Dentons adds partner to tax team in Madrid María Cortizas has joined Dentons as a partner in its tax practice in Spain to advise clients on the tax structuring of M&A deals, restructuring projects and capital markets transactions. By Anjana Haines April 03 2019
The world’s best tax transactional firms 2019 International Tax Review presents key trends and developments in the tax transactional market and ranks the best firms to help companies navigate the post-BEPS environment that poses challenges in restructuring... By Danish Mehboob & Alexander Hartley & Joseph Stanley-Smith & Anjana Haines April 03 2019
UK’s exemption in CFC rules is illegal state aid, says EU The European Commission has decided that the UK’s group financing exemption in its controlled foreign company (CFC) rules gave an unfair tax advantage to certain multinational companies, constituting illegal state... By Anjana Haines April 02 2019
Basefirma appoints Bruno Rojas as partner in Peru Bruno Rojas has joined boutique transfer pricing (TP) firm Basefirma as a partner and country managing director in Peru. By Anjana Haines April 02 2019
David Fruchtman joins Steptoe’s tax group in New York Steptoe & Johnson has appointed David Fruchtman as partner in the firm’s tax group in the US. By Anjana Haines April 02 2019
Tom West joins KPMG in Washington Tom West has moved from his role as tax legislative counsel at the US Treasury’s office of tax policy to join KPMG as principal in the Washington national tax practice’s... By Anjana Haines April 01 2019
Priscila Faricelli joins Demarest as a tax litigation partner Brazilian law firm Demarest has appointed Priscila Faricelli as a tax litigation partner. By Anjana Haines March 26 2019
Canada to boost tax authority audit resources The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will receive an additional C$150.8 million ($113.1 million) over five years to hire additional auditors, create a data quality examination team targeted at non-residents, and... By Anjana Haines March 20 2019
US tax reform turns into a game of ‘whack-a-mole’ For global corporations, determining how to comply with the US tax reform provisions and manage tax liabilities is difficult because as soon they resolve one tax problem, another pops up. By Anjana Haines March 15 2019
UK Spring Statement proposes no major tax changes The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, refrained from making any tax proposals in the Spring Statement, but the government continues to push ahead with its digital services tax... By Anjana Haines March 13 2019