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On June 7 2017, more than 70 governments participated in the signing ceremony of the OECD’s Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI). Andrew Quinn, David Burke, Peter Stapleton and William Fogarty of Maples and Calder discuss how the convention will affect alternative investment funds.

Alexander Grinko On June 7 2017, Russia signed the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profits Shifting (the MLI).

Tomasz Michalik Maria Kotaniec In May 2017 the Minister of Finances published a new project of quite fundamental change of the VAT Act. The project introduces a voluntary mechanism of a split payment scheme in B2B relations. The new regulations are supposed to enter into force on January 1 2018. With the split payment, the government aims to reduce VAT fraud and consequently increase tax revenues.

Mark Galea Salomone Donald Vella The guidelines issued in relation to the implementation of EU Council Directive 2014/107/EU of December 9 2014 amending Directive 2011/16/EU as regards to mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation (DAC2) in Malta and the common reporting standard (CRS) were amended on April 7 2017. Specifically with respect to trusts, the Commissioner for Revenue has introduced clarifications to the guidelines, which the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has deemed necessary for the purposes of a more correct application of the regulations.

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David Forst and Adam Halpern of Fenwick & West look at the legacy left by the Obama administration’s regulations.

Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Law and Finance Indranee Rajah talks to Anjana Haines about global tax challenges and passionately defends the country’s tax reputation.

Ireland is in a position that allows it to adapt well to external issues. Fintan Clancy and Ciara Fagan of Arthur Cox highlight global and European trends and discuss how they impact transactions carried out in Ireland, sometimes with unexpected and curious side effects.

Eddie Ahn In a major Australian transfer pricing decision on April 21 2017, the Full Federal Court dismissed Chevron Australia Holdings Pty Ltd's appeal related to the deductibility of interest on the Australian dollar equivalent of $2.45 billion loans from its US subsidiary, Chevron Texaco Funding Corporation.

Sean Foley Cameron Taheri On March 27 2017, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Advance Pricing and Mutual Agreement (APMA) Programme issued its annual report on advance pricing agreements (APA) statistics for 2016 contained in Announcement 2017-03. The highlights include: