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Key Features
Release version 20.6.0 features calculation and rate changes to reflect current tax law resulting from the process to monitor for legislative changes and conduct regular review of supported authorities.
The effective dates disclosed below indicate when the changes enter into force.
Income Tax Treaties
The following income tax treaties were added:
Treaty countries
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Effective date
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Algeria β Netherlands
Angola β United Arab Emirates
Bulgaria β Pakistan
Czech Republic β Ghana
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January 1, 2021
January 1, 2021
January 1, 2021
January 1, 2021
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Country Updates
Argentina
Social Security:
Increased the employee wage ceiling by ARS 318,368 to ARS 2.6 million, effective September 1, 2020.
Decreased the employer contribution rate by 0.3% to 25.8%, effective January 1, 2021.
Austria
Income Tax:
Limited the household and family bonus credits to residents.
Corrected the tax rate applicable to income between EUR 11,000 and EUR 18,000 to 20%. Previously, 25% was used resulting in an overstatement of tax.
Canada
Increased the following, unless otherwise stated, effective January 1, 2021:
Income Tax:
By the indexing rate of 1%:
Tax bracket thresholds. The threshold for the top rate of 33% increased by CAD 2,144 to CAD 216,512.
Personal minimum allowance by CAD 123 to CAD 12,421.
Personal maximum allowance by CAD 579 to CAD 13,808.
Maximum voluntary pension deduction by CAD 1,380 to CAD 29,210.
Social Security:
Added the option to calculate employer health tax for British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, and Quebec. This tax was introduced at the provincial level beginning in 2018. The calculation uses the highest applicable rate for each province which ranges from approximately 2% to 4.3%.
Canada Pension Plan wage ceiling and contribution rate by CAD 2,900 to CAD 61,600 and 0.2% to 5.5%, respectively.
Employment Insurance wage ceiling by CAD 2,100 to CAD 56,300.
British Columbia
Income Tax: Corrected the spouse and dependent amounts by decreasing them to CAD 9,376. Previously, CAD 10,314 was used resulting in an understatement of tax.
Quebec
Social Security: Made the following changes, effective January 1, 2021:
Decreased the employee and employer Employment Insurance contribution rates by 0.1% to 1.2% and 1.7%, respectively.
Increased the Quebec Pension Plan and Quebec Employment Insurance wage ceilings in accordance with federal amounts.
Chile
Income Tax: Changed the double tax relief method for non-treaty countries to provide a credit for foreign tax paid instead of a deduction. The credit method is also used for treaty countries.
China
Income Tax: Added the Use Regional Preferential Rate? input to elect the 15% flat rate for qualifying employees inbounding to certain Pearl River Delta cities.
Colombia
Income Tax: Corrected the base to calculate the maximum basic and dependent allowances. The previous calculation resulted in a potential understatement of tax.
Denmark
Income Tax: Changed certain relocation related line items disclosed in Appendix B to nontaxable.
Finland
Income Tax: Added the Homes Maintained in Both Countries? input to provide tax preference for the following line items if assignment duration is 36 months or less. If Filing Status is Single and Dependents is Nil, input values are nontaxable; otherwise, the employee is accompanied, and half of the values are nontaxable.
Camp Accommodations
Housing Costs Host Country
Temporary Housing in Home and Foreign Countries
India
Income Tax: Limited the nontaxable treatment of employer voluntary pension and social security contributions to INR 750,000, effective April 1, 2020.
Ireland
Income Tax:
Corrected the inbound Special Assignee Relief to apply the maximum cap of EUR 1 million for all years. Previously, the threshold was not applied when Year Column Label was after 2020, resulting in a potential understatement of tax.
Limited the outbound Foreign Earnings Deduction to cost estimates with Year Column Label of 2022 or earlier.
Corrected voluntary employer pension contributions to be nontaxable for inbound assignments from an EEA country or the United States and all outbound assignments. Previously, these contributions were nontaxable for all assignments resulting in a potential understatement of tax.
Israel
Income Tax: Changed the taxability of certain relocation related line items disclosed in Appendix B.
Italy
Income Tax:
Increased the maximum employment credit by EUR 600 to EUR 3,080, effective January 1, 2021.
Changed the taxability of the following line items:
Dependent Home Study Costs and Family Correspondence Courses to nontaxable.
Tax Services to nontaxable when Assignment Type is Short Term with Deductions and assignment duration is 12 months or less.
Additional relocation related line items as disclosed in Appendix B.
