Tax information exchange, corporate restructurings and tax havens have been just three issues that have dominated tax coverage in 2009. But as the world enters a new year, deal numbers have begun to rise, companies are making acquisitions and governments are targeting those making money. Jack Grocott and David Stevenson ask some of the world's leading tax personalities what 2009 meant to them and what the future holds for tax in 2010.
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Rishi Joshi, of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, warns of potential judicial overreach as assets are recharacterised to bypass a legislative exclusion
There was a ‘deeply embedded culture within PwC that routinely disregarded formal confidentiality obligations,’ the chairman of Australia’s Tax Practitioners Board said
Setu Kamal became the first practising barrister to be added to the UK’s tax avoidance promoter list; in other news, UHY expanded its network in Canada
US President Donald Trump’s tariffs may get thrown out by courts in the future and taxpayers should already be planning for that possibility, BDO’s Dustin Stamper tells ITR
The firm has appointed Deloitte’s former tax leader for Thailand to lead the new operation, which builds on considerable Asian investment in recent months