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Hany Elnaggar examines how the OECD’s global minimum tax is reshaping the GCC’s investment incentive landscape, shifting the region from rate-based competition toward substance-driven economic positioning
May 27, 2026
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  • James Badenach, former head of Asia tax at RBS, talks to Jack Grocott about how tax helped navigate the bank through the global meltdown and subsequent UK government bailout and why he is lucky to be alive.
  • On September 15 2011, the Dutch government published its 2012 budget proposals. The proposals include further limitations on the tax deduction of interest payments by acquisition holding companies and the introduction of a revised exemption for foreign branch profits. In addition, anti-abuse provisions are proposed in connection with the taxation of non-Dutch resident corporate shareholders in Dutch companies and the levy of dividend withholding tax on certain profit distributions made by Dutch co-operatives. René van Eldonk and Steven den Boer of Simmons & Simmons analyse the proposals.
  • Piet Vandendriessche and Nigel Mellor of Deloitte find that while VAT in the US is still unlikely soon, taxpayers should be alert to the possibility.

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