International updates - June 2017

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International updates - June 2017

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The latest international updates from our correspondents around the world.

Brazil: Tax authorities issue guidance on the treatment of software as a service

Canada: Broadening the de facto control test could impact cross-border transactions

Chile: Concept of beneficiary of a double tax treaty

China: First tax case decision by Chinese Supreme Court

Germany: Finance Ministry issues guidance on the use of a brand name within a multinational group

Greece: Administrative guidelines published on tax benefits of cross-border restructurings

India: Important Supreme Court decisions on tax

Indonesia: Will the amendments to the Income Tax Law simplify the rules?

Ireland: Ireland’s cooperative compliance framework

Italy: New revision of the Italian Transfer pricing provisions on arm’s length principle

Malta: Incentives for Malta’s capital markets

New Zealand: Courts consider challenge to information requests issued at request of foreign tax authority

Norway: Proposed interest limitation rules may impact inbound investments

Poland: The benefits of operating in a special economic zone

Romania: Tax Incentives for companies performing research and development activities

Russia: Bilateral APAs with Russia offer new opportunities

South Africa: SARS confirms zero dividends tax rate in Swedish-South Africa DTA

Spain: Would EU law preclude Spanish inheritance and gift tax legislation in relation to cases involving parties resident in third states?

Switzerland: The impact of currency fluctuations on the CbCR threshold

Turkey: New tax amnesty to be introduced

US Inbound: New IRS APA report shows significant decrease in APA requests

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ITR’s data has highlighted the US firm’s ambition to become America’s ‘premier’ tax player via a concerted partner recruitment strategy
Jaap Zwaan’s arrival continues a recent streak of A&M Tax investing in the region; in other news, the US and Japan struck a deal that significantly lowered tariff rates
In a world where international tax concepts rely on human activity, Leonard Wagenaar poses existential questions about the future of such ideas when AI is ever-present
France v Axa provides a practical illustration of how the burden of proof is applied in TP matters under French law, ITR also heard
In an exclusive interview with ITR, Ian Gary calls for a central public CbCR database and bemoans the US’s lack of involvement in international tax transparency
Reckitt Benckiser is to divest its Essential Home business, which includes more than 70 brands, to private equity firm Advent International
In the first of a new series of weekly opinion pieces, ITR Editor Tom Baker reflects on the OECD’s attempts to sanitise the US’s brazen pillar two negotiations
The threat of 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods coincides with new Brazilian legal powers to adopt retaliatory economic measures, local experts tell ITR
The country’s chancellor appears to have backtracked from previous pillar two scepticism; in other news, Donald Trump threatened Russia with 100% tariffs
In its latest G20 update, the OECD also revealed tense discussions with the US where the ‘significant threat’ of Section 899 was highlighted
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