Projected revenue losses and exemption requests are harming the project’s capability and viability
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
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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 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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Fifty British businesses have been Fair Tax Mark certified. The mark is fast becoming an ethical standard for UK companies large and small – and the organisation hopes to go global next year.
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Banks are confused about how to follow the ‘vague hallmarks’ in the EU mandatory disclosure regime (DAC6).
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The next part of the UK’s IR35 regulation, which comes into force from April 2020 and is designed to align tax and national insurance (NI) contributions between employees and contractors will cover the private sector.
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Finding a solution to taxing the digital economy and getting international agreement could win the OECD the tax equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize, but thankfully being a female tax leader is easier to achieve, according to speakers and attendees at ITR’s Leading Women in Tax Forum in Palo Alto, US.
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The OECD faces an ever-tighter deadline to find answers on how to tax the online economy, while multinational companies are looking for a compromise that would suit their long-term goals.
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The launch of Facebook’s Libra currency and discussions at the G20 Summit about financial fraud and tax evasion with digital assets has ‘lit a fire under policymakers’ to develop better regulatory responses.
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The residual profit split method (RPSM) is one possible solution to the dilemmas of digital tax, but businesses and NGOs fear the division of income will lead to more fights over tax revenue.
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Tax executives speaking at an International Tax Review event in London say it is a challenge to convince people that technology can be helpful, not distracting.
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As a result of a more disclosure-focused tax environment under rules such as the EU mandatory disclosures and country-by-country reporting, tax directors are shying away from tax rulings and looking for new ways to achieve tax certainty.
