Carbon pricing alone will not save the world Environmentalists have welcomed the European Commission’s proposals to revise the Energy Taxation Directive (ETD), but green groups do not believe it goes far enough, fast enough. By Salman Shaheen April 18 2011
OECD recommends France increase environmental taxation In its latest economic survey, the OECD has called on France to scale back inefficient tax expenditures and consider raising environmental taxes. By Salman Shaheen April 17 2011
Julius Baer settles tax evasion dispute with Germany The Swiss private bank has agreed to pay €50 million ($72 million) to the German authorities to stave off legal proceedings over tax evasion. By Salman Shaheen April 13 2011
UK’s 50p tax rate may go by 2013 Companies may get an incentive to look at the UK more favourably when making investment decisions if reports in the media are to be believed. By Salman Shaheen April 11 2011
Bad news for Bayfine at Court of Appeal The UK Court of Appeal has unanimously reversed the High Court’s decision in favour of the taxpayer in the Bayfine v HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) case. By Salman Shaheen April 06 2011
Commission refers France and Spain to ECJ over telecoms taxes France and Spain’s refusal to back down over taxes they have imposed on telecommunications companies has landed them in conflict with the European Commission, which has referred the two countries... By Salman Shaheen March 24 2011
Change to India’s 5% margin creates more confusion The change to India’s 5% margin, for the determination of the arm’s-length price, made in the recent budget, was intended to simplify the process for taxpayers but it has only... By Salman Shaheen March 23 2011
UK business welcomes surprise corporate tax cut UK business’s response to the additional corporate tax cut in today’s budget came as less of a surprise than the announcement itself, but not everyone is a winner. By Salman Shaheen March 23 2011
European governments give mixed reactions to CCCTB European governments have begun to respond to the Commission’s draft directive for a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) and reactions have been far from the harmonious vision underlying the... By Salman Shaheen March 18 2011
Consolidated CCCTB Comments & Twitter Buzz A collection of comments from around Europe on the Commission’s long-awaited draft directive seeking to establish a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base. By Salman Shaheen March 17 2011
