Guernsey Pillar Two Update
Guernsey has approved legislation to implement the OECD’s Pillar Two rules, which is effective from 1 January 2025.
Guernsey has approved legislation to implement the OECD’s Pillar Two rules, which is effective from 1 January 2025.
The 2025 budget for Guernsey was deliberated during the budget debate from 5 to 8 November 2024. While significant changes affecting companies were mentioned, specifically the introduction of GST and Pillar Two, no specific details on the application of these rules have been released to date.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered her maiden Budget today for the new Labour government, being the first Labour budget in over a decade. The Chancellor has sought to increase taxes under a backdrop of additional investment.
In May 2024, the Government of Jersey released a statement on its intended implementation of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Pillar Two global minimum tax framework for very large multinational groups.
The global tax landscape is changing rapidly, and within this context, closer to home in the Channel Islands we too are experiencing major changes. With each new measure brought into play individuals and businesses are required to revise their understanding and ensure that their finances and therefore their tax profile is appropriately managed.
Locally, the PwC Channel Island firm has one of the largest and most experienced corporate and personal tax departments in the Islands, with offices in Jersey and Guernsey. The breadth of knowledge and expertise, and the international perspective offered by our tax specialists has been gained through working in a number of firms tax practices within the PwC global network.
We are able to assist businesses and individuals with both local and international tax challenges. We combine wherever necessary the local expertise of our own highly qualified people, with specialist knowledge from over 20,000 professional tax practitioners in other firms within our global network.
Our approach embraces all aspects of tax problem solving from ideas to implementation, blending the skills of financial and tax specialists with economists, lawyers and our other in-house experts as necessary.
We work with all types of businesses - multinationals, UK companies, privately-owned organisations, entrepreneurs, family businesses, trusts, partnerships and private individuals. We meet their diverse needs by putting our clients at the heart of everything we do and providing effective solutions that combine industry insight with technical expertise. Locally the PwC Channel Islands firm is highly respected for being at the forefront of public debate on tax policy, rules and regulation and therefore fully understand the proposals and trends.