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May 11, 2021 Jordan clarifies scope of National Contribution Tax Executive summary On 2 May 2021, the Jordanian Income and Sales Tax Department (ISTD) issued Instruction No. (1) of 2021 (the Instruction) regarding the National Contribution Tax (NCT). The Instruction amends Instruction No. 2 of 2019 (instructions for the remittance of income tax) and should be read in conjunction with Instruction No. 2. Specifically, the Instruction clarifies the application of the NCT to payments made to resident and nonresident legal and natural persons and adapts the rules concerning tax audits, assessments, appeals, and the application of late payment penalties to include NCT. Per Article 1 of the Instruction, the Instruction enters into force as of the date of issuance in the Official Gazette (i.e., 2 May 2021)in line with the Jordanian Constitution. However, the remaining articles of the Instruction state that the scope of application of the NCT should apply retrospectively from 1 January 2019. It remains unclear whether the ISTD will in practice apply late penalties to the NCT due in respect of payments subject to the NCTfor the period from 1 January 2019 through 2 May 2021. Detailed discussion The scope of application of the NCT The Instruction gives taxpayers clarification on the scope of application of the NCT for certain payments made to resident and nonresident legal and natural persons as of 2019 and onwards. Notably, the Instruction requires an NCT deduction, as follows:
However, the following are excluded from the NCT’s scope of application under the Instruction:
Implications Businesses, particularly banks and financial companies, should be aware that the ISTD has issued a clarification on the requirement to deduct and remit the NCT and that non-compliance with NCT payments for 2019 and onwards may result in a late payment penalty being imposed at 0.4% of the NCT amount for each late week (or part of the week). _________________________________________ For additional information with respect to this Alert, please contact the following: Ernst & Young Jordan, Amman
Ernst & Young LLP (United States), Middle East Tax Desk, New York
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