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Jennifer Molnar and David Berek have joined Baker & McKenzie’s North American tax practice as partners. Berek has joined the Chicago practice, while Molnar has joined the Washington D.C. office.

Tax evaders using offshore accounts face tougher sanctions, and potentially no immunity for coming clean, under an HM Revenue and Customs proposal released today.

Tax authorities from the US to Australia and Taiwan are circling digital service providers Uber, Airbnb and other cash-rich app disrupters in a crusade to impose higher taxes and find cutting-edge ways to subsidise the old economy.

Indonesia may have started Asia’s ‘race to the bottom’ on corporate tax as it looks to match Singapore and stop companies from keeping assets offshore. Others are announcing cuts to stay in the race.

Tax authorities worldwide are increasingly relying on digital technologies to gather and analyse tax data, and implement intelligent systems that provide real-time tax collections and assessments. Moreover, tax data sharing among tax authorities, which will become an automated process from 2017, will help tax authorities complete more audits and investigations, creating a world where there will be nowhere to hide from the tax man. Amelia Schwanke investigates how authorities and taxpayers are adjusting to digital tools and systems and what the future holds.

In terms of volume and complexity of tax disputes, 2016 has been the most effervescent period in the past 10 years for the Romanian tax authority.

Anna Pushkaryova Georgia has introduced amendments to the corporate income tax (CIT) into the Tax Code through Law N5092-II, dated May 13 2016.

Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down with the Washington Post to mark his five years as CEO and discuss the multinational’s tax strategy.

Google is becoming the showcase firm for European countries trying to convince the public that it is taking action against multinational tax avoidance, but is it all for nothing?

China’s oil and gas upstream sector is a growing industry that allows international oil companies to work with the Chinese government or its designated Chinese national oil companies. Maggie Zhuang, tax manager at Chevron China Energy Company, looks at the tax obligations for businesses operating in the sector.