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
Sponsored
-
Sponsored by insightsoftwareJoin KPMG and insightsoftware on June 25 as ITR presents a free webinar on the evolving role of tax professionals and how technology is driving the transformation -
Sponsored by GNV ConsultingRatna Shakira Lie and Yoan Putra Muda of GNV Consulting explain Indonesia’s new tax guidance on insurance accounting changes, addressing the transition to PSAK 117 and its implications for income recognition and compliance
-
Sponsored by GNV ConsultingRatna Shakira Lie and Yoan Putra Muda of GNV Consulting outline Indonesia’s relaxation of sanctions for late 2025 corporate income tax returns and payments, alongside updated rules on preliminary refunds and compliance requirements
-
Tax risk is a modern ‘term of art’ perception; this risk can be viewed as a pendulum. Keith Brockman looks at the advantages of corporate collaboration and threats of uncertainty and public distrust.
-
Alexander Linn The Tax Court of Cologne has referred three separate cases regarding the application of Germany's anti-treaty shopping rules to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The court questions whether the rules are compatible with the freedom of establishment principle in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and/or the EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive.
-
Irina Lopatina On June 22 2017, the parliament of Kyrgyzstan approved the bill ratifying the tax treaty signed with Georgia on October 13 2016. Currently, the ratification from the Georgian side is still pending, and in order to become law and to be ratified, the bill still needs to be signed by the presidents.
-
Maria Anastasiou Afrodita Taci Transfer pricing legislation was introduced in Croatia by way of the Corporate Income Tax Act (CIT) on January 1 2005. However, the Croatian tax authorities have only recently recognised its importance, with advance pricing agreements (APAs) recently being implemented in Croatian tax legislation.
-
Samar Abdel Rahman The Egyptian Minister of Finance Amr El Garhy has announced that the VAT rate will increase by one percentage point, effective July 1 2017. The general VAT rate will now be 14% instead of 13%, subject to the provisions of the Egyptian VAT Law No. 67/2016.
-
The Netherlands is the world’s leading conduit offshore financial centre
-
Fernando Giacobbo Ruben Gottberg On July 27 2017, the Brazilian tax authorities published Normative Instruction 1.722/2017, clarifying that Brazilian affiliates of non-Brazilian multinational enterprises may be required to file the country-by-country report (CbCR) in Brazil, in relation to the fiscal year 2016, even if a CbCR has been filed by either the ultimate parent entity (UPE) or a surrogate entity (SE) in another jurisdiction.
-
Freddy Karyadi Nina Cornelia Santoso Following the enactment of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Peraturan Pemerintah Pengganti Undang-undang, or Perppu) No. 1 of 2017, concerning access to financial information for the interest of taxation on May 8 2017, the House of Representatives have further discussed whether to accept and bring the Perppu to a plenary meeting to be ratified as a law.
-
Brazil is seeking to become the latest major economy to introduce a national VAT system to end the torturous system of multiple state taxes that is causing headaches for companies.
