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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The EU Council has listed 17 jurisdictions as non-cooperative for tax purposes in its latest blacklist, and also released a grey list of 47 countries, but, it has played it safe by excluding known tax havens.
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Andersen Global has established its fifth location in Africa by expanding its brand into Tanzania through a collaboration agreement with East African Law Chambers, a leading legal and tax firm in Tanzania.
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The European Commission (EC) has proposed new tools to help its member states combat VAT fraud through greater information sharing.
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Independent law firm Flick Gocke Schaumburg is opening an office in Düsseldorf in early 2018, drawing on a team of tax and transfer pricing experts from its Bonn office.
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The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have published their final VAT laws, but questions remain over just how ready the GCC and its taxpayers are for VAT with only a month to go.
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Italy is hoping its proposed digital sales tax will send a message to the EU and accelerate the process of finding consensus on digital economy taxation. However, the proposal interferes with the EU’s plans and could create double taxation scenarios.
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The European Union is about to release a blacklist of uncooperative tax jurisdictions as part of the international effort to crackdown on tax avoidance. The blacklist has sparked speculation over which countries are most under threat.
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Ashurst has made Jeffrey Koppele and Sharon Kim partners at the US tax practice. This expands the New York tax practice to 21 lawyers, including five partners.
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Robert Pakpahan will be the new director general of taxation at the Indonesian tax authority, taking over the post from Ken Dwijugiasteadi when he retires.
