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February 2019
February 19, 2019
Multinational companies face the challenge of how to restructure their intellectual property (IP) in an increasingly uncertain world. Taxpayers can voice their concerns anonymously in International Tax Review’s IP survey.
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February 18, 2019
Finding consistency in direct tax and transfer pricing matters makes it increasingly challenging to automate repetitive or routine tasks in the global tax function, say tax technology leaders.
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February 15, 2019
Companies in the private equity and real estate sectors are increasingly turning to tax-specific insurance to expedite M&A deals.
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February 14, 2019
The leading proposal in the OECD’s two-week consultation on four possible approaches to taxing the digital economy focuses on marketing intangibles, expanding the number of businesses that could fall under its scope.
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February 12, 2019
Tax heads are spending millions on new technology and staff to deal with what can be unfair audits by tax authorities looking at county-by-country reports (CbCR), adding data to what is already an increasingly dispute-prone environment.
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February 12, 2019
Foreign businesses are grappling with the ambiguity of Quebec’s digital VAT rules as it becomes the only Canadian territory to extend its sales tax to include online goods and services provided by non-resident sellers.
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February 11, 2019
We are pleased to announce the official launch of World Tax and World TP 2020.
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February 11, 2019
Tax departments are partnering with other corporate functions to obtain the skills required to comply with technology-driven tax policies as they try to find a way around limited budgets and resources.
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February 08, 2019
A package proposed by the Austrian government includes a reform to platforms’ VAT obligations, mirroring the UK’s and Germany’s laws. But with the EU poised to act in 2021, why is Austria bothering to move in 2020?
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February 08, 2019
Lyudmila Petkova has replaced Fabrizia Lapecorella as the chairperson of the EU Council’s working group that oversees the implementation of the EU’s code of conduct on business taxation.
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February 07, 2019
Tax departments in France are increasingly agitated by the government’s efforts to impose a digital services tax (DST). This is just as the French government settles its long-running dispute with Apple.
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February 04, 2019
Some tax directors are unimpressed by the direction of the OECD’s digital tax proposals, with one warning they will bring “a whole new world” with wide-ranging implications.
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February 01, 2019
Investors are giving serious consideration to their targets’ corporate tax policies before agreeing on the deal, but there are a number of companies that still have no such policy in place.
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January 2019
January 28, 2019
Businesses shouldn’t think about compliance with EU digital tax proposals, but instead influence the conversation and ensure governments aren’t hitting them by accident, say tax executives, advisors and lobby groups.
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January 28, 2019
Tax transparency initiatives such as the CRS, AEOI and FATCA, and the upcoming mandatory disclosure rules, are having a profound impact on the operations and IT infrastructure of financial institutions (FIs) worldwide. Ronald Frey, chief product officer of the RegTech product unit within BearingPoint, discusses how these are creating trends towards data alignment and centralisation, and are changing the role of FIs and wealth managers in cross-border tax reporting.
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January 28, 2019
The rate of change in the tax regulatory environment in recent years has been rapid, arguably more so than at any other time in recent history. Heads of tax are competing with colleagues in other functions for a share of finite budgets. The challenge is to show value for money, writes Sandy Markwick, head of the Tax Director Network at Winmark.
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January 28, 2019
After several years of rapid change, the international tax system appears to be entering a calmer phase, but the outlook suggests that some big challenges are on the horizon. Josh White looks at the 2019 forecast.
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January 28, 2019
One of the principal subjects of discussion and analysis in tax in recent months is digitalisation. I am not only talking about the OECD, EU and unilateral proposals to address the taxation of the digital, or digitalised, economy, but also the potential of digital innovations to change business, tax administration and tax department processes.
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January 25, 2019
Financial institutions are feeling the pressure of laying the groundwork for the reporting requirements of the EU’s mandatory disclosure rules (DAC6) as they take on a more vital role in tax planning and transparency.
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January 21, 2019
The common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) and digital services tax (DST) could be introduced if the EU Commission’s proposal for qualified majority voting (QMV) succeeds.
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January 17, 2019
Britain is nearer than ever to a disruptive exit from the EU, but businesses can do agonisingly little to prepare.
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January 14, 2019
Governments around the EU are watching Italy to see if its new mandatory e-invoicing system (Sistema di Interscambio, or SDI) works, and whether it is effective in increasing the VAT take.
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January 07, 2019
International cryptocurrency tax policy can achieve trust if it is done correctly, writes Michael Minihan, partner at BX3 Capital.