Q&A: Pascal Saint-Amans comes out fighting for the OECD’s blacklist and CbCR standard The OECD has found itself at odds with both the EU and the Tax Justice Network in the past week over divergent transparency standards. By Salman Shaheen July 05 2017
After years of delay, has the FTT’s time finally come? With finance ministers meeting in Brussels next week, Robin Hood Tax campaigners are ramping up the pressure. But will the financial transaction tax (FTT) see the light of day? By Salman Shaheen July 05 2017
Q&A: Paul Morton talks tax simplification After the UK Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) released its first ever annual report last week, Salman Shaheen spoke to its new tax director, Paul Morton, about the impact it... By Salman Shaheen July 03 2017
Tax justice activists lobby UN to maintain SDG commitment to tackle corporate tax dodging NGOs are concerned that heavy corporate lobbying could derail the UN’s attempts to crack down on tax avoidance and have written to the new UN secretary-general in an effort to... By Salman Shaheen June 27 2017
OPINION: The UK needs a VAT cut As inflation bites and fraught Brexit negotiations begin under the uncertainty of a hung Parliament, and with a government that has had to scrap many of its pledges to cling... By Salman Shaheen June 22 2017
European Commission to crack down on ‘supply side’ of tax avoidance Leaked documents reportedly reveal the Commission is seeking to tighten its regulation of what activists term the ‘supply side’ of tax avoidance – the banks, law and accountancy firms that... By Salman Shaheen June 20 2017
Will the European Public Prosecutor’s Office successfully tackle terror and VAT fraud? Twenty EU member states have agreed to establish a Public Prosecutor’s Office to crack down on billions in VAT fraud. But will it prove effective and how will it impact... By Salman Shaheen June 15 2017
Concerns over OECD discussion draft on the Implementation Guidance on Hard-to-Value Int... The OECD is inviting public comment on a new discussion draft that provides guidance on the implementation of the approach to pricing transfers of hard-to-value intangibles (HTVI), but some in... By Salman Shaheen May 25 2017
Q&A: Sami Koskinen of the Finnish Tax Administration on BEPS implementation Sami Koskinen is a special adviser for the Large Taxpayers’ Office of the Finnish Tax Administration. Ahead of International Tax Review’s Global Transfer Pricing Forum in New York on May... By Salman Shaheen April 26 2017
Q&A: OECD’s Grace Perez-Navarro talks BEPS ahead of ITR’s Global Transfer Pricing Forum Grace Perez-Navarro, deputy director of the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, speaks to TP Week about the intricacies of BEPS implementation ahead of her keynote address at International... By Salman Shaheen April 03 2017
