GST on e-commerce is coming to New Zealand New Zealand's November Taxation Bill has introduced a draft law which will impose GST on digital goods and services from October 1 2016.
India and South Korea have signed a new MoU [memorandum of understanding] tax treaty on December 9 to strengthen the ease of doing business in each country.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published draft legislation setting out tougher sanctions against companies that fail to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion, but has left out some of the more contentious elements which had previously been mooted.
Tom Jarvis, who has previously worked as a director in the M&A and funds tax group at Deloitte and as an associate at Slaughter and May, has been made a tax partner at Watson Farley & Williams.
A new double tax treaty (DTT) between South Africa and Kenya has been passed by officials which will strengthen capital import rules and will take effect from January 1 2016.
Martha Macdonald has been appointed as a partner at Torys’ Toronto office in Canada, where she will lead the firm’s tax controversy and litigation practice.
