This content is from: Northern Ireland's corporate tax rate up for debate again The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament has announced it will hold an inquiry into the corporate tax rate in Northern Ireland. July 29 2010
This content is from: EU adopts new invoicing directive The EU Council has adopted a new Invoicing Directive to simplify VAT invoice requirements, especially in electronic invoicing. July 29 2010
This content is from: New US jobs Bill includes familiar international tax revenue offsets A number of international tax revenue raisers that would increase taxes on US multinationals are re-emerging in a new jobs Bill (HR 5893) that Democratic Representative Sander Levin introduced on July 28. July 29 2010
This content is from: Treasury moves forward on foreign branches and CFCs The UK Treasury published documents today proposing the way forward for the reform of the taxation of foreign branch profits and controlled foreign companies. July 26 2010
This content is from: Vodafone settles decade-long dispute with UK tax authorities Vodafone last week settled its long-running dispute with the UK government over the taxation of its foreign earnings. July 26 2010
This content is from: Billion-dollar transaction by Turkish bank subject to withholding tax Akbank is behind the biggest non-sovereign deal by a Turkish bank outside Turkey with its sale of a $1 billion five-year bond. July 26 2010
This content is from: Liechtenstein account holders must comply with UK tax law Liechtenstein banks will tell customers that are UK taxpayers they must comply fully with UK tax law or their accounts will be closed. July 22 2010
This content is from: True scale of UK debt calls corporate tax cuts into question The Office for National Statistics (ONS) in the UK has released a study which shows that the country's public sector debt could be more than £4 trillion ($6 trillion) July 20 2010
This content is from: Chancellor launches Office of Tax Simplification George Osborne, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, launched the new Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) at an HM Treasury press conference today. July 19 2010
This content is from: Australia to reform CFC rules Australia's assistant treasurer has released for public comment a discussion paper that represents a further step towards reforming the country's controlled foreign company (CFC) rules. July 15 2010
This content is from: Bank levy consultation gets going The UK government launched a consultation period on the introduction of a bank levy with the publication of a document on the technical aspects of its design and implementation on July 13. July 14 2010
This content is from: Anglo American signs ATO agreement Anglo American Australia last week signed an annual compliance arrangement with the tax authorities in relation to the company's goods and service tax obligations. July 14 2010
This content is from: Banks may be stung by further tax on profits The UK government is considering another tax on banks in addition to the bank levy about which it published a consultation document today. July 12 2010
This content is from: Australia sets out tax compliance targets for financial year The Australian tax authorities have highlighted faster audits, stronger corporate governance and the taxation of financial arrangements as three of their top priorities for the upcoming financial year. July 11 2010
This content is from: Cyprus rejects corporate tax rise The Cypriot parliament has rejected government plans to increase the corporate tax rate from 10% to 11% in a bid to tackle the country's deficit. July 11 2010
This content is from: Tax loses seats for Japan's ruling party Tax is being touted as the reason why Naoto Kan, Japan's new prime minister, suffered heavy losses in elections for the upper house of Parliament on Sunday. July 11 2010
This content is from: No decision on German nuclear tax until September The German government sent proposals for new taxes to Parliament on July 8 including a charge on the operators of nuclear energy plants that could raise €2.3 billion a year. July 07 2010
This content is from: Germany and France to propose European financial transaction tax Germany and France will ask the European Commission to consider a European financial market transaction tax after the plan for it to be introduced worldwide was largely dismissed by the G20. July 05 2010
This content is from: Indian taxpayers face challenging future Next year will herald a widescale period of change for tax in India. It will force tax directors from domestic and international companies. to completely reconsider their strategies and to seek efficiencies at all lev... July 05 2010
This content is from: UK Finance Bill receives second reading The first part of the UK Finance Bill, which will enact several of the government's key tax reforms announced in last month's emergency budget, is being debated by MPs today as it receives its second reading in the Ho... July 05 2010
This content is from: Take part in the Asia-Pacific Client Services Poll Executives responsible for the Asia-Pacific region often claim they have the most difficult job in the tax department. And this claim seems justified. July 04 2010
This content is from: US scraps planned bank levy Congress last week abandoned plans to introduce a tax on financial institutions that was forecast to raise $19 billion over the next five years. July 04 2010
This content is from: UK games industry loses tax relief The development of the UK's £2 billion ($3.2 billion) video games industry is under threat after the new coalition government withdrew tax breaks promised to the sector by the previous administration. July 04 2010
This content is from: Australian government replaces mining profits tax The Australian government has announced the end of the resource super profits Tax (RSPT) only three months after it was announced and the introduction of a mineral resource rent tax (MRRT)in its place. July 01 2010
This content is from: China launches resources tax pilot scheme The Chinese authorities have issued a circular that launches a pilot programme for the reform of the country's resources tax. July 01 2010
This content is from: Breaking news: Germany and France will propose European financial transaction tax Germany and France will ask the European Commission to consider a European financial market transaction tax after the plan for it to be introduced worldwide was largely dismissed by the G20. July 01 2010
This content is from: Vietnam issues loss carry forward warning Taxpayers in Vietnam are advised to review the status of their loss carry forward for losses incurred before and after the country introduced new rules back in 2009. July 01 2010
