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 and the UK have threatened unilateral action on tax reforms for the digital economy ahead of the OECD’s 2018 interim report on the issue. Proposals so far indicate a paradigm shift towards taxing the functional areas of the digital economy.
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Banking, financial and insurance sectors need to consider the impact of a recent CJEU ruling that changes the VAT benefits they can achieve.
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Corporate tax revenue collections remain at low levels around the globe, the OECD’s annual tax revenue statistics show, but advisers believe increased transparency and potential audits drawing on country-by-country reports could turn this around.
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The Italian Senate is considering introducing a digital sales tax to tackle the problem of tax avoidance by tech companies. This would take the form of an equalisation tax on the turnover of digitalised companies.
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Technology companies may feel targeted by the UK’s budget, which introduced measures that will hit companies including Amazon, eBay, Google, Facebook and Twitter, but there were also some sweeteners to encourage post-Brexit economic prosperity.
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Dentons has appointed partner Vasilii Markov as the head of tax at its practice in St. Petersburg, Russia. The firm has hired seven other tax professionals to expand the team which Markov will oversee.
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Andersen Global has signed a collaborative agreement with Ligomarc Advocates, a financial and corporate tax law firm, based in Kampala, Uganda. This is the fourth addition to the Andersen Tax brand in Africa.
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The UK’s Autumn budget proposed a new withholding tax on royalties to low-tax jurisdictions that experts warn could backfire and trigger harmful tax competition.
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Dale Spiegel and John MacArthur have been hired by consultancy Aptis Global.
