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For the past couple of years, many commentators have used the term “disruption,” sometimes without much forethought, writes Carolyn Bailey, Americas digital tax administration services leader at EY. It sells newspapers, magazines and journals, and it attracts television viewers.

There are a number of colliding dynamics which will lead governments worldwide to undertake drastic measures on VAT and other taxes in 2018, resulting from namely Brexit, VAT fraud, austerity straitjackets and global tax wars, writes Richard Asquith, vice president of global indirect taxes at Avalara.

Overall, 2017 saw significant changes in Chinese tax rules and in the broader regulatory environment. Many of the changes reflected the reorientation of government policy towards an evolving cross-border investment landscape. The digitisation of the economy, as well as the tax administration, was also a key driver of developments.

Generally, a gain realised by a non-resident of Canada on the sale of shares of a corporation that derive more than 50% of their value from Canadian real property (CRP), being real properties or resource properties situated in Canada, at any time in the 60 months preceding the sale is subject to tax in Canada. Such shares are known as "taxable Canadian property" (TCP). Exceptions exist for holdings of shares listed on a designated stock exchange where the holder owns less than 25% of any class of shares of the issuer and under the provisions of certain tax treaties. On May 1 2017, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) released a Technical Interpretation (TI) (2015-0624511I7) describing the approach that should be followed to make the 50% determination if the property of the corporation (Parentco) includes shares or debt of a wholly-owned subsidiary corporation (Subco). Although the TI addresses a prior version of the TCP definition, the comments appear to be applicable to the current definition, which employs essentially identical language relating to derivation of value.

The concept of corporate legal migration, i.e. the change of domicile of any legal entity, is not included in the Chilean tax law. Thus, its effects depend on the concept of legal residency given by the country from which the company migrates, as well as by the country to which the company moves to.

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On June 27 2017, the Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted a decision ratifying the income tax treaty between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Romania, which was signed on December 6 2016. When it becomes effective (pending Romania's ratification), the treaty will replace the former Yugoslavia–Romania income and capital tax treaty of 1986.

India's Supreme Court has reinforced its decision in the Formula One permanent establishment (PE) case and further clarified the application of service and agency PE rules in a recent case.

Every year the European Commission adopts its work programme setting out the list of actions it will take in the year ahead. The work programme informs the public and the EU's co-legislators (Council of the EU and European Parliament) of the Commission's political commitments to present new initiatives, withdraw pending proposals and review existing EU legislation.

Questions are being asked about how much influence tax advisers have on the use of tax havens The Big 4 accounting firms have been slammed by a new report on tax havens, as the international debate following the release of the Paradise Papers widens and the EU presses for action against tax advisers.