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Italy’s Supreme Court has issued a controversial decision on the requirements necessary to benefit from withholding tax (WHT) exemptions on profits distributed to companies resident in other EU member states. Chiomenti’s Paolo Giacometti and Raul-Angelo Papotti discuss what this means for the Parent-Subsidiary Directive.

Taxing multinationals in the digital services sector has remained a complex international challenge for local governments limited in their jurisdictional capabilities. Tremonti’s Lorenzo Piccardi, Simone Zucchetti and Armando Tardini discuss how Italy is facing these challenges through regulatory developments surrounding permanent establishments and web taxes.

Italy has one of Europe’s most active leveraged buyout markets, and local regulators have been eager to ensure such activity is sufficiently taxed. LED Taxand’s Guido Arie Petraroli and Patrizio Braccioni explore recent legislative tax changes in Italy and Europe and how this will impact private equity activity.

The tax ruling issued by the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service on whether 3D printing should be classified as a manufacturing process for a business could mean retailers are liable for excise taxes.

Luxembourg’s stability and innovative culture has made it a global leader in the financial services sector. However, the greater interaction between the tax and regulatory dimension is creating complex tax governance and controversy challenges. Deloitte Luxembourg’s Ralf Heussner and Enrique Marchesi-Herce explore the impact BEPS changes will have on Luxembourg and its financial services sector

Place-of-supply rules state that consulting and legal services are deemed to be provided in Russia (and therefore VATable) if the purchaser carries out its activities in Russia.

On March 6 2019, the Spanish National Appellate Court (NAC), in a particularly relevant transfer pricing judgement, ruled on the selection of the point in the range of values of a sample obtained from a benchmarking analysis to justify the arm’s-length nature of intra-group prices.

Swiss voters approved the Swiss tax reform and AHV Financing Bill. With headline tax rates of 12%-14% in most cantons, which can be reduced to as low as 9% with instruments such as the patent box, Switzerland will remain attractive to foreign investors.

The US Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have proposed withholding tax regulations regarding the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) provisions, addressing sales of interests in partnerships engaged in the conduct of a US trade or business.