Singapore to implement Pillar 2 tax rules from 2025

Singapore to implement Pillar 2 tax rules from 2025

Singapore will implement the Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) Rules, that is, Income Inclusion Rule and Undertaxed Profits Rule, and Domestic Top-up Tax from January 1, 2025.Continue Reading

OECD publishes guidance on global minimum corporate tax rules

OECD publishes guidance on global minimum corporate tax rules

The OECD, on February 2, released technical guidance to assist governments with implementation of the 15 percent global minimum corporate tax rate.Continue Reading

OECD releases key documents on two-pillar international tax reform

International tax reform to yield significant revenue: OECD

The OECD, today, released key documents as part of its two-pillar solution to reform international tax rules to address the tax challenges arising from globalization and digitalization.Continue Reading

Netherlands opposes UN international tax framework

Netherlands warns against UN international tax cooperation framework

The Dutch State Secretary of Finance, Marnix van Rij, has expressed the government’s concerns regarding the recent UN resolution to establish an international tax cooperation framework.Continue Reading

EU Commissioner underlines corporate tax reform plan

A global minimum corporate tax rate and the reallocation of taxing rights between jurisdictions must be implemented in due time to provide a fairer and more stable global corporate tax system, Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for Economy, has said.

A global minimum corporate tax rate and the reallocation of taxing rights between jurisdictions must be implemented in due time to provide a fairer and more stable global corporate tax system, Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for Economy, has said.Continue Reading

Malta gazettes transfer pricing rules

Malta gazetted transfer pricing rules

On November 18, 2022, Malta gazetted Transfer Pricing Rules, 2022.

As per the rules, in ascertaining the total income of any company:

  • where any amount incurred or due, in the year preceding the year of assessment under any cross-border arrangement to which the transfer pricing rules apply, differs from the arm’s length amount, it shall be deemed that the arm’s length amount was incurred or due as opposed to the actual amount incurred or due; and
  • where any amount accrued or derived, in the year preceding the year of assessment under any cross-border arrangement to which the transfer pricing rules apply, differs from the arm’s length amount, it shall be deemed that the arm’s length amount was accrued or derived instead of the actual amount accrued or derived.

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Luxembourg transfer pricing ruling did not favour Fiat: EU top court

Luxembourg transfer pricing ruling did not favour Fiat: EU top court

The Court of Justice of the European Commission annuls the European Commission’s 2015 finding that Luxembourg granted selective tax advantages to Fiat through a transfer pricing ruling, in breach of EU state aid rules.Continue Reading

Inter IKEA Group paid less corporate income tax in 2022

Inter IKEA Group paid less corporate income tax in 2022

The amount of corporate income taxes paid by Inter IKEA Group decreased to EUR 322 million (EUR 398 million in the 2021 financial year). However, the total tax contribution increased slightly to EUR 1,996 million (EUR 1,916 million in the 2021 financial year).Continue Reading

Profit shifting continues despite OECD, US tax reform: Research

Profit shifting continue despite OECD, US tax reform- Research

The paper finds that global corporate profits have grown much faster than global income between 1975 and 2019. “The share of profits in global income has increased by a third over this period, from about 15 percent to close to 20 percent. This increase is due both to the rise of the share of global output originating from corporations and the rise of the capital share of corporate output,” it states.Continue Reading

EU Commission extends inquiry into Gibraltar’s corporate tax regime

EU Commission extend inquiry into Gibraltar’s corporate tax regime

The Commission has decided to extend the scope of its original investigation to specify further the measure in favour of MJN GibCo, in line with the Court’s indications, and reassess the information submitted by the UK in relation to MJN GibCo 2012 tax ruling.Continue Reading

UK releases draft rules on global minimum tax

UK government, on July 20, released draft rules aimed at ensuring multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating within the UK pay a global minimum level of tax.

