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No more secret tax rulings in the EU?

Secret tax rulings may never end The European Union's new transparency rules for tax rulings have entered into force, but will it really be the end of secret or controversial tax rulings?

Anjana Haines, January 25 2017

Editorial

As we say goodbye to the festivities of the New Year and delve into 2017, International Tax Review is here to provide a helping hand on what is happening in the tax sphere and what the year ahead may bring.

Anjana Haines, January 25 2017

EC delves deeper into Engie’s tax affairs

French electric utility company GDF Suez group (now Engie) could face a tax bill of around €300 million ($318 million) if the European Commission upholds its preliminary decision that the company received illegal state aid benefits from Luxembourg via tax rulings that go as far back as 2008.

Anjana Haines, January 25 2017

Deals of the month

See who has done the tax work on this month's biggest deals.

Joe Stanley-Smith, January 25 2017

M&A considerations for 2017: Don’t let tax derail the deal

Tax considerations will never make a deal, but they certainly can break a deal. Laurence Field, a senior tax and corporate business partner at national audit, tax and advisory firm Crowe Clark Whitehill, reflects on the M&A tax landscape that evolved through 2016 and looks ahead to assess what businesses need to know if they are planning to get a transaction over the line in 2017.

January 25 2017

Indonesia: New transfer pricing requirements in Indonesia

Freddy Karyadi Anastasia Irawati In an effort to limit tax avoidance and combat BEPS practices in Indonesia, the Indonesian government issued new transfer pricing regulations in Indonesia that intend to minimise the transfer pricing schemes conducted by multinational enterprises.

January 25 2017

France urged to make bigger corporate tax cuts

Corporation tax in France is too high and should be cut to the European average to allow French companies to remain competitive, advisers have told the French Parliament.

Anjana Haines, January 25 2017

Georgia: Georgia and South Korea DTA applies from 2017

Lopatina Irina The provisions of the double tax treaty between Georgia and South Korea apply from January 1 2017.

January 25 2017

Albania: Albanian parliament amends Law on Tax Procedures

Dorina Asllani Ndreka In November 2016, the Albanian parliament approved a large number of changes in one of the main laws regulating the activity of the tax authorities in the country, the Law on Tax Procedures.

January 25 2017

Turkey: Turkey offers tax free repatriation of foreign assets

Burçin Gözlüklü Ramazan Biçer Turkey has declared several tax amnesties over the last decade to collect more revenues. In August 2016, Turkey again introduced another tax amnesty law that principally restructured defined tax debts and certain public receivables.

January 25 2017

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