Japan
Income Tax:
Changed the dependent exemption calculation as follows:
Dependents β Discontinued the use of this value to calculate the national tax exemption of JPY 380,000 per dependent, as it may include dependents under age 16 who are ineligible for exemptions. This value is derived from the Family Size value on the General Info
Dependents Age 16 and Above β Added this input. The value entered is reduced by the value entered in the following input to calculate the national and inhabitant tax exemption of JPY 380,000 and JPY 330,000 per dependent, respectively.
Dependents Age 19 to 22 β Added this input. The value entered is used to calculate the national and inhabitant tax exemption of JPY 630,000 and JPY 450,000 per dependent, respectively.
Corrected the wage base used to calculate personal and spousal allowances to include the taxable housing benefit and employment income deduction.
Social Security: Increased the welfare pension wage ceiling by JPY 360,000 to JPY 7.8 million, effective September 1, 2020.
Kenya
Income Tax: Changed the following line items to nontaxable:
For inbound assignments: Departure/Destination Services, Employee and Family Airfare/Hotel on Expatriation and Repatriation, Meals, Pre-Assignment/Pre-Repatriation Visit, Temporary Housing in Foreign and Home Country, Temporary Living Expenses, and Transportation of Goods on Expatriation and Repatriation
When the business expense assumption applies: line items disclosed in Appendix B.
Luxembourg
Income Tax:
Changed the employer voluntary pension contributions to be nontaxable for outbound assignments.
Made the following changes to the expatriate concession:
Reclassed Tax Equalization Settlement as recurring costs which is deductible up to the lesser of EUR 50,000 for single taxpayers or 30% of base salary.
Added the following line items to nontaxable recurring costs:
En Route Meals
House Sale Closing Costs Home Country
Lease Termination Home Country
Pre Assignment/Pre Repatriation Visit
Shipping of Pets
Changed the taxability of certain moving costs and allowances disclosed in Appendix B.
Netherlands
Income Tax: Corrected Housing Costs Host Country to be nontaxable when the 30% Ruling applies and Home Maintained in Both Countries? is set to Yes. Previously, the portion of the entered value, up to 18% of base salary, was included in gross income, resulting in a potential overstatement of tax.
New Zealand
Income Tax: Reclassified Employer Voluntary Pension from a fringe benefit to income.
Other Employer Costs: Removed the proration of fringe benefits tax in partial years for outbound assignments.
Norway
Income Tax: Changed the taxability of the following line items:
Primary or Secondary School Costs Host Country to taxable.
Pre Assignment/Pre Repatriation Visit and Shipment of Pets to nontaxable.
Poland
Income Tax:
Limited the 20% preferential rate to assignments with a duration of six months or less from a non-EEA country.
Changed employee voluntary pension contributions to nondeductible.
Puerto Rico
Increased the following, effective January 1, 2021:
Income Tax: Nontaxable portion of voluntary pension contributions by USD 1,000 to USD 58,000.
Social Security: OASDI wage ceiling by USD 5,100 to USD 142,800.
Russia
Income Tax: Changed the taxability of certain relocation line items disclosed in Appendix B.
Slovenia
Income Tax: Changed the taxability of the following line items:
Family Cultural and Language Training to taxable.
Per Diems to nontaxable when Assignment Type is Short Term with Deductions and assignment duration is 12 months or less.
Additional line items as disclosed in Appendix B.
South Korea
Income Tax: Changed employer voluntary pension contributions to nontaxable for outbound assignments.
Social Security: Added the 1% employer accident insurance contribution.
Spain
Income Tax:
Limited the outbound foreign income exemption to countries that have a treaty with Spain and reduced the maximum exemption available in partial years.
Included Pretax Medical and Dental in the EUR 500 maximum deduction for health contributions. Previously, the maximum only applied to Employer Paid Medical and Dental.
Changed the taxability of the following line items:
Carrying Charges, Family Medical Insurance in Host, Home Country Storage, Home Sale Closing Costs, and Property Management to taxable.
Employee Medical Insurance in Host to nontaxable when Assignment Type is Short Term with Deductions and assignment duration is 12 months or less.
Additional line items as disclosed in Appendix B.
Sri Lanka
Income Tax: Changed the taxability of the following line items:
Employee Home Leave and Employer Provided Driver to nontaxable when Assignment Type is Short Term with Deductions and assignment duration is 12 months or less.
Family Home Leave to taxable.
Additional relocation related line items as disclosed in Appendix B.
Sweden
Income Tax: Increased the price base by SEK 300 to SEK 47,600, effective January 1, 2021, which increased the following:
Employment income credit amounts and thresholds. The maximum credit increased by SEK 168 to SEK 26,589 and the phaseout threshold increased by SEK 4,062 to SEK 644,504.
