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Google is under audit in the US following reports it uses transfer pricing to reduce its overseas effective tax rate down to just 2.4%.

By Kathrine Kimball, Aaron Bone, and Minjung Kim of Charles River Associates

A new GST network in India has been launched which will implement the IT infrastructure necessary to introduce the new tax.

One year on, the Norwegian tax authorities annual report shows transfer pricing is still a key focus area. Amrit Paul Singh and Hans-Martin Jørgensen of Deloitte explain why.

Jacqueline Cottrell of Green Budget Europe takes a look at the European Commission’s proposal to revise the Energy Tax Directive and why it could actually bolster member states’ fiscal sovereignty.

Tax compliance in the banking sector has become a top priority for revenue authorities since the global economic turmoil began in 2008 and a meeting in Rome this week emphasised the point.

With the introduction of GST in the offing, the government has been gradually taking steps to achieve its renewed target of transitioning into the new indirect tax regime by April, 2012. Rajeev Dimri of BMR Advisors - Taxand looks at the latest step, the introduction of the Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 (POTR).

Australian members of Parliament have passed the carbon tax bill through the lower house of Parliament, meaning the only stage left before implementation now is approval from the senate.

Jesse Norman, a member of the UK Treasury Select Committee, has called for Dave Hartnett, HM Revenue & Customs’ permanent secretary, to resign over a tax settlement with Goldman Sachs.