Sakai among Mori Hamada & Matsumoto promotions Makoto Sakai has been promoted to partner at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto. By Joe Stanley-Smith March 03 2015
EU VAT rules causing thousands of businesses to close A new report has shown that thousands of businesses across the EU are being forced into closure by the EU’s VAT rules governing the place of supply for e-services, introduced... By Joe Stanley-Smith February 28 2015
US: Namorato nominated to be assistant attorney general for tax in DoJ President Obama has nominated Cono Namorato for the post of assistant attorney general for the tax division of the US Department of Justice. By Joe Stanley-Smith February 25 2015
India: Chief Justice Dattu launches separate tax disputes court India’s Supreme Court has decided to launch a separate bench for tax-related issues to help shift a backlog of 10,843 tax disputes. By Joe Stanley-Smith February 25 2015
Portuguese authorities request preliminary ECJ ruling on VAT credit treatment The Portuguese tax authorities have referred a VAT dispute to the ECJ for a preliminary ruling, in what could become a critical case for the deduction of input VAT for... By Joe Stanley-Smith February 24 2015
Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati joins Praxity Italian firm Pirola has joined Praxity, the world’s largest group of independent accountancy firms, becoming its second Italian firm alongside Mazars. By Joe Stanley-Smith February 24 2015
HMRC and Serious Fraud Office collaboration shows UK policy shift UK revenue authority HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will work with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to identify corrupt payments by looking at leaked Swiss tax records. By Joe Stanley-Smith February 20 2015
TRIBUTE – the permanent tax treaty arbitration tribunal International Tax Review’s Joe Stanley-Smith speaks exclusively to Hans Mooij, the architect of TRIBUTE – an organisation looking to shake up the world of tax arbitration. By Joe Stanley-Smith February 20 2015
Puerto Rico to introduce VAT Puerto Rico has overhauled its tax system, replacing the sales and use tax (SUT) and gross receipts tax (GRT) with a VAT, and cutting corporate income tax to 25%. By Joe Stanley-Smith February 20 2015