The draft rules are in line with the agreement on a 2 Pillar solution to reform the international tax framework made by the G20 — Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) last year.Continue Reading

EU Council adopts position on public country by country reporting of tax info

EU Council adopt position on public country by country reporting of tax

The reporting will take place within 12 months of the date of the balance sheet for the financial year in question. The directive sets out the conditions under which a company may defer the disclosure of certain information for a maximum of five years. Continue Reading

Anguilla, Dominica, and Seychelles removed from EU tax blacklist

Anguilla, Dominica, and Seychelles removed from EU tax blacklist

Anguilla, Dominica, and Seychelles are now included in the state of play document (Annex II), which covers jurisdictions that do not yet comply with all international tax standards but that have committed to implementing tax good governance principles.Continue Reading

Global minimum tax solution to declining corporate tax rates

Global minimum tax solution to declining corporate tax rates

The data underlines the importance of the two-pillar plan being advanced by over 130 members of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS to reform international taxation rules and ensure that multinational enterprises pay a fair share of tax wherever they operate.Continue Reading

130 tax jurisdictions agree on digital economy taxation

130 tax jurisdiction agree on digital economy taxation

The two-pillar package aims to ensure that large multinational enterprises (MNEs) pay tax where they operate and earn profits, while adding much-needed certainty and stability to the international tax system.Continue Reading

European Commission hails G20 agreement on digital tax

European Commission hails G20 agreement on digital tax

The tax reform package will include a reallocation of taxing rights – where companies pay tax wherever they conduct business – and a global minimum effective tax rate of at least 15 percent to tackle aggressive tax planning and stop the corporate tax “race to the bottom.” Continue Reading

Philippines will no longer be a harmful tax regime

Philippines will no longer be a harmful tax regime

The OECD’s Forum on Harmful Tax Practices (FHTP) has granted the Philippines’ appeal to assess its ROHQ regime as “potentially harmful but not actually harmful” until December 3, 2021, and then have the country’s ROHQ regime status declared as “abolished” by January 1, 2022.Continue Reading

Global minimum corporate tax protects national sovereignty: Janet Yellen

Global minimum corporate tax protects national sovereignty

Yellen has said that the global minimum corporate tax pairs well with our domestic corporate income tax proposals and has the special virtue of helping level the playing field for US business.Continue Reading

International tax reform takes center stage in G7 meeting

The G7 (which includes the UK, the US, Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, plus the EU) agreed the principles of an ambitious two Pillar global solution to tackle the tax challenges arising from an increasingly globalized and digital global economy.Continue Reading

Coca Cola asks US Tax Court to reconsider transfer pricing dispute

The Coca-Cola Company has requested the US Tax Court to reconsider a transfer pricing tax ruling it gave last year in favor of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

The tax ruling was given on November 18, 2020. According to Coca-Cola, the US Tax Court’s ruling raises fundamental questions of tax, administrative, and constitutional law warranting further consideration by a full Tax Court.

The facts of the tax dispute are as follows. Upon examination of the company’s 2007-2009 returns, IRS determined that the company’s methodology did not reflect arm’s length principle because it overcompensated the supply points and undercompensated the company for the use of its intellectual property.

The US tax authority reallocated income between the company and the supply points employing a comparable profits method that used the company’s unrelated bottlers as comparable parties. These adjustments increased the companys aggregate taxable income for 2007-2009 by more than USD 9 billion.

In its decision, the Tax Court said that the IRS did not abuse its discretion by reallocating income to the company by employing a comparable profits method that used the supply points as the tested parties and the bottlers as the uncontrolled comparables. The US Tax Court further held that the tax authority did not err by re-computing the company’s losses after the comparable profits method changed the income allocable to the company’s Mexican supply point, a branch of the company.

In a Motion for Reconsideration of findings or opinion filed on June 2,  the company said that “the IRS is attempting to impose billions of dollars in additional taxes on Coca-Cola in this case under a different tax calculation method than that on which Coca-Cola justifiably relied and which the IRS audited and approved for over a decade before retroactively requiring Coca-Cola to use a new and different method for tax years long past.  The IRS’s attempt is arbitrary, capricious, and unconstitutional.”

