This content is from: Global European Tax Awards 2017: Final week for submissions Companies and firms have one week left to enter for the European Tax Awards 2017. By Anjana Haines January 30 2017
This content is from: Global M&A considerations for 2017: Don’t let tax derail the deal Tax considerations will never make a deal, but they certainly can break a deal. Laurence Field, a senior tax and corporate business partner at national audit, tax and advisory firm Crowe Clark Whitehill, reflects on t... January 25 2017
This content is from: Global The Brockman brief: Leadership attributes: developing relationships Tax professionals from all areas of the tax sphere need to move outside their comforts zone to grasp the opportunities available and boost skills. Keith Brockman highlights the need for internal and external networkin... January 25 2017
This content is from: European Union Malta committed to EU presidency despite tax haven accusations Malta is focusing on its presidency of the EU Council, despite claims that the country would not be able to pass the EU’s tax haven criteria if it were assessed – an accusation the country’s finance minister has dismi... By Anjana Haines January 17 2017
This content is from: Austria General VAT reverse charge: The view from Central Europe Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia are seen as the key supporters of the European Commission’s generalised reverse charge mechanism (GRCM), but not all industries or multinationals in these co... By Joe Stanley-Smith January 17 2017
This content is from: Austria Global VAT reform takes on new impetus in 2017 In 2017, governments in Europe and around the world will divert their energies away from austerity VAT hikes aimed at combating various financial crises to refining their indirect tax regimes to fight fraud and help p... By Contributed January 11 2017
This content is from: European Union EC delves deeper into Engie’s tax affairs French electric utility company GDF Suez group (now Engie) could face a tax bill of around €300 million ($318 million) if the European Commission upholds its preliminary decision that the company received illegal stat... By Anjana Haines January 10 2017
This content is from: Austria No more secret tax rulings in the EU? The European Union’s new transparency rules for tax rulings have entered into force, but will it really be the end of secret or controversial tax rulings? By Anjana Haines January 10 2017
This content is from: Austria EU to take ‘nuclear option’ on VAT fraud and allow reverse charge systems The European Commission (EC) plans to take drastic action to tackle the €50 billion ($53 billion) in annual EU cross-border VAT fraud by allowing member states to deviate from the VAT Directive. By Joe Stanley-Smith January 06 2017
This content is from: United States Gide appoints new partners in Paris and New York Gide Loyrette Nouel has appointed Bertrand Jouanneau and Vanessa Tollis as tax partners in its Paris and New York offices, respectively. By Anjana Haines January 05 2017
