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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.
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June 20, 2017
Leaked documents reportedly reveal the Commission is seeking to tighten its regulation of what activists term the ‘supply side’ of tax avoidance – the banks, law and accountancy firms that devise aggressive schemes.
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June 19, 2017
On June 7 2017, 68 jurisdictions – including Mexico – signed an unprecedented Multilateral Convention to implement tax treaty related measures to prevent base erosion and profit shifting (MLI), which may affect current double tax agreements (DTAs).
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June 16, 2017
Ireland has signed the OECD’s Multilateral Instrument (MLI). John Gulliver and Niamh Keogh examine the scope of the agreement and its potential impact in Ireland.
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June 14, 2017
Two European Parliament committees that adopted a draft report on public country-by-country reporting (CbCR) have received heavy criticism over a proposed ‘loophole’ that will allow MNEs to not publically disclose “commercially-sensitive” information.
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June 13, 2017
France has delayed the implementation of its withholding tax regime for employment taxes – a welcome move for many businesses that have not yet adapted their internal payroll systems, but employer concerns remain.
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June 12, 2017
Following the UK’s general election, which led to several government ministers losing their seats, former Justice Secretary Liz Truss, the MP for South West Norfolk, has taken the place of former Chief Secretary of the Treasury David Gauke.
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June 12, 2017
New rules published for 2017 aimed at tightening compliance requirements may not only cover personnel outsourcing by corporate groups, but might also apply to all subcontracted services.
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June 09, 2017
With 42.4% of the vote, the Conservative Party has lost its majority in Parliament and may now have to rely on the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) for getting their tax measures passed.
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June 07, 2017
Tax executives have ranked the UK, US and Australia as having surpassed emerging markets, putting the countries among the top five tax risk countries as geopolitical events and uncertainty surrounding tax rules create insecurities.
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June 06, 2017
The steering body responsible for preparing a new plan for Swiss corporate tax reform has presented its objectives and recommendations for a revised plan, called Tax Proposal 17 (TP17).
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June 05, 2017
The Mexican tax authorities are making every effort to claim the highest withholding tax rate on interest paid by financial companies in transactions with related persons.
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May 31, 2017
The European Union (EU) Council has adopted rules to prevent multinationals using hybrid mismatch arrangements to avoid taxation, but the measures risk conflicts with national laws and could give rise to disputes.
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May 31, 2017
The US budget proposes simplifying the tax code and removing most of the special interest tax breaks to improve business competitiveness and economic growth, but businesses are sceptical about the real impact of the plans.
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May 30, 2017
There is one topic that is seemingly silent by tax administrations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), parliamentarians and international tax bodies: double taxation. Keith Brockman reviews the state of play and what can be done to help multinationals.
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May 30, 2017
As the UK election approaches, the Conservatives, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats have presented their respective proposals on tax policy. Josh White examines the party manifestos.
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May 30, 2017
BEPS may have been first among the topics for discussion at International Tax Review’s Asia Tax Forum, but it was not the only subject on the list. As Ralph Cunningham reports, panellists and delegates were also keen to discuss issues such as anti-avoidance, dispute resolution and tax incentives in their own countries and elsewhere.
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May 30, 2017
Peter Green, head of the Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) Secretariat at the OECD shares his views with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) and International Tax Review on how technology is changing the status quo for many industries and tax administrations with the constant emergence of new technologies and rising taxpayer expectations.
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May 30, 2017
Tax departments are feeling the heat. A tsunami of changes is causing them to rethink their purpose and review how they operate. Mark Body, director, tax transformation (financial services) at KPMG in the UK, considers how corporate tax leaders are adapting to the changes, and what the future is likely to hold for them and their teams.
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May 30, 2017
Understanding competition economics can help multinationals and national authorities restore and maintain the legal certainty of tax rulings. In the first of a two-part series of articles, Carina Lange, senior consultant at CEG Global in the Netherlands, explains the approach the Commission is taking to assess whether tax rulings or systems distort competition and how it fits into the general economic assessment of state aid cases.
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May 24, 2017
As the UK election approaches, the Conservatives, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats have presented their respective proposals on tax policy.
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May 23, 2017
Businesses operating in the EU could see their litigation and compliance costs fall considerably after the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) agreed on a new system for resolving double taxation disputes within the 27-member bloc.
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May 22, 2017
Private-practice, in-house and individual awards are up for grabs at this year's Americas Tax Awards.