Global Reward Services Newsletter

December 2023 Edition

This issue features updates on a range of topics, including changes to tax laws in South Africa, California's removal of disability insurance wage base, and the new employer reporting requirements for equity income in South Korea. We also provide a reminder of the T+1 update in the United States, as well as information on changes to individual taxation in Brazil, Ireland's share options taxation for 2024, and the Netherlands' 2024 Tax plan package.

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November 2023 Edition

The Q3 edition of our Global Reward Services newsletter discusses updates to tax withholding obligations for non-resident employers in South Africa, next day deposit challenges for US payroll, multi-year sourced compensation for FICA purposes and many more updates from China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, and Europe.

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April 2023 Edition

The latest edition of the newsletter includes compensation news from the U.S. on the SEC settlement timelines for equity plans, an update from Indonesia on the taxation of benefits-in-kind, Japan's changes to stock option requirements for start-ups, and more news from the Czech Republic, Germany, and the U.K. Read now.

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January 2023 Edition

This edition of the newsletter brings you updates from the United States on Form 1042-S errors, Employee Share Scheme updates from Australia, and more news from Asia and Europe. Plus, read about how the Global Reward Services team can help your Total Rewards program. Read now.

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October 2022 Edition

The latest edition of the newsletter brings you updates from the United States on the termination of the Hungary Tax Treaty, the latest on SEC's disclosure rules, Hong Kong's decision on equity-based compensation, and more news from the European Union, Finland, Netherlands and Switzerland. Read now.

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July 2022 Edition

The July edition of the newsletter includes news and insights from the United States on the IRS's updates for health savings plans, legislative updates from Australia on the employee share scheme, tax regime updates from Belgium, and more news from the Netherlands, and Poland. Read now.

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May 2022 Edition

Our May issue features the latest developments on the United States' delays for the issuance of ITINs, China's recent developments on IIT Policies, India's 2022 Union Budget adjustments, and more news from Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands and the U.K.

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January 2022 Edition

In this new edition of our newsletter, topics covered include the latest news from the U.S. on mobile employee impacts, China's new disclosure requirement for employee share plans, updates on Hong Kong's tax treatment for equity-based compensation, and more compensation and benefits news from Europe.

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September 2021 Edition

The September edition of the Global Reward Services Newsletter looks into South Africa's new process supporting breaking tax residency, Canada's new "hybrid" methodology for Cross-Border RSUs, updates on the U.S. and Switzerland's competent authority arrangement, and more news from Australia, Hong Kong, Finland, and Ireland.

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June 2021 Edition

In the June newsletter, we provide observations on several tax topics from the United States, including multistate reporting of compensation, employer's role in Rescue Act COBRA subsidies, and more. We look into Australia's employee share scheme reporting and South Korea's modifications to income tax rates and tax exemptions, plus the latest in tax and compensation news from Greece, Switzerland, and the U.K.

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March 2021 Edition

The March newsletter looks into Canada's updates to the Tax Treatment of Employment Stock options, the United States' recent compensation and benefits-related provisions in the COVID-19 Relief Bill, China's potential changes to IIT Preferential Treatment, and more news and insights from around the world.

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September 2021 Edition

The September edition of the Global Reward Services Newsletter looks into South Africa's new process supporting breaking tax residency, Canada's new "hybrid" methodology for Cross-Border RSUs, updates on the U.S. and Switzerland's competent authority arrangement, and more news from Australia, Hong Kong, Finland, and Ireland.

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June 2021 Edition

In the June newsletter, we provide observations on several tax topics from the United States, including multistate reporting of compensation, employer's role in Rescue Act COBRA subsidies, and more. We look into Australia's employee share scheme reporting and South Korea's modifications to income tax rates and tax exemptions, plus the latest in tax and compensation news from Greece, Switzerland, and the U.K.

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March 2021 Edition

The March newsletter looks into Canada's updates to the Tax Treatment of Employment Stock options, the United States' recent compensation and benefits-related provisions in the COVID-19 Relief Bill, China's potential changes to IIT Preferential Treatment, and more news and insights from around the world.

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December 2020 Edition

In this latest edition, we look into Canada's T4 reporting requirements, the United States SEC disclosure on Human Capital Management, Australia's tax authorities' plans for data matching compliance, and more news and insights from around the world.

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November 2020 Edition

In the latest edition of the Global Reward Services Newsletter, we look into the United States' generic legal advice memorandum (GLAM) on income inclusion, Brazil's newly published threshold requirements, and more reward-related updates from Asia/Pacific and Europe.

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July 2020 Edition

This edition of the Global Reward Services Newsletter looks into COVID-19 spot survey findings, and provides insights into other top-of-mind tax, compensation and benefits news from the Americas, Asia/Pacific and European countries.

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March 2020 Edition

The March issue of the Global Reward Services newsletter features articles on Canada's proposed changes to the tax treatment of employee stock options, Australia's recommendations for tax residency, plus the latest developments from the People's Republic of China, the European Union and more.

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