Countries which care about fair taxation of tech multinationals and equitable global distribution of wealth should back the UN’s tax framework, writes economist Abdelmalek Riad
The cuts disproportionately affected staff in certain positions, the report also found; in other news, MHA announced the €24m acquisition of Baker Tilly South East Europe
The plan aims to improve the efficiency, transparency, and effectiveness of direct tax administration in India
What Corporates Want: Southeast Asian advisers bottom on budgets
Cultural nuances could account for Southeast Asian tax advisers’ perceived poor cost management, a local partner told ITR
Talent Tracker Annual Review: Three firms share US top spot
Holland & Knight, Nelson Mullins and McCarter & English made the joint-most tax partner hires in the US last year, according to ITR's Talent Tracker
Featured Global Tax 50 profiles
ITR presents the 50 individuals who exerted the most influence on tax during 2024 – for better or worse – with world leaders, in-house award winners, activists and others making the cut
Awards
Awards
World Tax global head of research Jon Moore tells ITR how his team spots standout submissions, and gives early statistical insights into this year’s entries
Awards
ITR invites tax firms, in-house teams, and tax professionals to make nominations for the 2025 ITR Tax Awards in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific
Awards
The firm also won regional awards for Pro Bono Firm of the Year and Tax Law Firm of the Year
Awards
The firm picked up awards for its work in multiple jurisdictions, while DLA Piper walked away with four individual honours
Direct Tax
The scope of qualifying pillar two tax credits could reportedly be broadened; in other news, hundreds of IRS appeals staff are to resign
Levine, who served under the Joe Biden administration, led the US’s negotiations on the OECD’s two-pillar solution
The deal to acquire ITR's parent company is expected to complete by the end of May 2025
JBS, the biggest meat company in the world, allegedly used Luxembourgian ‘mailbox companies’ to avoid taxes between 2019 and 2022
Transfer Pricing
For many taxpayers, the prospect of long-term certainty that a bilateral APA offers can override concerns about time, cost and confidentiality
The promise of nine years’ tax certainty and a ‘rational and pragmatic’ government process makes APAs a no-brainer, Indian tax advisers tell ITR
Despite garnering significant revenues from multinationals, Italy’s digital services tax presents pressing double taxation issues, say Stefano Simontacchi and Francesco Saverio Scandone of BonelliErede
The US needs to be involved in pillar one for there to be more international acceptance of the project, Michael Masciangelo says
Indirect Tax
However, the US president increased tariffs on imported Chinese goods to 125%; in other news, UK tax firm MHA expects to raise £102m from its London listing
The new tariffs could force companies to reroute logistics, renegotiate crucial deals or even uproot their production facilities, one tax expert tells ITR
The EU is preparing countermeasures to protect its interests, Ursula von der Leyen said; in other news, the NRA is suing the state of Colorado over a 6.5% tax on the sale of firearms
Kingsley Napley’s claimants are arguing that taxing the provision of education breaches the European Convention on Human Rights
Jurisdictions
Features and Special Focus
Features and Special Focus
Sponsored
Sponsored
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Sponsored by MachadoGabriel Caldiron Rezende of Machado Associados summarises the general aspects of the recently enacted Brazilian selective tax and explains why taxpayers should already be making preparations before its entry into force in 2027 -
Sponsored by Thomson ReutersJoin ITR and Thomson Reuters on May 28 for the second webinar of a three-part series on e-invoicing and hear how businesses can strategically manage measures such as the VAT in the Digital Age proposal
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Sponsored by Gatti Pavesi Bianchi LudoviciPaolo Ludovici and Andrea Mirabella of Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici comment on a judgment regarding the withholding tax exemption for outbound interest on financing received indirectly by foreign investment funds as beneficial owners
