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February 17, 2012
Companies around the world are beginning to understand the importance of transparency about their tax affairs and the reputational benefits of eschewing aggressive tax planning. They will have the opportunity to debate these crucial issues with administrators, activists and practitioners at International Tax Review's first Tax & Transparency Forum on May 2.
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February 13, 2012
Firms with offices throughout Europe and South Africa have until tomorrow to enter for International Tax Review's European Tax Awards
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February 06, 2012
When it comes to the Canadian general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR), it could be said that the difference between acceptable and unacceptable tax planning is in the eyes of the beholder.
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February 01, 2012
International Tax Review has compiled a special free pdf report on Vodafone’s Indian Supreme Court victory. View the ruling, read what industry had to say, and uncover what this decision means for your business.
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January 30, 2012
International Tax Review has compiled a special free pdf report on Vodafone’s Indian Supreme Court victory. View the ruling, read what industry had to say, and uncover what this decision means for your business.
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January 23, 2012
The Supreme Court’s Vodafone judgment is a momentous decision not only for India but also for a large number of foreign investors anxious to be a part of India’s growth story.
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January 23, 2012
With last week’s victory for Vodafone, a message has been sent out to governments around the world that pursuing the taxation of the indirect transfer of shares is an unsustainable policy. But China won’t listen.
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January 20, 2012
Vodafone has won its $2.5 billion tax battle with the Indian tax authorities. Read the court ruling and what industry had to say.
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November 11, 2011
The ECJ has ruled in favour of Rank Group's claim that it overpaid VAT to HM Revenue & Customs by more than £250 million ($397 million).
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November 09, 2011
An Indian high court ruling has clarified one of the important issues surrounding tax holiday computation when a holiday period has ended.
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August 25, 2011
The UK government yesterday reached an agreement with Switzerland to tax British citizens hiding their money in the Alpine tax haven. International Tax Review has looked at the peculiarities of the deal and found 10 key points you cannot ignore.
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August 25, 2011
The UK-Swiss deal has met with mixed reactions from advisers and tax justice campaigners, but the feeling is that it is worse for account holders than the Lichtenstein Disclosure Facility and bad for tax authorities too.
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August 24, 2011
The UK-Swiss deal to apply withholding tax on British citizens with Swiss bank accounts will be signed tonight, International Tax Review can exclusively reveal.
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August 12, 2011
In an exclusive interview with Salman Shaheen of International Tax Review, John Connors, director of tax strategy and policy at Vodafone, hits out at his company’s critics and UK Uncut and explains his stance on topical issues such as country-by-country reporting and ADR.
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August 12, 2011
Vodafone continued to defend its tax position by claiming that there was nothing wrong in using tax saving routes and it was a common practice among multinational companies.
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August 11, 2011
Switzerland and Germany have reached agreement on a deal to stop the prospect of tax evasion through Swiss accounts from influencing Germans’ investment decisions.
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July 26, 2011
Next year will herald a widescale period of change for tax in India. It will force tax directors from domestic and international companies to completely reconsider their strategies and to seek efficiencies at all levels of their company's tax affairs.
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July 20, 2011
Multinational companies in Asia need to “think on their feet” and “simplify existing structures” if they are to avoid the attention of increasingly revenue-hungry tax authorities, says a group of the region’s leading tax directors.
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June 30, 2011
Koichiro Ohashi, Koji Yamamoto and Yoshiyuki Omori of White & Case describe fund distribution in Japan and analyse the article 63 exemption from business registration requirements which is increasingly being used by offshore managers as a resource-saving technique to distribute securities in Japan, and recent amendments to the securities law in relation to fund distribution to professional investors.
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June 30, 2011
Sweden does not allow the attribution of capital to permanent establishments. It should change its position to help companies avoid double taxation, explains David Perrone of KPMG
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June 09, 2011
The Senate Foreign Relations committee, the US congressional body responsible for formulating foreign policy, held a hearing Wednesday on pending treaties related to taxation and transparency in reporting.
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June 01, 2011
Lawyers used to practising in US district courts may be surprised to see that things are done differently in the national tax court. In an interview at the court in Washington DC, Chief Judge John Colvin explains to Erin Kelechava that the tax court places a greater emphasis on pre-trial procedures in the hope of achieving a more efficient resolution of the case on the merits.
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June 01, 2011
After last month’s Asia Tax Executives’ Forum in Singapore, International Tax Review investigates the real issues Asian tax directors face on a daily basis as they experience greater scrutiny from authorities while at the same time finding their work being placed higher on their board’s agenda.
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April 28, 2011
The UK government is in the final stages of brokering a deal to apply withholding tax on British citizens with Swiss bank accounts.