Cooley hires Kaye as partner for new London office Cooley, the US law firm, has announced the hire of Natasha Kaye as its first tax partner in its London office, which was opened in January this year. By Joe Stanley-Smith May 14 2015
JPMorgan under investigation for tax evasion in France France has launched a formal investigation into American bank JPMorgan over allegations that some of its senior managers helped French investment company Wendel to evade tax. By Joe Stanley-Smith May 13 2015
EC's digital single market strategy aims to reform VAT for B2C online retailers by 2017 The European Commission‘s ambitious plans to improve the digital single market include changes to the VAT treatment of the cross-border supply of goods and services. By Joe Stanley-Smith May 12 2015
Vestager delays verdict on EC state aid investigations in to Apple, Amazon, Starbucks a... The European Commission (EC) will miss its June deadline to complete state aid investigations into tax rulings for Amazon, Apple, Fiat and Starbucks, competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager has announced. By Joe Stanley-Smith May 12 2015
Puerto Rico drops VAT plans; higher taxes on multinationals likely to compensate Puerto Rico’s parliament has voted down plans to introduce a VAT of 16%, leading to fears that the government could impose higher taxes on large multinationals, defined as those generating... By Joe Stanley-Smith May 12 2015
Are too many Swiss banks using the US DoJ self-reporting programme? The US Department of Justice (DoJ) self-reporting programme for Swiss banks, which was launched in 2013, offers banks the chance to bring US taxpayers’ undeclared assets into the open in... By Joe Stanley-Smith May 06 2015
Polish referral to ECJ could affect insurance outsourcing VAT across EU Poland has referred a case to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) which could dramatically impact insurance outsourcing activity across Europe. By Joe Stanley-Smith April 29 2015
HMRC faces legal action over LDF handling UK revenue authority HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) could face a judicial review over the way it used the Falciani list, and its Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF) tax amnesty. By Joe Stanley-Smith April 29 2015
Election comes at a bad time for UK businesses as France looks to block EU VAT threshold Next week’s UK general election falls at a critical time for small and micro-businesses, with cogs moving at EU level as parties wrangle over the possibility of, and justification for,... By Joe Stanley-Smith April 29 2015
