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 Tax PartnerStephanie Eichenberger and Victoria Riep of Tax Partner provide a guide to Switzerland’s securities transfer tax for domestic and foreign investors, explaining when it is triggered and how to mitigate unexpected tax consequences
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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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The OECD is tinkering with technical challenges in its global anti-base erosion (GloBE) proposal under pillar two of the digital tax proposals as part of a public consultation.
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The best rising stars lawyers from across the continent congregated at The Bvlgari Hotel in London last night to celebrate Euromoney Legal Media Group’s inaugural Rising Stars Awards.
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Companies, firms and individuals working in jurisdictions across the Asia Pacific region can enter now to compete for the Asia Tax Awards 2020.
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Financial institutions are concerned that the UK has not been able to clarify the disclosure rules it will introduce under DAC6, with many British companies blaming the political uncertainty around Brexit.
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As Italy moves towards unilateral measures to tax the digital economy, the details of the services that fall within scope of the levy remain unclear.
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The OECD has the difficult task of building a consensus between competing nations, but it also faces the critical eye of NGOs convinced that the proposals do not go far enough.
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As the UAE continues to build its tax system, taxpayers look to digital infrastructure to make reporting and compliance simpler.
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The tobacco industry is feeling empowered to manufacture more vapour products as governments are unable to tax smokeless and non-tobacco products at the same rates as traditional cigarettes.
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Taxpayers have to maintain high quality data to avoid reputational risks as the EU Parliament moves to make country-by-country reporting (CbCR) public.
