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KPMG hires six to US tax teams

The firm has hired two principals and four managing directors to its tax practices in Washington, New York, Silicon Valley, Minneapolis, and San Francisco.

Alexander Hartley, December 14 2018

Tax directors slam French DST deadline as ‘impossible’

France says it will introduce its digital service tax (DST) in January 1 2019 after scrapping an earlier statement to wait until March 2019 for an EU-wide approach.

Danish Mehboob, December 14 2018

Andersen Global hires three UK partners

George McCracken, Julian Nelberg and Paul Lloyds will join Andersen Tax’s London tax practice.

Alexander Hartley, December 14 2018

How tax heads are responding to the rise and rise of VAT

VAT, first implemented in France in the 1950s, is a young tax. But its importance has exploded in the last few decades: few countries now lack a VAT, and rates are at historic highs. Tax directors tell International Tax Review how they are responding and what they expect from the future.

Alexander Hartley, December 14 2018

Finland’s Hannes Snellman promotes Antti Alanko to partner

Alanko will become a partner in the firm’s Helsinki office on January 1 2019.

Alexander Hartley, December 14 2018

Saudi businesses prepare the ground for new TP rules

Saudi Arabia has released its new transfer pricing standards in an effort to align with OECD standards from January 2019, but even the status quo brings some anxiety for taxpayers.

Josh White, December 13 2018

UK CCO – an ‘opportunity’ for in-house tax functions

The UK’s corporate criminal offence (CCO) legislation to combat tax evasion represents another pressing reason, and opportunity, for tax functions in multinationals to work closely with colleagues across the organisation, writes Sandy Markwick.

Sandy Markwick, December 12 2018

MLI: Testing the ‘principal purpose’

Jasper Korving and Loes van Hulten of Deloitte provide an overview of the MLI, focusing in particular on the principal purpose test (PPT), an anti-treaty abuse measure in the convention, how the PPT might apply in practice, and its potential impact on companies.

December 12 2018

Taxing rights are the tax community’s hot potato

The June 21 decision by the US Supreme Court in South Dakota v Wayfair Inc that overturned, by a 5-4 majority, the previous leading case of Quill Corp v North Dakota has a significant effect on sales taxes within the US. But should businesses outside the US also be very concerned, given that some initial commentary suggested that this would result in a rapid change of the definition of permanent establishment?

December 12 2018

Beware of Canadian withholding tax and the breadth of the restrictive covenant rules

Under Canadian rules, receipt of a payment for a 'restrictive covenant' is generally included in income or subject to Canadian withholding tax when made to a non-resident.

December 12 2018

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