HMRC secured lengthy prison sentences in a major payroll VAT fraud case, while law firms announced tax promotions and hires
Significant changes include an update to profit markers and an alteration to how an ‘inbound distributor’ is defined
ITR sat down for a pre-event interview with Tim Zech, WTS Germany, and Jeff Soar, WTS UK, keynote speaker at next week’s ITR AI in Tax Forum 2026 in London
Brazil’s bid to seek US-style exemptions from pillar two is ‘highly advantageous’ for multinationals, ITR has also heard
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Anglo-Dutch corporate group Unilever has called for the OECD to link its digital tax proposals to the UN’s sustainable development goals.
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In response to the OECD's unified approach to taxing rights, Netflix has presented its own proposal to tax the digital economy based on revenue instead of sales.
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Antonella Della Rovere and Federico Vincenti of Crowe Valente/Valente Associati GEB Partners pick through the nitty-gritty of TP policy making in loss-making companies that are part of multinational groups.
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Amazon has suggested the OECD should adopt existing VAT principles to simplify the compliance and administration of its digital tax proposals under pillar one.
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Clearer problem statement and definitions of digital activity need to be set by the OECD for taxpayers to advance the conversation on Amounts A, B, and C in pillar one.
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The retail banking sector wants to be exempted from the pillar one proposals under the OECD’s digital tax plan because of existing, heavy financial regulations and possible mismatches with OECD policy considerations under pillar one.
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US pharmaceutical corporation Procter & Gamble (P&G) has suggested that the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) may be on the right track towards a consensus on taxing the digital economy.
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Amazon is pressing the OECD to change the scope of the unified approach to apply to all businesses with explicit exemptions for specific sectors.
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The growing number of countries introducing a digital services tax (DST) could lead to “tax wars” rates, trade sanctions and disputes, warned senior tax professionals debating the issue.
