NEWS BRIEFS for June 7 2016 The latest headline news includes: HMRC sees drop in high-value transfer pricing investigations; Romania becomes BEPS associate; and Austria moves closer to draft transfer pricing documentation By Caroline Byrne June 07 2016
Women in Tax leaders guide – nominate now This is your chance to nominate the leading women in the tax advisory world. The submission period is now open. By Caroline Byrne June 03 2016
UK politicians question Osborne over Google tax deal in wake of Paris raid The UK's tax deal with Google came under scrutiny today after Google’s Paris office was raided by French authorities in a tax investigation over an estimated €1.6 billion ($1.8 billion). By Caroline Byrne May 25 2016
Ilva state aid probe expanded to include Italian steelmaker’s €300 million loan The European Commission (EC), already investigating Italian steelmaker Ilva over €2 billion ($2.27 billion) in Italian financing, has extended its state aid probe to look into another loan made in... By Caroline Byrne May 16 2016
Judge dismisses FATCA challenge brought by US Sen. Rand Paul US Senator Rand Paul and several others have lost a court challenge to the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) for failing to show the law had harmed them... By Caroline Byrne May 05 2016
Britain may have overstepped its powers by trying to impose CbCR anti-avoidance regulat... The UK may have acted beyond its powers in its push to implement BEPS by including a targeted anti-avoidance rule (TAAR) in country-by-country regulations, according to Britain’s Select Committee on... By Caroline Byrne May 04 2016
TP WEEK NEWS BRIEFS For April 28, 2016 The latest headline news from Transfer Pricing Week. News Briefs include: Latin America loses $100 million to transfer pricing; EC's Ireland-Apple investigation; ‘LuxLeaks’ whistleblower trial; Australia penalties for corporate tax... By Caroline Byrne April 28 2016
Ex-US Treasury officials: America’s new ‘inversion’ regulations will push US companies ... Eighteen ex-Treasury officials are lobbying US President Barack Obama to reconsider new ‘inversion’ rules announced after Pfizer’s failed $160 billion merger with Ireland’s Allergan, saying the regulations will encourage US... By Caroline Byrne April 19 2016
Was the Pfizer-Allergan merger proposal really a windfall for Ireland? When new rules proposed by the US Treasury stopped the $160 billion Pfizer-Allergan super-inversion in early April many Americans applauded. Some grumbled about unfair tax loopholes or blamed Ireland’s 12.5%... By Caroline Byrne & Joelle Jefferis April 18 2016
Panama to adopt Common Reporting Standard on AEOI After years of wavering, Panama will finally adopt international tax reporting standards following the leak of 11.5 million financial documents and two weeks of intense scrutiny focused on the Central... By Caroline Byrne April 15 2016
