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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Significant changes are being made to the tax legislation governing the oil and gas sector, as well as new guidance on the taxation of capital gains.
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The new dispute resolution Directive is expected to cut costs for businesses Ministers of the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) have agreed on a new system for resolving double taxation disputes between member states that could see litigation and compliance costs fall considerably for businesses operating in the EU.
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The UK is losing billions of pounds in revenues each year from online VAT fraud committed by foreign traders. But with Amazon and eBay profiting from the fraudsters, and HMRC not doing enough to tackle the problem, Anjana Haines explores whether collaboration or conviction is the better solution
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While walls, wire fences and border checks proliferate around the world, the EU is looking to liberalise VAT rules to break down barriers to trade within its borders. Joe Stanley-Smith explores the EU’s proposals for a new definitive VAT regime with Maria Teresa Fabregas Fernandez, director for indirect taxation and tax administration at the European Commission.
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Because tax doesn’t have to be taxing. A less-than-serious look back at some of the quirkier tax stories from the past month.
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Acquisition of Polish companies used to be structured via an acquiring Polish entity (limited liability company or a joint stock company) which was debt financed. Both before and after the merger of the acquisition and the target the interest on debt was tax deductible. It was limited with debt to equity thin capitalisation that applied only to selected related party debt. Interest on non-related party debt (bank loans) was fully tax deductible.
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See who has done the tax work on this month’s biggest deals.
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The finance minister is planning to issue a new regulation concerning taxation on e-commerce transactions, including the applicable tax rate and the mechanism on how to collect the tax.
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In September and October 2017 a series of new and proposed rules sought to modernise industry regulation, give the public authorities greater oversight of payments and asset ownership, and strengthen China's network of international tax agreements.
