With a stark divergence between MNEs that prepared early and those rushing to catch up, advisers must remain agile with all manner of compliance risks
The EU agreed new cooperative and investigative measures to tackle VAT fraud, while Hungary faced legal action and Lavez Coutinho expanded its indirect tax team
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
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Sponsored by Crowe Valente/Valente Associati GEB PartnersFederico Vincenti and Carola Valente Della Rovere of Valente Associati GEB Partners/Crowe examine a recent decision concerning the transfer pricing treatment of non-remunerated intra-group guarantees, focusing on economic substance, legal form, and group-level business justifications -
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Sponsored by Lakshmikumaran & SridharanThe Tiger Global Supreme Court ruling weakens the status of tax residency certificates under tax treaties and increases substance‑based scrutiny, say S Vasudevan, Bharathi Krishnaprasad, and Krishna Laasya V of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
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Supplementary Law 160/2017, recently enacted, addresses the so-called tax war between the Brazilian states.
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Andersen Global has promoted Andrea De Vecchi and Paolo Mondia to become co-managing partners for the firm’s European region.
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Anderson Tax has appointed James Lelko as managing director of the alternative investment funds department in Chicago.
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French bank BNP Paribas paid HMRC millions for ‘dividend stripping’ before a court ruled against the bank on the tax avoidance case. But this is just one case across four continents of such tax abuse.
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Multinational technology giants like Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook could face higher tax bills under EU plans to introduce virtual permanent establishment rules. However, such rules could be difficult for governments to administer.
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French bank BNP Paribas has lost a £35 million tax avoidance case against the UK’s tax authority, HMRC, after accusations that the bank had engaged in dividend stripping, making it the latest European financial institution to be involved in such a scandal.
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Indian tax advisory and tax consulting firm Nangia & Co is expanding its direct tax and transfer pricing team with the hiring of Nitin Narang and Neetu Singh.
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Andersen Global has appointed Leonardo Mesquita as regional managing director for Latin America.
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The Swiss Federal Council has released its new corporate tax reform proposals that resolve many of the issues raised in its earlier failed attempt. However, companies and entrepreneurs will be the ones paying for the changes this time.
