Belgian excess profits tax scheme illegal, says Vestager European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager will announce that the Belgian ‘excess profits’ tax scheme is illegal in a press conference on Monday, January 13. By Joe Stanley-Smith January 11 2016
Renewable energy tax credits extended in US The US renewable energy sector should see continued growth now that certain tax credits available to US taxpayers have been extended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016. By Joe Stanley-Smith January 06 2016
Italy and Apple settle tax dispute for $340 million Apple has agreed to pay Italy €318 million ($342 million) as a settlement for a long-running tax dispute, highlighting the tax authorities’ focus on technology companies. By Joe Stanley-Smith January 04 2016
GST to be enforced on e-commerce in New Zealand By Amelia Schwanke & Joe Stanley-Smith December 15 2015
EC grills 11 multinationals on tax; extends tax rulings investigation By Joe Stanley-Smith December 15 2015
2016 Look-Ahead: BEPS implementation to dominate international tax landscape With the final deadlines for the OECD’s BEPS Project falling at the end of this year, 2016 was always going to be a year dominated by questions about implementation. By Matthew Gilleard & Joe Stanley-Smith December 15 2015
Estonia pulls out of FTT as discussions make progress Estonia pulled out of the proposed European financial transaction tax (FTT) on Tuesday December 8, but the remaining 10 member states have made good progress during the latest discussions. By Joe Stanley-Smith December 09 2015
Taxpayers fearful as EC investigates Luxembourg’s tax treatment of McDonald’s Taxpayers in Luxembourg are waiting nervously for the European Commission to add to the list of companies it is scrutinising under state aid laws after McDonald’s became the latest multinational... By Joe Stanley-Smith December 07 2015
EC grills 11 LuxLeaks multinationals on tax; extends mandate for tax rulings investigation Following the questioning of Anheuser-Busch InBev, Coca-Cola, Disney, IKEA, Amazon, Google, HSBC, Barclays, Facebook, Philip Morris International and McDonald’s, the mandate of the European Commission’s (EC’s) TAXE Committee has been... By Joe Stanley-Smith November 26 2015
The UK’s tax policy battleground: Gauke vs Marris on top tax myths Financial Secretary to the UK Treasury David Gauke and the opposition Labour MP shadowing him, Rob Marris, have shared a platform for the first time since May’s election. By Joe Stanley-Smith November 25 2015
