March 2018

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No room for doubt: the ‘race to the bottom’ is on

Limited tax perks for MNEs in India’s last budget before 2019 elections

US tax reform: The tax competition risks to the Netherlands and EU

UK considers closer links between employment and tax rules

The EU’s digital tax framework threatened by conflicting political agendas

Singapore budget delivers on GST expectations

Going for gold in transactional tax

The Brockman brief: Fast-track approvals

Tax talent: The world's best transactional firms 2018

Could lower tax demands be the answer to cutting disputes?

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in tax

Making Tax Digital – confusion on the digital journey

US tax reform: GILTI uncertainties

Albania: Albania approves changes to accounting standards; introduces IFRS 15

Australia: Treaty benefits, DPT, MAAL and BEPS MLI

Brazil: Conversion into law of amendments to the oil and gas tax framework

Bulgaria: Changes in the Bulgarian Value Added Tax Act effective as of 2018

Canada: Application and interpretation of the principal purpose test

China: Tax treaty relief clarifications issued

Croatia: Double tax treaty between Croatia and Kosovo enters into force

Cyprus: Cyprus amends VAT; imposes 19% on sale of building land and leasing

Georgia: Georgia updates tax legislation

Germany: Lower tax court rules on direct shareholding requirement under EU PSD

Greece: Clarifications pending on the use of foreign terminal losses

Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s latest tax updates

India: Indian budget 2018-19; Recent rulings on the India-Mauritius treaty

Indonesia: Income tax facility in the industrial sector and draft of regulations on e-commerce tax

Ireland: Closing of the consultation on Ireland’s corporation tax code

Italy: Italian tax police, transfer pricing and business restructuring: still hot topics meriting inspection

Mexico: Lack of business purpose as factor in determining sham transactions

Poland: The CIT-8 return involving new transfer pricing obligations

Portugal: Personal income tax on cryptocurrencies: is the recent ruling a final take?

Serbia narrows down list of services subject to withholding tax

South Africa: CBC reporting in South Africa – new guidelines and practical challenges

South Korea: New rights for taxpayers subjected to a dawn raid

Spain: How should irrevocable trusts be treated for Spanish tax purposes? Quick review of the Spanish tax agency approach

Switzerland: Beware of equity incentive reporting obligations in Switzerland

US Outbound: BEAT to hit inbound taxpayers hard

US Outbound: New LB&I directives both change and clarify IRS transfer pricing procedures

Tax Relief

US tax reform casts an uncertain shadow over M&A

BEPS and US tax reform stall M&A across Asia-Pacific

EMEA's transactional tax market strong despite headwinds

Turkey: Restrictions on foreign currency loans

International updates - March 2018

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US Outbound: BEAT to hit inbound taxpayers hard

The new US tax law's base erosion and anti-abuse minimum tax (BEAT) will have a substantial impact on inbound taxpayers.

David Forst, February 27, 2018
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China: Tax treaty relief clarifications issued

The Chinese State Administration of Taxation (SAT) has introduced two important new circulars to clarify the application of relief under China's double tax agreements (DTAs).

Khoonming Ho, February 27, 2018
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Ireland: Closing of the consultation on Ireland’s corporation tax code

In October 2017 a public consultation was launched by the Minister for Finance on Ireland's corporation tax code. The consultation followed on from the recommendations of independent expert Seamus Coffey, which were detailed in the recently published 'Review of Ireland's Corporation Tax Code' (Coffey Report). The consultation sought views on the implementation of a number of measures into Irish tax law. Among the modernising measures within the scope of the consultation were:

Catherine O’Meara, February 27, 2018

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