Negotiation skills and cash essential in hostile African tax environment Multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in Africa are struggling with uncertainty as less mature systems rely on aggressive negotiation tactics and subjective interpretations of laws to collect indirect tax revenue. By Mattias Cruz Cano January 29 2020
UK e-newspapers case could trigger VAT claims against HMRC The decision in News UK vs HMRC, stating that online newspapers should be zero-rated for VAT, could trigger protective claims against HMRC as businesses re-assess the tax treatment of digital... By Mattias Cruz Cano January 29 2020
MNEs nervous over FX access due to Argentina’s tax reform Taxpayers fear the new restrictions on accessing the foreign exchange (FX) market will cost them access to the US dollar or force them to pay a higher tax rate for... By Mattias Cruz Cano January 22 2020
The US and France seek to end tensions over digital tax French President Emmanuel Macron has indicated that tensions over digital tax have eased, following discussions with US President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum (WEF). By Mattias Cruz Cano January 21 2020
Typhoon clouds Japan’s consumption tax hike The effect of an increase in Japan’s consumption tax has been lost in the aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis on consumer demand. By Mattias Cruz Cano January 14 2020
EMEA tax landscape will be rife with change in 2020 In the year ahead, Europe, Middle East and Africa’s (EMEA) tax landscape will focus on the OECD’s pillar one work, reporting requirements, new taxes and re-assessment of the tax implications... By Mattias Cruz Cano January 08 2020
2020 sees a rise in digital services taxes Digital services taxes (DSTs) in Italy, Austria and Malaysia have entered into force in 2020, forcing taxpayers to navigate the array of unilateral measures that have been introduced while the... By Mattias Cruz Cano January 06 2020
APAC tax heads: Scrutiny of tax arrangements to rise in 2020 Tax executives across the Asia-Pacific region expect the main focus in 2020 to be on the OECD’s unified approach on taxing the digital economy, the significance of transfer pricing (TP),... By Mattias Cruz Cano January 02 2020
Why India’s GST credit limit cut will restrict cash flow The GST Council’s decision to lower the input tax credit (ITC) limit to 10% of eligible credit will further restrict Indian businesses’ cash flow, in particular those with supply chains... By Mattias Cruz Cano December 23 2019
Pascal Saint-Amans: World was warned about unilateral measures Pascal Saint-Amans shares his views on digital tax, the OECD’s agenda for 2020, the beauty of multilateralism, and why countries should have listened to him seven years ago about the... By Mattias Cruz Cano December 18 2019
