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Quotes of the month

"I found the President's tax proposals to be misguided. A $320 billion tax hike is the last thing we need. What we really need is to make our tax code simpler, flatter, and fairer, so we can create more jobs."

President Obama's tax proposals in his State of the Union address don't inspire Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.

"The 2015 guidelines are not intended to be prescriptive. As such, taxpayers are to exercise their best judgment to determine the most appropriate time for preparing TP documentation within the above timeframe."

Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore clarifies what it expects from taxpayers in the way of transfer pricing documentation.

"Everything is working. We don't really have any difficulties."

Donato Raponi, head of the VAT Unit at the European Commission, tells International Tax Review that the new EU system for VAT payment is going well.

"Really? I'd like some of what Raponi's on please! Hallucinating! #EUVAT2015"

EU VAT Action (Twitter handle @euvataction) reacts to Raponi's comments in International Tax Review that EU VAT implementation is going well so far.
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