Companies between rock and hard place on digital tax As details emerge of digital taxes in the Czech Republic and Malaysia, corporates told ITR they wish countries would leave it to the OECD process – but they are fearful... By Alexander Hartley May 08 2019
Ashurst promotes London tax partner Tim Gummer, who joined Ashurst in 2007, has been made partner. By Alexander Hartley May 08 2019
Survey: Taxation of the digital economy As countries continue their efforts to reform the international tax rules, ITR is gauging in-house tax professionals’ views on the topic. Tell us yours. By Alexander Hartley May 07 2019
Tax authorities and companies agree: it’s best to bare it all Taxpayers and tax authorities found a surprising amount of common ground on a panel at an ITR conference. They agreed that ‘proactive transparency’ is the surest way of avoiding messy... By Alexander Hartley May 03 2019
Tax heads: The tax system is fine, it’s the day-to-day reality that’s the problem Tax heads expressed their frustrations with how negotiations with tax authorities often end up in negotiated settlements, and their scepticism that these same tax authorities will agree with each other... By Alexander Hartley April 30 2019
Exclusive: Johnson & Johnson's Katherine Amos discusses her BEPS 2.0 proposal The tax director who stunned participants at the OECD’s digital tax consultation with a fleshed-out proposal for formulary apportionment of corporate profits speaks to TP Week and ITR for an... By Alexander Hartley April 23 2019
Austria proposes new, permanent digital tax Austria has proposed a new digital services tax (DST), motivated by a desire to level the playing field for domestic media companies, which it says it would not repeal even... By Alexander Hartley April 17 2019
RSM expands Glasgow and London tax practices The firm has hired one tax partner in Glasgow and three in London, and relocated a further partner to London from Bury St Edmunds. By Alexander Hartley April 16 2019
KPMG adds three UK tax partners The firm has promoted two tax advisors to partner and recruited a third. By Alexander Hartley April 15 2019
Uber admits fear of new tax liabilities in IPO filing In its prospectus to potential investors, Uber has expressed fears of becoming subject to much higher indirect and payroll taxes if governments decide it is a transportation company. By Alexander Hartley April 12 2019
