This content is from: United Kingdom Tax contribution of UK’s big businesses rises despite drop in corporation tax The total tax contribution of the UK’s biggest companies rose by £500 million ($820 million) on 2012, despite corporation tax revenues falling sharply. And, for the first time, employers’ national insurance contributi... By Matthew Gilleard January 31 2014
This content is from: Denmark Bjornholm leaves Hannes Snellman for Plesner By ITR Correspondent January 30 2014
This content is from: United States Saba takes on Midwest role for WTP Advisors By ITR Correspondent January 30 2014
This content is from: United Kingdom Balls’ 50p tax pledge for UK causes stir After pledging to reinstate the 50p top rate of income tax if his Labour party returns to power at the next election, Ed Balls, shadow chancellor, has been attacked for promoting an “anti-business agenda”. By Matthew Gilleard January 30 2014
This content is from: Spain Large Spanish companies to see tax liability rise Spain is continuing to reform its tax code. Increasing revenue collection is one goal, and the largest companies will be footing the bill. By Matthew Gilleard January 30 2014
This content is from: United States Tax insurance: Another tool for your transaction toolbox? Fewer private letter rulings given by the US tax authorities and a desire for liquidity are two of the reasons why insurance is becoming a popular protection against tax risks, explain James Gray and Alexios Hadji of ... January 28 2014
This content is from: India India: The importance and evolution of substance Taxpayers are aware that demonstrating substance in a given transaction is of paramount importance. Here, Sanjay Sanghvi and Aditi Mukundan of Khaitan & Co explain why this is even more relevant in India by exploring ... January 28 2014
This content is from: Global The dark side of transparency Tax transparency is lauded as an unequivocal good. But is it really this clear-cut? Matthew Gilleard explores the negatives as he ventures into the dark side of transparency. By Matthew Gilleard January 28 2014
This content is from: Australia Enhancing cooperation among tax administrators in Asia-Pacific More than ever, tax authorities around the globe are required to work together to tackle cross-border tax avoidance and evasion issues. Satoru Araki explains how this could happen better in Asia-Pacific. By ITR Correspondent January 28 2014
This content is from: Global Tax, development and the new Millennium Development Goals Seth Terkper, Ghana’s minister of finance, and Hafiz Choudhury, senior adviser, International Tax and Investment Centre, discuss the challenges for developing countries in creating tax systems that raise enough revenu... January 28 2014
This content is from: Global Getting value from advisers: An in-house perspective Patrick Connolly is an experienced senior in-house tax adviser who has spent the past 10 years in in-house regional tax roles covering Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia/Pacific regions as well as head offic... January 28 2014
This content is from: United States ITIC moves forward with long game approach Ensuring that their company’s interests are protected as tax policy takes shape is not an easy task, but is an essential one for any tax director. However, the choice of representative or industry organisation to alig... By Ralph Cunningham January 28 2014
This content is from: United States Pankratz makes move from Osler to Baker & McKenzie By ITR Correspondent January 24 2014
This content is from: Australia Abbott uses Davos speech to outline Australia’s G20 aims Tony Abbott, Prime Minister of Australia, gave an address today at the 44th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, setting out Australia’s priorities for its G20 presidency. By Matthew Gilleard January 23 2014
This content is from: France Hollande to cut French business taxes – but there’s a catch President Francois Hollande has proposed a €30 billion ($40 billion) easing of the French business tax burden, but only if companies show a commitment to invest and hire. By Matthew Gilleard January 23 2014
This content is from: United Kingdom UK makes use of automatic information exchange agreement with Cayman Islands HMRC has issued letters to people it believes hold bank accounts in the Cayman Islands, encouraging them to disclose any previously undeclared income and capital gains. By Matthew Gilleard January 22 2014
This content is from: Ireland The Irish ICAV corporate investment vehicle and its impact on taxation Lisa Dunne of William Fry discusses the ICAV: A new corporate investment vehicle specifically designed for Irish funds, which has been announced by the Minister for Finance. By ITR Correspondent January 22 2014
This content is from: Austria European Tax Awards 2014: submissions period now open Companies and firms can now enter for the European Tax Awards 2014. Entry information is available in hyperlinks throughout this story. By Ralph Cunningham January 20 2014
