This content is from: United States Taxpayers support more formal cooperation as alternative to lengthy and expensive audits Tax executives are feeling the heat as governments around the world increase enforcement, initiating more audits and disputes. Some, though by no means a majority, believe a concept known in different jurisdictions as... By Ralph Cunningham January 31 2014
This content is from: United States Saba takes on Midwest role for WTP Advisors By ITR Correspondent January 30 2014
This content is from: United States Financial Accounting Foundation puts money towards getting convergence projects done The work to align US and international accounting standards on revenue recognition could be the first project to benefit from a Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) announcement that it will contribute up to $3 milli... By ITR Correspondent January 29 2014
This content is from: United States Indirect tax traps: selling goods cross-border As non-EU based businesses broaden their markets and their offerings, businesses are increasingly finding that the indirect tax consequences of selling into the EU, the US and Australia create potential barriers to sm... January 29 2014
This content is from: United States Tax insurance: Another tool for your transaction toolbox? Fewer private letter rulings given by the US tax authorities and a desire for liquidity are two of the reasons why insurance is becoming a popular protection against tax risks, explain James Gray and Alexios Hadji of ... January 28 2014
This content is from: Global The dark side of transparency Tax transparency is lauded as an unequivocal good. But is it really this clear-cut? Matthew Gilleard explores the negatives as he ventures into the dark side of transparency. By Matthew Gilleard January 28 2014
This content is from: Global Special features - February 2014 Read this month's special features on Canada and Tax compliance. January 28 2014
This content is from: Global Tax, development and the new Millennium Development Goals Seth Terkper, Ghana’s minister of finance, and Hafiz Choudhury, senior adviser, International Tax and Investment Centre, discuss the challenges for developing countries in creating tax systems that raise enough revenu... January 28 2014
This content is from: Global Getting value from advisers: An in-house perspective Patrick Connolly is an experienced senior in-house tax adviser who has spent the past 10 years in in-house regional tax roles covering Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia/Pacific regions as well as head offic... January 28 2014
This content is from: United States ITIC moves forward with long game approach Ensuring that their company’s interests are protected as tax policy takes shape is not an easy task, but is an essential one for any tax director. However, the choice of representative or industry organisation to alig... By Ralph Cunningham January 28 2014
This content is from: United States Indirect tax traps: Selling goods cross-border As non-EU based businesses broaden their markets and their offerings, they are increasingly finding that the indirect tax consequences of selling into the EU, the US and Australia create potential barriers to smooth i... January 28 2014
This content is from: United States Matthew Lerner joins Sidley Austin as tax controversy partner By ITR Correspondent January 24 2014
This content is from: United States Pankratz makes move from Osler to Baker & McKenzie By ITR Correspondent January 24 2014
This content is from: United States The implications of oligopoly markets in transfer pricing International tax attorney and transfer pricing economist John Drewno of Caterpillar discusses the comparable company data issues that multinational corporations (MNCs) face when operating in an oligopoly market struc... January 17 2014
This content is from: United States ITIC hires Pessoa Ramos to make progress in Latin America By Ralph Cunningham January 16 2014
This content is from: United States Baker & McKenzie adds Kushner to North America practice By ITR Correspondent January 16 2014
This content is from: United States Court victory reinforces IRS’s arsenal for targeting undeclared assets overseas The US Department of Justice (DoJ) believes the defeat of a challenge to the validity of interest-reporting regulations has boosted the government’s efforts to clamp down on US taxpayers who do not declare income and ... By Ralph Cunningham January 16 2014
This content is from: United States Sutherland promotes Pauls to tax partnership By ITR Correspondent January 15 2014
This content is from: United States Boehm steps up to partnership at Cadwalader By ITR Correspondent January 15 2014
This content is from: United States Influential German state finance minister urges unilateral action against BEPS Norbert Walter-Borjans, finance minister for North Rhine-Westphalia, has repeated his claim that Germany must act unilaterally to target multinational tax avoidance through BEPS (base erosion and profit shifting) if i... By Matthew Gilleard January 15 2014
This content is from: United States National Taxpayer Advocate points out flaws in FATCA implementation The US National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) has raised serious doubts about the creation of an international financial data regime as the goal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). By Ralph Cunningham January 15 2014
This content is from: United States Swiss court says tax authorities should not have granted IRS request for information A Swiss court has shown that the new era of exchange of information will not be plain sailing for the tax authorities. By ITR Correspondent January 09 2014
This content is from: United States COMMENT: Baucus’ China role to derail US tax reform even further Progress towards reforming the US tax code will be delayed even further now that Max Baucus, the Montana Democrat who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, is moving to Beijing to take up his new role as US ambassador ... By Matthew Gilleard January 08 2014
This content is from: United States Final FFI agreement offers transition for due diligence A change in the final version of a document critical to compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) will allow financial firms to choose which form of due diligence procedures to follow. By Ralph Cunningham January 08 2014
This content is from: United States Italy imposes Google tax on web advertising Italy’s parliament has passed the Google tax which will require companies to buy internet advertisements from locally-registered companies and not from companies based in tax havens including Bermuda and Ireland. But ... By Matthew Gilleard January 08 2014
This content is from: United States Jewett becomes new Morrison & Foerster tax partner By ITR Correspondent January 07 2014
This content is from: United States Hogan Lovells adds Basuk and Giordano to US tax partners By ITR Correspondent January 06 2014
This content is from: United States Miller & Chevalier takes Linda Carlisle from White & Case By ITR Correspondent January 06 2014
This content is from: United States Katz and Paulos join Akin Gump partnership By ITR Correspondent January 06 2014
This content is from: United States Paul Weiss adds Sontag and Karsnitz as partners By ITR Correspondent January 03 2014
This content is from: United States Alan Granwell leaves DLA Piper for Sharp Partners By ITR Correspondent January 02 2014
