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Andersen Tax makes debut in Africa

Andersen Tax has launched in Africa as WTS Adebiyi & Associates, a tax firm based in Nigeria, adopts the Andersen name.

Ehi Ogona, July 07 2017

OECD appoints new head of its tax treaty unit

Sophie Chatel has been appointed head of the tax treaty unit in the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration.

Lena Angvik, July 07 2017

Can the race to the bottom be reversed?

Gathering for their annual conference, Tax Justice Network activists are gearing up for their next big battle: reversing the global race to the bottom on corporate tax rates and social protections.

Salman Shaheen, July 07 2017

HMRC scores against Glasgow Rangers in Supreme Court

HMRC has triumphed in its five-year dispute with Scottish football club Glasgow Rangers over the use of employee benefit trusts (EBTs) to avoid taxation. The case gives the UK tax authority a golden ticket to go after other individuals and companies that have used similar structures, but not all cases are likely to be easy wins for the tax authority.

Anjana Haines, July 07 2017

Q&A: Nissan Motor’s Soichiro Matsuo and Inga Kondrataite gain pole position on BEPS implementation

Soichiro Matsuo, global head of TP, and Inga Kondrataite, regional head of tax for Asia Pacific, talk to TP Week from Nissan Motor’s headquarters in Japan about working through the challenges of implementing BEPS measures and CbCR. Their work on documentation, APAs and the management of TP globally has earned Nissan the International Tax Review Asia In-House Transfer Pricing Team of the Year award.

July 06 2017

Thailand to halt VAT relief for foreign suppliers of goods and services

Thailand’s Revenue Department has proposed repealing the VAT exemption on the importation of law-value online purchases brought from foreign vendors and introduce a withholding tax on foreign sales.

Anjana Haines, July 06 2017

Q&A: Richard Murphy celebrates the victory of public CbCR

Salman Shaheen talks to Richard Murphy, the man who invented country-by-country reporting (CbCR), on why yesterday’s European Parliament vote means he has just achieved his life’s ambition.

Salman Shaheen, July 05 2017

Q&A: Pascal Saint-Amans comes out fighting for the OECD’s blacklist and CbCR standard

The OECD has found itself at odds with both the EU and the Tax Justice Network in the past week over divergent transparency standards. Pascal Saint-Amans, the organisation’s head of tax policy and administration, explains to Salman Shaheen why he believes its blacklist and non-public CbCR standard are the right approach.

Salman Shaheen, July 05 2017

After years of delay, has the FTT’s time finally come?

With finance ministers meeting in Brussels next week, Robin Hood Tax campaigners are ramping up the pressure. But will the financial transaction tax (FTT) see the light of day?

Salman Shaheen, July 05 2017

Cross-sector convergence and its tax M&A implications

As companies scramble to keep pace with the rapidly evolving digital world, they are striking new deals and alliances – with new tax implications – to beef up their online offering and combat disruptive start-up competitors.

Joe Stanley-Smith, July 05 2017

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