage and Amended EOBI Contributions – 1 July 2024 Pakistan Announces New Income Tax Brackets and Rates Pakistan announces New Income Tax slabs, Rates and Surcharge on Income Tax Pakistan Payroll Outsourcing Alert Pakistan Payroll Outsourcing Alert Pakistan Payroll Outsourcing Alert Pakistan Payroll Outsourcing Alert Payroll Outsourcing – Answer to Saudi Arabia WPS Rules Payroll Outsourcing Alert-Egypt Personal Income Tax Bracket in Ghana Personal Income Tax Rates in Lithuania Poland Payroll Outsourcing Alert Portugal – Changes in tax for 2024 Portugal – Changes in tax rates for September and October 2024 Qatar – Statutory Change Alert Qatar changes Social Security Contribution Rates for GCC Nationals Restructuring of Employment Agreements in UAE Romania – Changes in Social security & tax effective Jan 2024 Russia revises insurance premium, minimum wage, payroll reports, tax withheld period, notification, and payment due dates Salary Incentives Announced in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Payroll Outsourcing Alert Saudi Arabia Payroll Outsourcing Alert Saudi Arabia Payroll Outsourcing Alert Saudi Arabia Payroll Outsourcing Alert Saudi Arabia Payroll Outsourcing Alert Saudi Arabia Payroll Outsourcing Alert Saudi Arabia Payroll Outsourcing Alert Saudi Arabia Payroll Outsourcing Alert Saudi Arabia Payroll Outsourcing Alert Saudi Arabia Payroll Outsourcing Alert Saudi Arabia Payroll Outsourcing Alert Saudi Arabia Payroll Outsourcing Alert Saudi Arabia Payroll Outsourcing Alert Seniority (Severance) Increased in Turkey Serbia revises minimum net pay, non-taxable amount and social security base Singapore – Central Provident Fund Ceiling Changes Singapore – Central Provident Fund Ceiling Changes Singapore – Changes to CPF Ordinary Wage Ceiling and Contribution Rates Singapore – Social Security Rate Change Social Security Parameters in Turkey South Africa -Subsistence & Travel Allowance Thresholds March 2024 South Africa Announce Changes to its Income Tax Law South Korea – Non-taxable and Year End Adjustment changes Spain – Social Security Contributions Changes Spain – Changes in social security contributions for 2024 Sweden changes tax and social security rates from 1st Jan 2024 Taiwan – New Minimum Wage Impacting Insurance Grade Tables For Social Security Contributions Taiwan announces 2024 minimum wage impacting insurance grades for social security contributions Tax Contribution Cap Raised in Jordan Tax Declarations Changed in Turkey Tax Declarations Postponed in Turkey Tax Stimulus Package in Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Bahrain – Social Security Change The Kingdom of Bahrain – Social Security Contribution Rate The Kingdom of Bahrain Payroll Outsourcing Alert – Social Security Change Transportation Exemption in Turkey Tunisia Payroll Outsourcing Alert Turkey – Cancellation of Incentive Pay on EYT pension and increase in short-term insurance rate Turkey Announces 2022 Payroll Parameters Turkey Announces 2023 Payroll Parameters Turkey Announces 2023 Payroll Parameters Turkey announces 2024 payroll parameters Turkey Introduces New Social Security Law Number Turkey Payroll Outsourcing Alert Turkey Payroll Outsourcing Alert Turkey Payroll Outsourcing Alert (2021 Tax Parameters) Turkey Payroll Outsourcing Alert (Social Security Increases) Turkey Payroll Outsourcing News UAE introduces unemployment insurance scheme from January 01, 2023 UAE Labor Law Updates UAE Payroll Outsourcing Alert UAE Payroll Outsourcing Alert UAE Payroll Outsourcing Alert UAE Payroll Outsourcing Alert UAE Payroll Outsourcing Alert UAE scraps visa residency passport stamps from December 12, 2022 UAE to increase Emiratisation in private sector UAE WPS Process Changed UK – Changes in tax rates and social security rates 2024-25 Ukraine – Military Tax Rate and Minimum Wage Changes United Arab Emirates Payroll Outsourcing Alert United Arab Emirates Payroll Outsourcing Alert United Arab Emirates Payroll Outsourcing Alert United Arab Emirates Payroll Outsourcing Alert United Kingdom – Changes in national insurance contributions from 6th January 2024 United Kingdom – Changes in National Minimum Wage April 2024 United Kingdom – Changes To Maternity, Paternity, Adoption Leave And Sick Leave Pay Rates As Well As Student Loan And Post Graduate Loan Ceilings Vietnam – Minimum Wage Increase – July 2024
