In an exclusive interview, Algirdas Semeta, EU Commissioner for Taxation, Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud discusses progress on VAT reform, plans for the financial transactions tax (FTT) in the face of opposition from some member states, efforts to tackle tax avoidance and his priorities for 2014, which include taxation of the digital economy.
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The EU has seemingly capitulated to the US’s ‘side-by-side’ demands. This may be a win for the US, but the uncertainty has only just begun for pillar two
ITR’s most prolific stories of the year charted public pillar two spats, the continued fallout from the PwC Australia tax leaks scandal, and a headline tax fraud trial
The climbdowns pave the way for a side-by-side deal to be concluded this week, as per the US Treasury secretary’s expectation; in other news, Taft added a 10-partner tax team