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July 19, 2017
The nominees for the 12th annual Americas Tax Awards have been announced.
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July 19, 2017
Deloitte has reached an agreement to merge with BMR Advisors’s tax team after days of negotiation
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July 18, 2017
Bob Stack, former US deputy assistant secretary of international tax affairs, talks to Natalie Leonidou about his new career at Deloitte and his views on US tax reform, the MLI and CbCR.
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July 18, 2017
In the long-term it is important for businesses that gaping inequalities across the world are tackled and tax plays a big part in that, argues Salman Shaheen.
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July 18, 2017
Panamanian Minister of Economy and Finance Dulcidio De La Guardia talks to Anjana Haines about his country’s progress on tax transparency, his views on the Panama Papers scandal and problems with the BEPS Project.
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July 17, 2017
Mexico’s government intends to boost the commercial environment for investments through amendments to its agreements for the avoidance of double taxation (DTAs) with Argentina and Spain.
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July 14, 2017
President Emmanuel Macron has overruled his prime minister to keep his election promise of implementing tax cuts in 2018, despite early disagreements over the tax pledge. But the stakes couldn’t be higher for the new government.
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July 11, 2017
Over 30 different firms and individuals won recognition for their unique achievements at this year’s European Tax Awards 2017 held at The Savoy, London.
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July 11, 2017
The European Commission has made some surprising decisions in recent years about how tax rulings between multinationals and EU member states constitute state aid. In the second of this two-part series of articles, Carina Lange, senior consultant at CEG Global in the Netherlands, discusses how multinationals can maintain legal certainty and assess the risks associated with tax rulings.
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July 11, 2017
Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Law and Finance Indranee Rajah talks to Anjana Haines about global tax challenges and passionately defends the country’s tax reputation.
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July 11, 2017
Tax work is being transformed by technology, and the role of the tax director is changing with it. Joe Stanley-Smith looks at the new tools on offer to businesses, the skills needed to use them properly, and why companies need to jump on the bandwagon sooner rather than later.
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July 11, 2017
The Philippines government has established the primary basis for a comprehensive tax reform package that is part of a wider ambitious plan for national development. Emmanuel P Bonoan, vice chairman and chief operating officer of KPMG R.G. Manabat & Co, and former undersecretary of the Philippines Department of Finance (DoF), examines the provisions of package 1 of the tax reform, which will affect multinational corporations (MNCs) and major industries.
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July 10, 2017
In the past few years the tax authorities have been constantly issuing new tax rules to allow for tax free restructurings or tax deferrals on the transfer of shares or assets. It is crucial that foreign investors stay alert of the changes.
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July 07, 2017
Gathering for their annual conference, Tax Justice Network activists are gearing up for their next big battle: reversing the global race to the bottom on corporate tax rates and social protections.
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July 05, 2017
Salman Shaheen talks to Richard Murphy, the man who invented country-by-country reporting (CbCR), on why yesterday’s European Parliament vote means he has just achieved his life’s ambition.
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July 05, 2017
The OECD has found itself at odds with both the EU and the Tax Justice Network in the past week over divergent transparency standards. Pascal Saint-Amans, the organisation’s head of tax policy and administration, explains to Salman Shaheen why he believes its blacklist and non-public CbCR standard are the right approach.
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July 05, 2017
As companies scramble to keep pace with the rapidly evolving digital world, they are striking new deals and alliances – with new tax implications – to beef up their online offering and combat disruptive start-up competitors.
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July 04, 2017
In recent years both Mauritius and Singapore, and to a limited extent also Cyprus, were the leading jurisdictions for hosting investments into India, but the Netherlands is becoming a good alternative option.
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July 03, 2017
After the UK Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) released its first ever annual report last week, Salman Shaheen spoke to its new tax director, Paul Morton, about the impact it has made and where it will be going under his leadership.
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June 28, 2017
German companies could be hit with an unexpected tax bill if the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rules that a commonly used clause in the country’s Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT) Act constitutes state aid.
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June 27, 2017
NGOs are concerned that heavy corporate lobbying could derail the UN’s attempts to crack down on tax avoidance and have written to the new UN secretary-general in an effort to keep up the pressure.
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June 26, 2017
There are only a few days left to nominate the leading women in the tax advisory world for the third edition of the Women in Tax Leaders guide. The submission period closes on June 30.
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June 21, 2017
Deloitte has announced the appointment of Robert Stack as managing director of its national tax – international tax service group in Washington.
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June 21, 2017
Bermuda has begun bilateral negotiations to incorporate the BEPS minimum standards into its tax treaties, its Finance Minister has said.