What do the leaked ‘Panama Papers’ mean for taxpayers? A massive leak of confidential documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca has laid bare the tax arrangements of thousands of individuals including the heads of state of several countries. By Joe Stanley-Smith April 04 2016
How prepared are taxpayers and authorities in GCC countries for VAT? By Joe Stanley-Smith March 30 2016
Walmart triumphs in Puerto Rico tax case Retailer Walmart has won a $100 million tax case against the Puerto Rican Government in controversial circumstances. The multinational is the largest private sector employer in Puerto Rico. By Joe Stanley-Smith March 30 2016
EU to announce ‘VAT Action Plan’ on March 23 - preview The European Union (EU) will publish is VAT Action Plan, designed to update VAT in key areas, next Wednesday, March 23 2016. By Joe Stanley-Smith March 18 2016
EC suggests ambitious anti-carousel fraud VAT measures The European Commission (EC) wants to change the way VAT is collected in the EU to reduce missing trader and carousel fraud, which cost governments tens of billions of euros... By Joe Stanley-Smith March 16 2016
Stack says US will withdraw CbC information if made public The US will not share country-by-country report (CbCR) information with foreign authorities who choose to make the reports public, said deputy assistant secretary at the US Treasury Robert Stack. By Joe Stanley-Smith March 15 2016
France’s Google tax demand symptomatic of post-BEPS environment The reported €1.6 billion ($1.76 billion) tax demand issued to Google by French authorities is typical of the way tax authorities are handling multinational tax planning ‘post-BEPS’ in France, to... By Joe Stanley-Smith March 03 2016