Personal allowance amounts and thresholds. The maximum allowance increased by SEK 231 to SEK 36,652 and the phaseout threshold increased by SEK 933 to SEK 148,036.
Maximum employer voluntary pension deduction by SEK 3,000 to SEK 476,000.
Switzerland
Income Tax:
Changed Employee Home, R&R, or Rotational Leave to be taxable when Qualifies as International Employee? is Yes.
Added the Exclude General Employment Deduction? input to compensation calculations. This input should be set to Yes when compensation includes representation allowance.
Social Security: Increased the Pillar II pension contribution minimum threshold by CHF 3,555 to CHF 24,885, effective January 1, 2019.
Basel Stadt
Income Tax: Increased the tax table from two to three tiers and increased the rates, effective January 1, 2020. The new top rate of 29% applies to income above CHF 300,000 for single taxpayers:
Ukraine
Social Security: Increased the employer wage ceiling by UAH 49,860 to UAH 900,000, effective September 1, 2020.
United Kingdom
Income Tax Excluded the UK from the list of EU countries for cost estimates with Year Column Label of 2021 or later. As a result, the following tax preferences for inbound assignments to these countries will not calculate.
Deduction for UK social security: Denmark, Italy, Poland, and Sweden.
Exemption of employer voluntary pension contributions: Belgium, Ireland, Norway, and Spain.
Deduction or credit of employee voluntary pension contributions: Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Spain, and Sweden.
Family credit and reduced nonresident rate: Spain.
Personal and dependent deductions: Slovenia.
United States
Increased the following, effective January 1, 2021:
Income Tax: Amounts shown apply to single taxpayers:
Tax bracket thresholds. The threshold for the top rate of 37% increased by USD 5,200 to USD 523,600.
Standard deductions. The deduction increased by USD 150 to USD 12,550.
Nontaxable portion of voluntary pension contributions by USD 1,000 to USD 58,000.
Foreign earned income exclusion by USD 1,100 to USD 108,700.
Alternative minimum tax thresholds, exemptions, and exemption phaseout thresholds.
Social Security: OASDI wage ceiling by USD 5,100 to USD 142,800.
Arizona
Income Tax: Added a top tax rate of 8%, effective January 1, 2021. This rate applies to income over USD 250,000 for single taxpayers.
Colorado
Income Tax: Decreased the tax rate by 0.1% to 4.5%, retroactively effective January 1, 2020 due to November 3, 2020 election results.
Iowa
Income Tax: Increased the following, effective January 1, 2021:
Tax bracket thresholds. The threshold for the top rate of 8.5% increased by USD 450 to USD 75,420.
Standard deductions. The deduction increased by USD 20 to USD 2,130 for single taxpayers.
Kentucky
Income Tax: Increased the standard deduction by USD 40 to USD 2,690, effective January 1, 2021.
Michigan
Income Tax: Increased the personal exemption by USD 150 to USD 4,900, effective January 1, 2021.
Mississippi
Income Tax: Increased the threshold at which income becomes taxable by USD 1,000 to USD 4,000, effective January 1, 2021.
New Jersey
Income Tax: Decreased the tax bracket threshold for the top rate of 10.8% by USD 4 million to USD 1 million, retroactively effective January 1, 2020, enacted September 29, 2020.
New Mexico
Income Tax: Added a top tax rate of 5.9%, effective January 1, 2021. This rate applies to income over USD 210,000 for single taxpayers.
Utah
Income Tax: Made the following changes, retroactively effective January 1, 2020, enacted October 29, 2020:
Added a dependent exemption of USD 590.
Increased the tax credit phaseout thresholds. The threshold increased by USD 623 to USD 14,879 for single taxpayers.
Wisconsin
Income Tax: Updated the tax table as follows, effective January 1, 2020, enacted October 21, 2020. Amounts shown apply to single taxpayers:
For income below USD 11,970, decreased the rate by 0.5% to 3.5%.
For income between USD 11,970 and USD 23,930, decreased the rate by 0.6% to 4.7%.
Appendix A β 154 Supported Authorities
Appendix B β Changes to Line Item Taxability
Summarized below are taxability changes made to certain line items resulting from annual review to align with tax legislation.
Legend:
T β Changed to taxable
NT β Changed to nontaxable
LT β Changed to nontaxable for more than 12 months or permanent assignment type
ST β Changed to nontaxable for 12 months or less
BE β Changed to nontaxable when the Business Expense Assumption applies

