BHP restructures to gain Australian tax certainty following settlement Multinational mining company BHP has settled the long-running transfer pricing dispute over its Singapore marketing hub with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), but has had to change its business model... By Anjana Haines November 22 2018
EU court sides with Commission in Santander state aid dispute The EU General Court has ruled that Spain’s 2001 tax scheme for foreign acquisitions constitutes illegal state aid. The case offers clues on the direction of pending decisions on Starbucks,... By Anjana Haines November 15 2018
KPMG appoints Jonathan Bernsen to lead Swiss TP team Jonathan Bernsen has joined KPMG Switzerland to head its transfer pricing team. By Anjana Haines November 14 2018
Five minutes with Nigeria’s Tunde Fowler on transfer pricing Tunde Fowler, executive chairman of the Nigerian Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), talks to TP Week about the 2018 transfer pricing regulations, the challenges of moving away from oil revenues,... By Joseph Stanley-Smith & Anjana Haines November 13 2018
Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2018: winners announced The best female lawyers from across the region, gathered at the Island Shangri-La in Hong Kong on November 8 to celebrate the advancement of women in the legal profession in... By Anjana Haines November 08 2018
Disagreement on EU’s digital tax plans shifts proposed effective date Continuing disagreement among member states over the scope of the EU’s plan to tax the digital economy has forced its biggest advocates to concede into delaying the proposed effective date. By Anjana Haines November 08 2018
Reopening of Cameco case risks four-year tussle over TP disagreements Cameco is certain that it will win its TP dispute with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as the matter heads to the Federal Court of Appeal. By Anjana Haines November 06 2018
Latham & Watkins promotes two to partner Bryant Lee and Bora Bozkurt have been promoted to tax partners at Latham & Watkins. By Anjana Haines November 02 2018
CRA may use its GAAR to guide PPT advance rulings and assessments The Canada Revenue Agency has suggested that its general anti-avoidance rule and related case law could shed some light on how the principal purpose test may be applied to transactions. By Anjana Haines November 01 2018
HMRC appoints new general counsel Alan Evans is the new general counsel and solicitor for the UK tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs. By Anjana Haines October 31 2018