Mixed interest in expanding tax incentives for data centres Environmental and permanent establishment concerns are slowing corporate investment in data centre developments despite countries introducing tax incentives to cash in on the digital economy growth. By Danish Mehboob November 11 2019
OECD stuck on simplifying pillar two The OECD is tinkering with technical challenges in its global anti-base erosion (GloBE) proposal under pillar two of the digital tax proposals as part of a public consultation. By Danish Mehboob November 08 2019
How the UAE is making tax digital As the UAE continues to build its tax system, taxpayers look to digital infrastructure to make reporting and compliance simpler. By Danish Mehboob November 04 2019
Taxpayers prepare data for public CbCR in the EU Taxpayers have to maintain high quality data to avoid reputational risks as the EU Parliament moves to make country-by-country reporting (CbCR) public. By Danish Mehboob November 01 2019
Data management sets the pace for tax transformation Tax directors and tax technologists agree on the value of the specific policy that managing data is the key to unlocking the potential of tax departments of the future. By Danish Mehboob October 24 2019
Taxpayers hit the brakes on investment amid DST confusion Long-term planning and boardroom discussions have been made increasingly difficult because of the limited guidance on the scope of incoming digital service taxes (DST), tax directors have told ITR. By Danish Mehboob October 22 2019
Taxpayers expect greater data certainty from the EU in 2020 Tax directors struggling with DAC6 hope the European Parliament will be able to provide greater certainty on how to use data in the EU. By Danish Mehboob October 18 2019
New tax disputes tool necessary to advance digital tax debate Tax professionals say that advanced pricing agreements (APAs) and mutual agreement procedures (MAPs) are not enough to gain agreement on the OECD’s digital tax proposals. By Danish Mehboob October 14 2019
Mixed views on the OECD’s proposed ring-fencing scope and nexus Taxpayers told ITR they remain ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the OECD’s proposal to narrow the scope and nexus in Pillar one of the digital tax debate to target consumer-facing companies with... By Danish Mehboob October 11 2019
Data-driven tax audits add to digitalisation uncertainties Tax directors not using the same tools as tax authorities, including machine learning algorithms, are at risk of missing discrepancies caught during a tax audit. By Danish Mehboob October 04 2019
