CM Tax – Lebanon – Update 2021

May 20, 2021

Country Manuals Tax – CM Tax

We would like to inform you that BRP TAX has updated its Country Manual Tax for the following jurisdiction:

LEBANON (TIM)

The manuals have been aligned to take into account the evolving tax regulatory legislation relating to private banking clients holding bank accounts abroad:

Tax Investment Manual (TIM)
– The chapter of Basic Principles of the Taxation in Lebanon is further developed with regard to the following sections:
• Financial Income (updates regarding the taxation of foreign financial income according to the current situation in Lebanon and the Ministry of Finance’s latest interpretation of the relevant laws and texts).
• Filing and deadline (updates due to the confinement measures due to the pandemic of Covid-19, and based on several legislations issued during 2020).
• Additional obligations for taxpayers with assets outside Lebanon (updates due to the confinement measures due to the pandemic of Covid-19, and based on several legislations issued during 2020).
• Inheritance and gift tax (updates related to new procedures for determining the estimated value of inheritance assets located abroad).
• Anti-avoidances rules (news subsections related to GAAR / Trusts).
• Specific subsection related to up-stream withholding tax procedure has been added.
• New subsection related to a Financial Transaction Tax has also been added.
– The chapter of Tax suitability for the direct line management of financial instruments has been simplified and/or updated with regard to the following sections:
• Fiduciary deposits, Interest payments.
• Derivatives Instruments.
• Investment funds.
• Crypto assets.

If these Tax Manuals are part of your subscription, you should now be able to access this new version on our Platform: https://mybrponline.com/ once you have logged in under the following search:

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Please do not hesitate to contact us (info@brptax.com), should you require any further information.

Best regards,

Your BRP Tax Team


Geneva, 20th May 2021