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On December 21 2017, the President of Belarus signed the Law on 'The Development of a Digital Economy' (Law). After its entry into force on March 22 2018, businesses based on blockchain technology will become legally regulated in Belarus.

This was Malusi Gigaba’s final budget, as he was replaced by Nhlanhla Nene shortly after delivering it Years of budget misuse have created a deep hole in South African government coffers. A new president means a new direction, starting with the 2018 budget that proposes a number of revenue-raising measures that are receiving mixed reactions.

The Federal Commissioner of Taxation has appealed against the decision in the RCF IV case (Resource Capital Fund IV LP v FCT [2018] FCA 41). In that case, the Federal Court had held that the gains derived by two private equity funds, which were Cayman Islands limited partnerships, from the sale of shares in an Australian mining company were not subject to Australian income tax, on the basis that the Australia-US double tax treaty applied in respect of the US tax resident limited partners of the funds to exempt the gains from Australian taxation.

In November 2017, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) released its much anticipated decision in the case C-246/16 (Enzo di Maura). The case related to the right of an Italian taxpayer to reduce the amount of his VATable amount and thus the respective VAT, due to the fact that his customer (debtor) had declared bankruptcy. The court ruled that a member state could not reduce the VATable amount in the event of total or partial non-payment on the basis that insolvency proceedings had been unsuccessful, when such proceedings could last longer than 10 years.

Joe Stanley-Smith sits down with Tom Brandt, chief risk officer at the IRS, to discuss managing budget cuts, tax reform and the growing threat of cybersecurity.

International Tax Review hosted its first Women in Tax Forum in New York on March 1. The event kick-started a month of celebrating the brilliant female minds in the sector, their take on some of the hottest tax matters, and insight into their leadership skills and how to be the best.

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is, in many ways, typical of tax authorities around the world – it’s not as well-resourced as it once was. It is being asked to do more with less, and it is turning to data analytics to help it better identify where it should focus its attention.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA, or the minister) has broad powers to audit and assess Canadian taxpayers, which leads to a variety of disputes in the courts.

China's 13th National People's Congress (NPC) – China's new Parliament – and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) – equivalent to a Senate – held meetings in the period March 3-20 2018. A number of regulatory and tax reforms have been announced in the course of the week, in particular in Premier Li Keqiang's government work report address to the NPC.

The new Labour Party-led government formed late last year is implementing policies to dampen speculation in the residential property market.