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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Sponsored by AvalaraGovernments’ unprecedented access to transactional data is creating new indirect tax challenges for multinationals. Alex Baulf of Avalara summarises key regional developments ahead of a webinar sharing his practice-based insights -
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Sponsored by CuatrecasasAndré Areias and Raquel Santos Ferreira of Cuatrecasas scrutinise Portugal’s use of increased municipal property tax on vacant properties and question whether extreme rate multipliers and weak procedural safeguards can withstand constitutional scrutiny
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Financial institutions are facing significant questions about corporate governance as the deadline for implementing DAC6 approaches.
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IBM is building proof-of-concept applications on blockchain to improve tax compliance, including a database that may curb disputes by better data management ahead of more disclosures.
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Companies, firms and individuals can now enter for the ITR European Tax Awards 2020.
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A lack of varied job opportunities, institutional pressures and a lack of training for tax professionals is holding back tax departments from being an inclusive and diverse part of their businesses.
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Inter-company transactions between subsidiaries face greater tax exposure after the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a rehearing of the Altera case against Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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Tax directors are advising their corporate boards on tax criminality risks ahead of disclosure regimes that expand reporting liabilities and data that tax professionals fear authorities will utilise for audits.
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The Italian tax authorities are refining their techniques to manage the bulk of information arising from the common reporting standard (CRS), writes Gianmaria Favaloro, research fellow of the Working Party on Tax and Legal Matters.
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Environmental and permanent establishment concerns are slowing corporate investment in data centre developments despite countries introducing tax incentives to cash in on the digital economy growth.
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While Austria introduces unilateral measures to tax digital businesses from January 1 2020, there are concerns that Austria’s DST could infringe on EU state aid rules and lead to some companies exiting the market.
