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  • Avraham Hirschson, Israel's finance minister, said VAT will fall by 6% from 16.5% to 15.5% on July 1. Hirschson said the cut will raise revenues by increasing spending.
  • Peter Costello, the Australian treasurer, said a new bill will cut tax legislation by 4100 pages. The Tax Laws Amendment (Repeal of Inoperative Provisions) Bill, released on June 22, will also give some terms with multiple definitions a single meaning.
  • Belgian coordination centres, where a multinational centralizes one of its business activities in the jurisdiction, can benefit from tax breaks until 2010, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on June 22. The ECJ said it was inconsistent to take away the tax breaks from coordination centres that would lose their status, which was renewed on a 10-year basis, before 2010. But the ECJ said the tax breaks, which allow firms to avoid a levy on profits, did contravene EU law.
  • Whether national rules precluding deduction of input VAT on motor vehicles which are not intrinsic to the taxable person’s business activity as such, or on fuel for such vehicles, may be justified on the basis of Article 17(7) of the Sixth VAT Directive.
  • Sixth VAT Directive – Transactions within the territory of the country – Exemptions – Dental technicians – Right to deduct – Intra-Community supplies of goods and services – Exemptions – Intra-Community transactions which would also be exempt if they were purely domestic – Principle of neutrality.
  • State aid – Existing aid regime – Tax regime for coordination centres established in Belgium – Application by an association – Admissibility – Commission Decision that the regime does not constitute aid – Change in the Commission’s appraisal – Article 87(1) EC – Protection of legitimate expectations – General principle of equal treatment.
  • State aid – Existing aid scheme – Tax scheme for coordination centres established in Belgium – Competence of the Council.
  • Tax legislation – Tax on income – Article 59 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 49 EC) – Equestrian dressage performances and lessons provided in a member state by a company established in another member state – Deductibility of expenses having an economic connection with the supply of services in the member state of taxation.
  • Mark Everson, the Internal Revenue Service commissioner - noted four issues in his June 13 speech to a Senate Committee on finance on compliance concerns relative to large and mid-size businesses. Everson said globalization, the increasing complexity of law and business transactions, and the growing book tax gap - between after tax profits and declared taxable income – had all created a more challenging climate for the IRS.
  • Enrique Rayon was named as head of the US west coast transfer pricing team on June 12. Grant Thornton's west coast practice covers the states of California, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.