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Recent updates
🇺🇸 United States income tax moderate 2026-04-15
2025 tax year brackets confirmed (returns filed April 2026). Rev. Proc. 2024-40 inflation adjustments applied.
Source: IRS Rev. Proc. 2024-40
🇺🇸 United States capital gains minor 2026-04-15
LTCG bracket thresholds adjusted: 0% rate up to $48,350 (single) / $96,700 (MFJ) for 2025.
Source: IRS Rev. Proc. 2024-40
🇬🇧 United Kingdom income tax minor 2026-04-06
2025/26 tax year begins. Personal allowance £12,570 frozen until 2027/28.
Source: GOV.UK
🇦🇺 Australia income tax minor 2026-04-01
2025-26 income tax brackets unchanged from Stage 3 reform. 16/30/37/45% bands at $18,200 / $45,000 / $135,000 / $190,000.
Source: ATO
🇺🇸 United States retirement moderate 2026-03-01
2026 401(k) limits announced: $24,500 employee deferral, $8,000 catch-up (50+), $11,250 super-catch-up (60-63).
Source: IRS Notice 2025-67
🇮🇳 India income tax minor 2026-02-01
Union Budget 2026 confirms FY 2025-26 new regime slabs unchanged. Section 87A rebate retained.
Source: Union Budget 2026
🇩🇪 Germany income tax moderate 2026-01-01
2026 Grundfreibetrag raised to €12,084. Solidaritätszuschlag exemption threshold also adjusted.
Source: BMF Pressemitteilung
🇨🇦 Canada income tax minor 2026-01-01
2026 federal brackets indexed to 2.7% inflation. Top marginal bracket starts at $253,414.
Source: CRA Indexation Adjustment
🇩🇪 Germany inheritance minor 2025-12-01
Erbschaftsteuer Freibeträge unchanged for 2026: spouse €500,000, children €400,000, grandchildren €200,000.
Source: ErbStG
🇬🇧 United Kingdom capital gains major 2025-10-30
Autumn Budget 2024: CGT rates raised to 18% (basic) / 24% (higher) effective 30 Oct 2024 — first full year FY 2025/26.
Source: HMRC Autumn Budget 2024
🇮🇳 India capital gains major 2025-07-23
Union Budget 2024 rate harmonization: STCG 20%, LTCG 12.5% across asset classes. Effective 23 July 2024.
Source: Income Tax Department
🇬🇧 United Kingdom vehicle major 2025-04-01
EVs lose VED exemption from April 2025. £10 first-year for EVs, £195 standard rate from year 2.
Source: GOV.UK Vehicle tax
🇩🇪 Germany property major 2025-04-01
Grundsteuer reform fully effective. New formula: Steuermesszahl × Grundsteuerwert × municipal Hebesatz.
Source: BMF Grundsteuer-Reform
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- 🇺🇸 IRS Newsroom — https://www.irs.gov/newsroom (rss)
- 🇬🇧 HMRC publications — https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs.atom (rss)
- 🇩🇪 BMF Pressemitteilungen — https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/SiteGlobals/Functions/RSSFeed/DE/RSSNewsfeed/RSSNewsfeed_Pressemitteilungen.xml (rss)
- 🇨🇦 CRA news — https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/news.rss.xml (rss)
- 🇦🇺 ATO news — https://www.ato.gov.au/About-ATO/Media-centre/RSS-feeds/ (rss)
- 🇮🇳 Income Tax Department news — https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal (scrape)
- 🌍 OECD Tax Database — https://www.oecd.org/tax/tax-policy/tax-database.htm (scrape)
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