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Sweden plans to introduce new rules on the taxation of commercial real estate that may complicate tax credits for foreign taxpayers and potentially result in double taxation. Richard Hedin Thyr, tax partner, and Hussein Abdali, tax adviser, at Skeppsbron Skatt, Taxand Sweden, analyse what these proposals could mean.

Freddy Karyadi Nina Cornelia Santoso In preparation for the first exchange of information (EOI) by September 2018, the Indonesian government has enacted several implementing regulations, despite the ongoing discussions to issue a Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Peraturan Pemerintah Pengganti Undang-undang, or Perppu) as the legal basis for EOI in Indonesia. The said Perppu is currently being proposed to the President and is expected to be signed in the near future. Upon its enactment, the Perppu shall become effective, despite the initial plan to implement the first EOI by 2018. Subsequently, the Indonesian tax authority may immediately access both foreign or local customer information data from banking, capital market, insurance, and other financial sectors.

Melissa Lim On April 6 2017, the Australian Treasurer announced the progress made so far of the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) multinational tax crackdown.

Dorina Asllani Ndreka By adopting Law No. 6/2017, the Albanian Parliament amended the 1993 Law on Hydrocarbons (Exploration and Production). These latest changes are intended to make the law more easily applicable and to bring it closer to the acquis of the EU. The amendments also focus on safeguarding these important public assets.

Silvia Cancedda David Jakovljevic Action 13 of the OECD's BEPS Project has now been fully implemented in Croatia, with the full legal framework in place.

Tax planning is adapting to reflect a more transparent and technological world, bringing with it a change in attitudes and new challenges for taxpayers. The decisions made now should not be underestimated as they could have unexpected consequences later.

Jim Fuller David Forst The US Tax Court decision in Amazon.com Inc. v. Commissioner, 148 T.C. No. 8 (2017), is another in a line of cases where the court applied US transfer pricing law in a straightforward manner and rejected the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) aggressive and unfounded interpretations of the very law that it wrote. It has important ramifications for both outbound and inbound taxpayers, with the focus here being inbound.

Burçin Gözlüklü Ramazan Biçer Turkey's wealthiest individuals have historically registered their private vessels in the countries where a tax exemption is available. There are also a plenty of private vessels used in Turkish coastal waters that carry a foreign country's flag.

Daniel Herde Trond Eivind Johnsen The Norwegian Ministry of Finance has proposed new rules regulating the tax residency for companies that have been opened to public consultation.

Alexander Grinko Since 2012, clause 2 of Article 105.20 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation (the RF Tax Code) has allowed taxpayers to conclude advance pricing agreements (APAs) on cross-border transactions with related parties.