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The PAC verdict on HMRC: UK tax authority failing at its job

The UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has delivered its damning report on HM Revenue & Customs. Former HMRC tax inspectors agree. The UK tax authority is failing at its basic task and is not fit for purp...
By Salman Shaheen
December 19 2013
This content is from: Australia

Andrew Mills named second commissioner to the Australian Taxation Office

Arthur Sinodinos, Australia’s Assistant Treasurer, today announced the appointment of Andrew Mills as a full-time second commissioner to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
December 19 2013
This content is from: United States

Baucus wants to halve available US energy tax breaks

Max Baucus, chairman of the US Senate Finance Committee, has released an energy tax reform discussion draft which would repeal many incentives (or allow them to expire) and replace them with two tax credits for the pr...
By Matthew Gilleard
December 19 2013
This content is from: United States

O'Brien makes partner at Jones Day
By ITR Correspondent
December 19 2013
This content is from: United States

Widmer-Schlumpf talks up Swiss tax achievements in 2013

Talk about having a lot to deal with. If one finance minister was at the centre of most of the controversial tax issues in 2013, mainly to do with the exchange of tax information, it was Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf of Swi...
By Ralph Cunningham
December 17 2013
This content is from: India

Enhanced relationship in developing countries depends on trust, confidence and transpar...

Questions about what the concept of the enhanced relationship between taxpayers, officials and advisers should look like in developing countries, whether the idea would encourage voluntary compliance by taxpayers and ...
By ITR Correspondent
December 17 2013
This content is from: Direct Tax

Deals of the week - December 17 2013
December 17 2013
This content is from: Cyprus

Mauritius actively cooperating with India over tax treaty amendments

Mauritius has agreed to insert a limitation of benefit (LOB) clause into its tax treaty with India, based on a threshold related to the level of company expenditure on the island nation.
By Matthew Gilleard
December 17 2013
This content is from: Netherlands

New Netherlands agreement could open tax planning opportunities

The Dutch Ministry of Finance has announced that the Netherlands and Curacao have agreed the text of a new bilateral tax arrangement designed to avoid double taxation. The agreement could create new tax planning oppor...
By Matthew Gilleard
December 17 2013
This content is from: Netherlands

Clifford Chance hires Olaf van der Donk
By ITR Correspondent
December 17 2013
This content is from: Germany

Tax policy earns UK bronze in trade-friendly ranking

The UK has come third in a poll of countries that are best-placed to capitalise on a boost in international trade.
By Matthew Gilleard
December 16 2013
This content is from: United States

Morality versus legality in international taxation

Delivering an address on the morality versus legality debate at the Foundation for International Taxation’s December 5-7 conference in Mumbai, former Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia stated that in the Indian context...
By ITR Correspondent
December 16 2013
This content is from: Finland

Temporary relief for Nokia in India as Delhi High Court permits sale of assets to Micro...

After a string of disputes with the Indian Tax Department (Tax Department), Nokia India Private Limited (Nokia India Private Limited v Addt. Commissioner of Income-tax, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 6150/ 2013) (Nokia Ind...
By ITR Correspondent
December 13 2013
This content is from: United States

Coleman moves to Ropes & Gray in London
By ITR Correspondent
December 13 2013
This content is from: Direct Tax

The Global Tax 50 2013

For the third year running, International Tax Review brings you its Global Tax 50, the individuals and organisations who have had the greatest influence on tax policy, practice and administration in the last 12 months.
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December 11 2013
This content is from: United States

Ryan and Altalex join up
By ITR Correspondent
December 10 2013
This content is from: United States

BEPS: The Australian perspective

David Bradbury, Assistant Treasurer of Australia until the September election, and the driving force behind Australia’s efforts to tackle base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) over the past 12 months, discusses the ...
By Matthew Gilleard
December 10 2013
This content is from: Direct Tax

Deals of the week - December 9 2013
December 09 2013
This content is from: United Kingdom

UK Autumn Statement: Osborne pledges to raise £9 billion from anti-avoidance measures

George Osborne, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, today unveiled his Autumn Statement. Anti-avoidance measures dominated, with Osborne promising they will raise £9 billion ($15 billion) over five years.
By Matthew Gilleard
December 05 2013
This content is from: United Kingdom

Stevens takes tax policy role at CIOT
By ITR Correspondent
December 05 2013
This content is from: Netherlands

Tax tips for international companies in the Netherlands

Only a few weeks to go before the start of the new year. This is the time to check whether taking action before January 1 2014 could give you a tax advantage. Here are 11 tax tips and points to note for international ...
By ITR Correspondent
December 04 2013
This content is from: United States

Former Treasury and IRS counsel joins Covington & Burling
By ITR Correspondent
December 04 2013
This content is from: United Kingdom

UK Autumn Statement: Osborne urged to focus on stability

The annual pre-Autumn Statement rumour mill for the UK has been churning furiously and issues such as avoidance, business rates, capital gains tax and employment taxes will all probably get at least a mention in Chanc...
By Matthew Gilleard
December 03 2013
This content is from: India

Indian Finance Minister: DTC is ready

Speaking exclusively with International Tax Review, Palaniappan Chidambaram, India’s Minister of Finance, revealed the long-awaited Direct Taxes Code (DTC) is ready and that he hopes to pass the DTC Bill before the en...
By Matthew Gilleard
December 03 2013
This content is from: India

Indian Finance Minister Chidambaram trumpets business-friendly approach

Palaniappan Chidambaram, India’s Minister of Finance, spoke exclusively to International Tax Review about India’s increasingly non-adversarial approach to taxation and reducing uncertainty in the corporate tax environ...
By Matthew Gilleard
December 03 2013
This content is from: Direct Tax

Deals of the week - December 2 2013
December 02 2013
This content is from: Direct Tax

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December 02 2013
This content is from: Argentina

The case for stronger tax risk management strategies

David Franco, senior Latin America analyst at risk analysis company Maplecroft, explores the evolution of anti-avoidance measures in the region, explaining why multinationals must be prepared for greater scrutiny of t...
December 01 2013
This content is from: United States

BEPS and recent developments in Australian corporate tax law

Whatever form and acronym it takes (a similar, though narrower, examination was conducted in the 1990s under the banner of harmful tax competition (HTC)), base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) has been an underlying...
December 01 2013
This content is from: Ireland

Ireland continues to play fair… and plays to win

Helen O’Sullivan, the president of the Irish Tax Institute, believes that while the Irish government’s International Tax Strategy Statement shows the importance of multinational investors to the economy, tax-competiti...
December 01 2013

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