The company added that the US Tax Court has the opportunity to correct these fundamental errors now, and with the utmost respect, Coca-Cola asks the Court to reexamine its opinion in this nationally important, precedential tax case.

The US Tax Court enjoys substantial discretion to reconsider findings of fact and conclusions of law under Tax Court Rule 161, the company said.


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US tax committee investigating AbbVie’s tax practices

AbbVie building and sign in front of a blue sky.

The letter states that AbbVie appears to have shifted profits offshore while reporting a domestic loss in the United States to avoid paying US corporate income tax. The Committee has asked the company to provide answers to specific tax questions no later than June 16, 2021.Continue Reading

Stakeholders engage on changes to OECD Model Tax Convention

The OECD has received comments from 22 stakeholders including the Big 4, Mexican Institute of Public Accountants, International Chamber of Commerce, European Business Initiative on Taxation, Business at OECD (BIAC), and Vienna University of Economics and Business, among others.Continue Reading

US suspends digital services tax retaliatory tariffs

US suspends digital services tax retaliatory tariff

On June 2, 2020, USTR initiated investigations into digital services tax adopted or under consideration in ten jurisdictions:  Austria, Brazil, the Czech Republic, the European Union, India, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and the UK.Continue Reading

EU governments agree on MNE tax reporting

EU governments agree on MNE tax reporting

The reporting will take place within 12 months from the date of the balance sheet of the financial year in question. The directive sets out the conditions under which a company may obtain the deferral of the disclosure of certain elements for a maximum of five years.Continue Reading

Joe Biden’s Budget includes key international tax measures

Joe Biden’s Budget includes key international tax measure

The Budget proposes to increase the income tax rate for C corporations from the existing rate of 21 percent to 28 percent. The proposal would be effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021. Continue Reading

US Senator raises questions about Treasury’s international tax strategy

US Senator raise questions about Treasury’s international tax strategy

The letter states that “there is bipartisan consensus for ensuring that every country plays by the same rules, including China – as President Joe Biden recently said.  No OECD agreement should provide carve-outs or exceptions for our biggest foreign competitors, including China.”Continue Reading

Global minimum corporate tax rate should be 15 percent: US Treasury

Global minimum corporate tax rate should be 15 percent

The US Treasury expressed its belief that the international tax architecture must be stabilized, that the global playing field must be fair, and that we must create an environment in which countries work together to maintain our tax bases and ensure the global tax system is equitable.Continue Reading

Parties to BEPS MLI approve key guiding principles

Parties to BEPS MLI approves key guiding principles

The Conference has agreed that as with any international agreement, the MLI shall be interpreted in good faith in accordance with the ordinary meaning to be given to the terms of the treaty in their context and in the light of its object and purpose.Continue Reading

New UN transfer pricing manual released

New UN TP manual released

The Manual is focused on transfer pricing in a global environment, while it provides guidance on design principles and policy considerations. It also addresses the practical implementation of a transfer pricing regime in developing countries and shares examples of country practices from developing countries, such as Brazil, China, India, Kenya, Mexico, and South Africa.Continue Reading

Paschal Donohoe discusses international tax reform

Paschal Donohoe discusses international tax reform

Donohoe said that he desired “an outcome that is a fair and balanced compromise by and for all the 139 countries in the OECD Inclusive Framework.”

Paschal Donohoe discussion on international tax reform

Ireland’s commitment remains resolute towards reaching an agreement on digital economy taxation, Ireland’s Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, has said.Continue Reading

Ireland consulting on tax treaty policy

Ireland consulting on tax treaty policy

The consultation period will run until May 7, 2021.

