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The UK draft Finance Bill 2016 was published on December 9 2015. Sandy Bhogal, head of tax at Mayer Brown in London, focuses on two topics of particular interest – new rules on taxation of performance-linked rewards for investment managers and new anti-hybrid rules arising out of the OECD’s BEPS Project.

Sofia Stavridi, a Queen Mary University of London graduate now working in investment management tax services at a Big 4 firm in the UK, looks at the key BEPS actions impacting the asset management industry.

Peter Nias, international tax specialist barrister at Pump Court Tax Chambers in London, analyses trends in international tax dispute resolution, looking at alternative dispute resolution methods and whether the OECD’s recent work in this area represents a missed opportunity.

Bob van der Made On January 11 2016, EU Tax Commissioner Moscovici told Members of the European Parliament that: "2016 should be the year of corporate tax reform and fiscal transparency".

As developments regarding the OECD’s base erosion and profit shifting project (BEPS Project) continued throughout 2015, the Irish Government continued to be proactive in setting out its tax agenda in the context of the ongoing international tax debate. To strengthen Ireland’s competitive advantage as a destination of choice for investment and to ensure that Ireland remains responsive in this rapidly changing international tax environment, a number of positive developments were announced in 2015, explains Deloitte’s Louise Kelly.

Babak Nikravesh, partner at Hogan Lovells, unpicks the new FIRPTA exemption for foreign pension funds.

Because tax doesn’t have to be taxing. A less-than-serious look back at some of the quirkier tax stories from the past month.

Now in its fifth year, International Tax Review’s Global Tax 50 provides a rundown of the who’s who of the tax world. One way or another, these individuals and organisations have had an impact or influence on taxation that will be felt beyond the 12 month period covered by this list. Matthew Gilleard introduces the Global Tax 50 2015

The government has released proposals for public comments in which it has set out the manner in which exemptions and deductions will be phased out.

The UK Government’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has announced that it will scrutinise both Google and revenue authority HMRC in a hearing on February 11.