This content is from: Belgium Study confirms EU businesses’ claim that double taxation remains a key problem A report from BUSINESSEUROPE reinforces the business community’s claims that double taxation outside of the area of transfer pricing remains a significant problem. At the October meeting of the European Commission’s P... By Matthew Gilleard January 16 2014
This content is from: United States ITIC hires Pessoa Ramos to make progress in Latin America By Ralph Cunningham January 16 2014
This content is from: United States Baker & McKenzie adds Kushner to North America practice By ITR Correspondent January 16 2014
This content is from: European Union Polish proposals prompt double taxation concerns for multinationals Some of Europe's biggest taxpayers are concerned about the increased risk of double taxation from Poland’s proposed changes to its controlled foreign corporation (CFC) rules and thin capitalisation regime. By Matthew Gilleard January 16 2014
This content is from: Germany Three reach partnership at P P Pöllath By ITR Correspondent January 15 2014
This content is from: United States Sutherland promotes Pauls to tax partnership By ITR Correspondent January 15 2014
This content is from: United States Boehm steps up to partnership at Cadwalader By ITR Correspondent January 15 2014
This content is from: United States Influential German state finance minister urges unilateral action against BEPS Norbert Walter-Borjans, finance minister for North Rhine-Westphalia, has repeated his claim that Germany must act unilaterally to target multinational tax avoidance through BEPS (base erosion and profit shifting) if i... By Matthew Gilleard January 15 2014
This content is from: Direct Tax Tax partner West takes Steptoe leadership There is a new executive chairman at Steptoe & Johnson. Phil West, who heads the firm’s tax group, took over on January 1 2014 from Roger Warin, who now becomes chair emeritus. January 14 2014
This content is from: Japan Japan still wants corporate tax reduction Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan’s Deputy Economy Minister, is the latest government figure to join the calls for a corporate tax rate reduction. By Matthew Gilleard January 14 2014
This content is from: United Kingdom Milnes strengthens Grant Thornton's UK financial services tax practice By ITR Correspondent January 10 2014
This content is from: Netherlands VMW rebrand creates Taxand Netherlands The tax department of VMW Taxand has rebranded to become Taxand Netherlands. The switch took effect on January 1 2014. January 09 2014
This content is from: European Union France reworks millionaire tax to hit companies French President Francois Hollande is to hit companies with a new charge on annual salaries of more than €1 million ($1.4 million). By Matthew Gilleard January 09 2014
This content is from: United States COMMENT: Baucus’ China role to derail US tax reform even further Progress towards reforming the US tax code will be delayed even further now that Max Baucus, the Montana Democrat who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, is moving to Beijing to take up his new role as US ambassador ... By Matthew Gilleard January 08 2014
This content is from: United States Italy imposes Google tax on web advertising Italy’s parliament has passed the Google tax which will require companies to buy internet advertisements from locally-registered companies and not from companies based in tax havens including Bermuda and Ireland. But ... By Matthew Gilleard January 08 2014
This content is from: Portugal Portuguese tax reform approved in Parliament The Portuguese corporate income tax (CIT) reform - approved in the last days of December - has the following four cornerstones: simplification, competitiveness, decrease of CIT rate and review of existing tax incentiv... January 07 2014
This content is from: India Ajit Tolani leaves ELP to set up own practice By ITR Correspondent January 07 2014
This content is from: United States Jewett becomes new Morrison & Foerster tax partner By ITR Correspondent January 07 2014
This content is from: United States Hogan Lovells adds Basuk and Giordano to US tax partners By ITR Correspondent January 06 2014
This content is from: United States Miller & Chevalier takes Linda Carlisle from White & Case By ITR Correspondent January 06 2014
This content is from: United States Katz and Paulos join Akin Gump partnership By ITR Correspondent January 06 2014
This content is from: United States Paul Weiss adds Sontag and Karsnitz as partners By ITR Correspondent January 03 2014
This content is from: United States Alan Granwell leaves DLA Piper for Sharp Partners By ITR Correspondent January 02 2014
This content is from: Direct Tax Vote now for the top tax transactional and tax planning firms Two forthcoming issues of International Tax Review will include surveys of the leading tax transactional (March) and tax planning firms (May) around the world. The firms will be ranked after polls of corporate taxpaye... By Matthew Gilleard January 02 2014
