The arrival of a team from Brazilian rival Costa Tavares Paes Advogados brings SiqueiraCastro’s tax headcount to seven partners and 30 associates
CSR initiatives can sometimes venture into virtue signalling, but Ryan’s tax literacy event for schoolchildren was a genuine and necessary endeavour
Grant Thornton advanced plans to integrate its Australian firm into its US arm, as tax developments spanned law firm hires, aviation levies and digital services taxes
A new focus on early intervention and increased AI use is transforming how tax authorities are approaching TP audits, though capacity-constrained jurisdictions risk falling behind
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Russia has announced the launch of a capital amnesty and a tax-free wind up to allow business to declare assets. President Vladimir Putin has signed off on the plan just as international sanctions are tightening and the country awaits the common reporting standard (CRS) being implemented later this year.
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Luiz Felipe Centeno Ferraz, tax partner at Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados, explores the practical impacts of Brazil’s black and grey lists of low-tax jurisdictions.
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EY has made Kate Barton global vice chair of tax to lead the firm’s global tax strategy and operations.
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Daniel Dix, an indirect tax expert, has joined Garrigues in the firm’s Sao Paulo tax consulting practice.
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As part of its effort to cut red tape, the US Treasury Department has singled out the section 385 regulations to be dropped alongside almost 300 tax regulations deemed to be out of date. This is after President Donald Trump called for the Treasury to find ways to reduce the regulatory burden on taxpayers.
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King & Spalding has appointed Kevin Glenn as a corporate tax partner within the corporate, finance and investments group in the firm’s New York office.
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The Australian Taxation Office continues to seek closer engagement with large taxpayers as it releases guidelines for multinational companies to assess the risk of their related-party debt financing.
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The OECD is preparing mandatory disclosure rules (MDRs) to deter some advisers and service providers from actively marketing schemes designed to circumvent the common reporting standard (CRS) reporting requirements. But tax advisers and organisations have raised concerns about the plans.
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Cyber security is among the top concerns for taxpayers and tax authorities as country-by-country reporting is being rolled out in more than 40 countries. Some tax directors are now considering to think of the CbC report as a potentially public document in case of hacks or leaks.
