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January 21 2013

BAE Systems; Ireland and US FATCA agreement; Shome Committee GAAR report; US tax reform; UK VAT; Vietnam VAT exemptions; Brazil sets new interest rates; DOTAS schemes.

Compliance Management

BAE Systems believes compliance agreement will be key to Australian certainty

Ireland and US sign FATCA agreement in Dublin

Corporate Tax

25 key takeaways from final Shome Committee Report on GAAR

National Taxpayer Advocate report improves US prospects for tax reform

Indirect Tax

UK refuses to back down over reduced VAT rate for energy saving products

Vietnam amends law on VAT exemptions

Tax Disputes

Brazil sets new interest rates for related party transactions

Corporates gain new defence against HMRC discovery assessments of DOTAS schemes

Topics

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Direct Tax

A taxing week: HMRC’s GfC13 puts tax advisers in an unwinnable situation

The new guidance is not meant to reflect a substantial change to UK law, but the requirement that tax advice is ‘likely to be correct’ imposes unrealistic expectations

Tom Baker, December 12 2025

Direct Tax

Taylor Wessing in merger talks with US firm Winston & Strawn

Taylor Wessing, whose most recent UK revenues were at £283.7m, would become part of a £1.23bn firm post combination

Tom Baker, December 12 2025

Direct Tax

Pillar two is revising global tax competition with a 15% minimum tax rate

This week in tax: China adds to growing list of US pillar two carve-out dissenters

China and a clutch of EU nations have voiced dissent after Estonia shot down the US side-by-side deal; in other news, HMRC has awarded companies contracts to help close the tax gap

Sam Sholli, December 12 2025

Direct Tax