Ireland consultation on tax treaty policyIreland’s Finance Minister on April 7 launched a public consultation on Ireland’s future tax treaty policy, particularly in the context of potential outcomes of international tax discussions at the OECD.Continue Reading

Fabrizia Lapecorella to chair OECD’s Committee on Fiscal Affairs from 2022

The OECD’s Committee on Fiscal Affairs has designated Fabrizia Lapecorella as the next Chair of the Committee beginning January 2022.

Lapecorella has served as Italy’s Director General of Finance since June 2008. As Director General of Finance, she is responsible for tax policy, domestic European and international, the governance of the Tax Agencies, the coordination of the IT infrastructure serving the whole Tax Administration, and the administrative services for the Tax Judicial system.Continue Reading

OECD releases new MAP peer review reports

The reports evaluate the progress made by these eight jurisdictions in implementing any recommendations resulting from their stage 1 peer review. They take into account any developments in the period January 2018- August 2019 and build on the MAP statistics for 2016-2018.Continue Reading

OECD releases peer review reports on tax treaty shopping and abuse

OECD releases peer review reports on tax treaty shopping and abuse

The data compiled for this peer review demonstrate that the BEPS Multilateral Instrument has been the tool used by the vast majority of jurisdictions that have begun implementing the Action 6 minimum standard, and that the MLI has started to impact tax treaties of jurisdictions that have ratified it.Continue Reading

OECD releases MAP arbitration profiles of 30 tax jurisdictions

OECD releases MAP arbitration profiles

The Arbitration Profiles have been developed to provide taxpayers with additional information on the application of Part VI of the MLI for each jurisdiction choosing to apply that Part. The Arbitration Profiles also allow those jurisdictions to make publicly available clarifications on their position on the MLI Arbitration.OECD releases MAP arbitration profiles of 30 tax jurisdictions
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US, Europe discuss digital economy taxation

US, Europe discuss digital economy taxation

Janet Yellen, who took oath as the 78th Secretary of the US Department of the Treasury on January 26, held a discussion with counterparts in France, Germany and the UK on digital economy taxation.Continue Reading

Digital services taxes of Austria, Spain and UK discriminatory: United States

Digital services taxes of Austria, Spain and UK discriminatory

In a release issued on January 14, the USTR said that the each one of these digital services taxes discriminates against US companies, is inconsistent with prevailing principles of international taxation, and burden or restricts US commerce.Continue Reading

US suspends retaliatory tariffs on French digital services tax

US suspends retaliatory tariffs on French digital services tax

The US Trade Representative said that it has decided to suspend the tariffs in light of the ongoing investigation of similar DSTs adopted or under consideration in ten other jurisdictions.Continue Reading

Indian, Italian and Turkish digital service tax discriminatory: US Trade Representative

Indian, Italian and Turkish digital services tax discriminatory

US Trade Representative has published findings on digital service tax in India, Italy, and Turkey calling it discriminatory and burdensome.Continue Reading

OECD issues guidance on transfer pricing implications of COVID-19 pandemic

OECD issues guidance on transfer pricing implications of COVID-19 pandemic

The guidance on transfer pricing implications of the COVID-19 pandemic represents the consensus view of the 137 members of the OECD Inclusive Framework on BEPS.Continue Reading

Australia to focus on tax avoidance schemes

Australia focus on tax avoidance schemes

The Australian Taxation Office said that the multinational anti-avoidance law has been successfully implemented, with the restructures resulting in more than AUD 8 billion additional taxable sales being booked in Australia.Continue Reading

Singapore tax authority clarifies deductibility of digital services taxes

Singapore tax authority clarifies deductibility of digital services taxes

The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore stated that some jurisdictions have implemented unilateral measures to address the tax challenges of digitalization adding that “companies may have incurred additional taxes overseas due to such measures.”Continue Reading

MAP cases still taking a long time to be resolved: OECD

MAP cases taking a long time to be resolved

Around 85 percent of the MAPs concluded for transfer pricing cases in 2019 fully resolved the issue, which reflects an improvement in the collaborative approach taken by competent authorities.Continue Reading

