Swan blames Liberal Party for failed Australian rate cut In an exclusive interview with International Tax Review, Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, Wayne Swan, discusses the corporate tax system and recent reformations. By Matthew Gilleard November 06 2012
EITI hails progress through Mozambique compliance The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has announced that Mozambique is the latest country to become EITI compliant, bringing the total number of countries implementing the EITI standard to 37. By Matthew Gilleard November 06 2012
New Zealand expands international tax cooperation network New Zealand has taken great strides to increase its tax cooperation network and step-up the fight against tax evasion over the last couple of weeks, signing a number of new... By Matthew Gilleard November 06 2012
Why Canada has denied taxpayers’ claims in three GAAR cases Three cases involving application of the general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR), at the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal (FCA), to deny taxpayers a capital or income loss, based on the distinction... By Matthew Gilleard November 01 2012
Hong Kong-Switzerland DTT analysis Since Hong Kong amended its tax law in 2010 to enable the adoption of the latest OECD information exchange standards in its tax treaties, it has made several moves to... By Matthew Gilleard October 31 2012
Australian Taxation Office reviewing use of compliance risk assessment tools Ali Noroozi, Inspector-General of Taxation (IGT) at the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), today announced the terms of reference for his review into the ATO’s use of compliance risk assessment tools,... By Matthew Gilleard October 31 2012
Australian Business Tax Working Group fails Swan The Business Tax Working Group (BTWG), appointed by Treasurer Wayne Swan in 2011 to explore ways in which a corporate tax cut could be funded from within the business tax... By Matthew Gilleard October 30 2012
RATE Coalition goes on campaign trail to speed up US reform President Barack Obama and his Republican opposite Mitt Romney are not the only ones travelling the length and breadth of the country to try and raise support for their campaign. By Matthew Gilleard October 30 2012
Hong Kong property tax may deter development The Hong Kong government has announced new taxes for non-residents and corporate buyers of property in the jurisdiction. By Matthew Gilleard October 30 2012
India’s Shome report: Retroactivity only in “rarest of rare” cases By Matthew Gilleard October 29 2012
