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Spain has introduced groundbreaking requirements for companies to file transactional data in near real-time. Joe Stanley-Smith examines the case study of global battery company Duracell to explore how companies are dealing with the extra workload from the Suministro Inmediato de Información (SII) legislation, one month on from its implementation on July 1 2017.

Tiago Cassiano Neves Dinis Tracana The Portuguese tax authorities (PTA) issued a ruling on July 21 2017 that has the novelty of providing for the first time some guidance on the interpretation of the permanent establishment (PE) concept for corporate income tax (CIT) proposes in the framework of some operating models. The following is a brief summary of the facts and conclusions underpinning this ruling.

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquistion $10.4 billion Vantiv Inc Worldpay Group (United Kingdom) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Allen & Overy Acquisition $5.2 billion Walgreens Boots Alliance Rite Aid Corporation (Sale of 2,186 stores, related distribution assets and inventory) Sidley Austin; Weil, Gotshal & Manges Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Chase Wink); Jones Day Acquisition $2.8 billion Internet Brands WebMD Health Corp Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (Rob Holo and Sophie Staples) Shearman & Sterling (Ethan Harris and Ryan Au) Acquisition $2.2 billion (approx.) A wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Philips Holding USA Inc The Spectranetics Corporation Sullivan & Cromwell (Eric Wang and Michelle Lu)

Google triumphs, but its French tax woes are not yet over

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Former managing director of State Street Bank and leading financial expert Avinash Persaud tells Salman Shaheen why he has designed a financial transaction tax (FTT) for Britain’s opposition Labour Party to help rein in the City of London.

Another day, another Donald Trump policy in tatters

Joe Duffy Tomás Bailey, The Irish Department of Finance published a briefing document in June 2017 that was prepared for the newly appointed Minister for Finance (the Brief). In addition to providing an overview of Ireland's business plan and economic priorities, the Brief provides an updated insight into Ireland's international tax policy.

Mexico has introduced new substance-over-form procedures that change the country’s formal approach into one more compliant with the BEPS project. Taxpayers should take note of these developments as they may impact tax disputes, writes Bernardo Ramírez and Valentín Ibarra of Chevez, Ruiz, Zamarripa y Cía.

The four founders of TaxCOOP, Brigitte Alepin, Allison Christians, Lyne Latulippe, and Louise Otis introduce their forum for developing good tax policy.