No COVID support to companies that engage in tax avoidance, says Dutch government

No COVID support to companies that engage in tax avoidance_ Dutch government

Companies engaged in undesirable tax planning can apply for individual support if they satisfy two tax-related conditions concerning business location and transactions.Continue Reading

Unilateral action on digital economy taxation would heighten trade tensions: OECD

Unilateral action on digital taxation would heighten trade tensions OECD

Gurría was responding to recent statements and exchanges regarding the ongoing negotiations to address the tax challenges of the digitalisation of the economy.Continue Reading

Netherlands mulling withholding tax on dividends paid to low tax jurisdictions

Netherlands mulling withholding tax on dividends paid to low tax jurisdictions

The measure will apply to financial flows to countries with a corporate tax rate of under nine percent and to countries on the EU blacklist, even if the Netherlands has a tax treaty with them.Continue Reading

US Trade Representative to investigate digital services tax rules in EU, nine others

US Trade Representative to investigate digital services tax rules in EU, nine others

These ten trading partners are: Austria, Brazil, the Czech Republic, the European Union, India, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.Continue Reading

US Congresswoman introduces public country by country reporting Bill

US Congresswoman introduces public country by country reporting Bill

The report would include CbC financial filings for the information, including profits, taxes, employees, and tangible assets – that these corporations already provide to the IRS on an annual basis.Continue Reading

Australia expanding ‘significant global entity’ definition

Australia expanding ‘significant global entity’ definition

The definition of “significant global entity” to include members of large business groups headed by private companies, trusts, partnerships, investment entities, and individuals.Continue Reading

137 countries commit to designing rules on digital economy taxation by 2020-end

137 countries commit to design rules on digital economy taxation by 2020-end

The “safe harbour” issue is included in the list of remaining work, but a final decision on this issue will be deferred until the architecture of Pillar One has been agreed upon.Continue Reading

US responds to French digital tax with USD 2.4 billion tariffs; France calls it ‘unacceptable’

US responds to French digital tax with USD 2.4 billion tariffs; France calls it ‘unacceptable’

French Finance Minister, Bruno Le Maire, termed the US’ proposed action as unacceptable.Continue Reading

OECD official responds to tax Professor’s views on inclusive international tax policy making

OECD responds to tax Professor’s views on inclusive international tax policy making
Ben Dickinson said that the Secretariat’s role is not to propose solutions that favor one group or another but rather to explore a potential consensus solution that will appeal to states, with the inevitable compromises such a process necessitates.

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OECD preparing for ‘big bang’ reform to address digital economy taxation

Gurría also described the delivery of the OECD’s BEPS package in 2015 as one of the two “big bang” developments that transformed the global tax landscape in recent years.Continue Reading

New EU corporate tax avoidance rules enter into force

New EU corporate tax avoidance rules enter into force

The new anti-abuse measures entered into force on January 1, 2019.Continue Reading

Gibraltar provided illegal tax benefits to MNEs: EU Commission

EU Commission says Gibraltar provided illegal tax benefits to MNEs

Gibraltar must recover unpaid taxes of around EUR100m from companies that benefited from the corporate tax exemption regime for interest and royalties as well as from the five tax rulings.Continue Reading

Indian tax authority undergoing ratification process for BEPS MLI

Indian tax authority undergoing ratification process for BEPS MLI

Important process of ratifying the BEPS MLI is on. In 2019-2020, the provisions will come into effect, says Akhilesh Ranjan.

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Cayman Islands publishes tax bill to implement substance requirements

Cayman Islands publishes tax bill to implement substance requirements

The legislation seeks to incorporate the OECD’s proposals under Action 5 of the base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project, on countering harmful tax practices, as well as the new EU substance requirements.Continue Reading

Mauritius tax authority issues guidance on place of effective management

Mauritius tax authority issues guidance on place of effective management

The majority of the Board of Directors’ meetings must be held in Mauritius, or the executive management of the company must be regularly exercised in Mauritius.

