Sucafina’s tax chief was speaking at the ITR Pillar 2 Forum in London alongside experts from HMRC and other organisations
India’s Supreme Court rattled cross‑border structuring with its Tiger Global ruling. Subsequent rule changes narrowed the impact, but significant risks around GAAR, substance and treaty access persist
The UK-based big four spin-off firm has hired Marc Lien, who declared that most AI in professional services today is ‘cosmetic’
Projected revenue losses and exemption requests are harming the project’s capability and viability
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Sponsored by DeloitteJess Williams, Jimmy Man, and Olivier Hody of Deloitte explain how tax can be elevated from a post-close support function to a value-realisation tool in M&A transactions through quick wins and longer-term actions
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Sponsored by DeloitteDeloitte pillar two experts Chad Hungerford and Alison Lobb share their insights on the latest developments and practical issues that are emerging – and what may lie ahead
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Sponsored by DeloitteDave Yaros, tax principal, Deloitte Tax LLP
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Multinational mining company BHP has settled the long-running transfer pricing dispute over its Singapore marketing hub with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), but has had to change its business model to guarantee future tax certainty.
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Australia’s transfer pricing legislation is self-executing, placing the onus on taxpayers to self-assess their transfer pricing positions and to be able to demonstrate that there is no “transfer pricing benefit”, writes Janelle Sadri of Deloitte.
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The Tax Court of Canada recently found in Alta Energy Luxembourg v the Queen, 2018 TCC 152 (August 22 2018) that a non-resident was entitled to exemption from Canadian tax under the Canada-Luxembourg Income Tax Convention (Lux Treaty) on capital gains realised from the sale of shares of a private Canadian oil and gas company.
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Multinationals believe preparation for VAT in Bahrain should be easier than in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), despite the fact that Bahrain has not yet released its full VAT legislation.
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US multinational companies are worried by the unilateral approach of some countries on the OECD’s BEPS actions, while others are grappling with the challenges of US tax reform.
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Nigerian revenue authority leader Tunde Fowler has emphasised the importance of coming up with a digital taxation solution that works for both developing and developed countries, as well as the business community.
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Kathleen Russ will succeed Chris Hale as senior partner of Travers Smith, effective July 1 2019.
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The EU General Court has ruled that Spain’s 2001 tax scheme for foreign acquisitions constitutes illegal state aid. The case offers clues on the direction of pending decisions on Starbucks, Fiat, Apple and others.
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Jonathan Bernsen has joined KPMG Switzerland to head its transfer pricing team.