Tomas Balco: TP guidance on financial transactions is a challenge The OECD’s head of the transfer pricing unit tells TP Week why the financial transactions project is the toughest challenge among the four BEPS follow-up work streams he has been... By Michael Scaturro October 09 2018
CCCTB proposals still stuck as ministers fail to agree on framework The European Union’s Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) plan is unlikely to happen, according to some MEPs speaking to International Tax Review. By Michael Scaturro October 03 2018
Doug O'Donnell on ICAP, CbCR and taxpayer fears Douglas O’Donnell from the US IRS talks to TP Week about taxpayers’ fears of providing too much or too little information in their CbC reports and how the OECD’s ICAP... By Michael Scaturro September 13 2018
OECD and tax authorities optimistic of ICAP pilot success Officials and practitioners involved in the OECD’s International Compliance Assurance Programme (ICAP) have told TP Week that the initiative could decrease the number of new cases entering the MAP system... By Michael Scaturro September 11 2018
German multinationals take wait-and-see approach on US tax reform German multinationals are waiting for the US Internal Revenue Service to issue guidance on the BEAT, GILTI and FDII rules before deciding how to adapt their US operations, tax experts... By Michael Scaturro September 04 2018
UK’s post-Brexit state aid structure to create conflict on tax rules The UK’s plans to remain aligned with European Union state aid rules after Brexit could put the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on a collision course with UK parliaments and... By Michael Scaturro August 23 2018
First results of CbCR data exchange to be announced by year-end The Netherlands tax authority has told TP week that it plans to report on its findings from the exchanged country-by-country data by the end of 2018, with Ireland and Germany... By Michael Scaturro August 07 2018
BEPS Action 12 rules on mandatory disclosure will limit options for German MNEs, say ad... Germany is moving forward with plans to institute mandatory disclosure rules for national tax planning strategies that lack a cross-border component, and could adopt a draft proposal as soon as... By Michael Scaturro May 25 2018
Germany’s new finance minister distances himself from EU digital turnover tax Germany’s new finance minister seems to have arced in terms of his political progression, starting out as a left-leaning gymnast in the 1980s and evolving into a mainstream politician whose... By Michael Scaturro May 02 2018