Corporate tax avoidance tops list of ethics issues for business The British public believes corporate tax avoidance is the number one ethical issue that business needs to address. By Ralph Cunningham November 28 2013
Formal tax risk assessment could work in the US, IRSAC tells commissioner A much more focused approach to selecting taxpayers for audit would be one of the benefits if the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) adopted a formal tax risk assessment approach, a... By Ralph Cunningham November 27 2013
Cyprus and Luxembourg fail compliance tests on information exchange, says OECD forum Four jurisdictions have received the thumbs-down from their peers in new compliance ratings issued by the OECD's Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes. By Ralph Cunningham November 22 2013
European Commission prepares to assert tax rules against member states Belgium and Sweden could have to defend their tax policies in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) after the European Commission referred both to the court yesterday. By Ralph Cunningham November 21 2013
Review gives ASC 740/FAS 109 good marks A review of ASC 740/FAS 109 has given the US accounting standard for income taxes a positive report for how it is supposed to work. By Ralph Cunningham November 20 2013
Vote boosts move to new IFRS and FASB standard on revenue recognition The road to a new global financial accounting standard for revenue recognition got shorter last week after the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) voted to authorise the preparation of a... By Ralph Cunningham November 13 2013
Business calls for reduced tax compliance under Obamacare US business leaders have called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to go easier on taxpayers striving to comply with reporting requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,... By Ralph Cunningham November 12 2013
Australian government aims to cut compliance requirements in dealing with tax reform ba... Business leaders believe the Australian government’s decision to reject or amend some of the tax changes announced by the previous Labor administration will reduce compliance burdens and boost certainty for... By Ralph Cunningham November 06 2013
Devereux believes OECD needs to do more than BEPS project to reform international tax r... Michael Devereux, the director of the centre for business taxation at the University of Oxford, has described the international tax system as “a confused, complex mass of arbitrary, arcane and... By Ralph Cunningham November 04 2013
Americas Tax Awards 2013 The eighth Americas Tax Awards in New York on September 26 was the biggest ceremony to date and also saw the introduction of the new deal awards. By Ralph Cunningham November 01 2013
