Steve Labrum joins transfer pricing team at Baker & McKenzie Steve Labrum has joined Baker & McKenzie’s transfer pricing team as a partner in London. By Anjana Haines September 26 2016
Draft guidance on Northern Ireland’s corporate tax regime published The UK’s tax authority has published draft guidance on Northern Ireland’s corporate tax regime, outlining how Northern Irish corporate tax legislation will affect businesses when the jurisdiction gains powers to... By Anjana Haines September 26 2016
South Africa publishes revised tax Bill for comments South Africa’s National Treasury has revised its earlier proposals concerning interest-free loans to trusts and restricted equity shares (for employee share schemes), and amended provisions for several tax incentives. By Anjana Haines September 26 2016
Politicians and EU officials named in Bahamas leak of offshore assets Officials, politicians, lawyers and a number of big players in countries worldwide have been named in a collection of 1.3 million files leaked from the Bahamas’ corporate registry. By Anjana Haines September 22 2016
Egypt introduces VAT regime Egypt has published the VAT Act, replacing the general sales tax (GST) with a VAT regime. Among a host of new rules, the law introduces new compliance provisions for non-residents... By Anjana Haines & Amelia Schwanke September 22 2016
Luxembourg remains in the spotlight for EC state aid investigations Luxembourg’s tax treatment of another large multinational has been called into question by the European Commission as it looks at the tax rulings between the EU nation and a French... By Anjana Haines September 21 2016
Philippines planning a tax amnesty scheme The Philippines is planning to offer a general tax amnesty that will be open to corporations and individuals resident in the country and abroad to boost revenues and expand the... By Anjana Haines September 21 2016
M&A transactions – The impact of Brexit David Smith and Ben Jones, of Eversheds’ tax team in London, look at the key tax areas where Brexit could have an impact on typical M&A transactions and discuss how... By Anjana Haines September 19 2016
Martin Bünning joins Ashurst’s German tax practice Martin Bünning has joined international law firm Ashurst as a partner in the firm’s tax practice in Frankfurt, Germany. By Anjana Haines September 16 2016
AKD appoints new partner to tax and construction team Benelux law firm AKD has announced that it will appoint René van der Paardt as a partner in its tax and real estate and construction practice group. By Anjana Haines September 16 2016