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Netherlands to Deny Tax Rulings to ‘Letterbox’ Companies

Netherlands to Deny Tax Rulings to ‘Letterbox’ Companies

The author is Alex Hunter, Editor, TP News. He oversees and updates the publication and also  regularly writes news stories about transfer pricing and international tax law. Alex is reachable at editor@transferpricingnews.com  


Netherlands will be putting into place stricter requirements for the issue of international tax rulings by the end of June 2019.
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Ireland, Malta Close ‘Single Malt’ Tax Avoidance Structure

Ireland, Malta Close ‘Single Malt’ Tax Avoidance Structure

The author is Alex Hunter, Editor, TP News. He oversees and updates the publication and also  regularly writes news stories about transfer pricing and international tax law. Alex is reachable at editor@transferpricingnews.com  


Ireland and Malta have agreed to close the “Single Malt” – an aggressive tax planning structure in which some multinational corporations use a company incorporated in Ireland but tax-resident in Malta.
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OECD’s Work on Harmful Tax Practices on Track

OECD’s Work on Harmful Tax Practices on Track

The author is Alex Hunter, Editor, TP News. He oversees and updates the publication and also  regularly writes news stories about transfer pricing and international tax law. Alex is reachable on email (editor@transferpricingnews.com) and by phone (+447808558597). 


The OECD has published a report covering the assessment of 53 preferential tax regimes as part of its work under base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) Action 5, on harmful tax practices.
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Australian Taxation Office, BHP Settle Transfer Pricing Dispute

Australian Taxation Office, BHP Settle Transfer Pricing Dispute

The author is Alex Hunter, Editor, TP News. He oversees and updates the publication and also  regularly writes news stories about transfer pricing and international tax law. Alex is reachable on email (editor@transferpricingnews.com) and by phone (+447808558597). 


The Australian tax authority has settled a transfer pricing dispute with BHP in relation to the mining giant’s marketing operations in Singapore.
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Barbados to Align Tax Regime with BEPS Proposals from December 2018

Barbados to Align Tax Regime with BEPS Proposals from December 2019

The author is Alex Hunter, Editor, TP News. He oversees and updates the publication and also  regularly writes news stories about transfer pricing and international tax law. Alex is reachable on email (editor@transferpricingnews.com) and by phone (+447808558597). 


Barbados Cabinet has decided to put in place new measures to ensure that the country’s tax regime is compliant with the OECD’s base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) recommendations, Minister of International Business and Industry, Ronald Toppin, said on November 15.
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Hong Kong Gazettes Enhanced R&D Deduction

Hong Kong Gazettes Enhanced R&D Deduction

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Hong Kong Government has gazetted law to allow enhanced tax deduction for expenses incurred by business enterprises on research and development (R&D) activities in Hong Kong.

The measure was announced by Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of Hong Kong, in her 2017 Policy Address.Continue Reading

UK Announces 2% Digital Services Tax From 2020

UK Announces 2% Digital Service Tax From 2020

The author is Alex Hunter, Editor, TP News. He oversees and updates the publication and also  regularly writes news stories about transfer pricing and international tax law. Alex is reachable on email (editor@transferpricingnews.com) and by phone (+447808558597). 


UK would introduce a two percent digital services tax (DST) to ensure digital businesses pay tax that reflects the value they derive from UK users, UK Chancellor Philip Hammond announced in his October 29 Budget Speech.Continue Reading

Global Solution Needed to Tax Digital Economy: Policy Paper

Global Solution Needed to Tax Digital Economy: Policy Paper

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The US-based Association of International Certified Professional Accountants has called for international coordination to develop a global solution to the tax challenges posed by the digital economy.Continue Reading

Ukraine Publishes Draft Tax Law to Implement BEPS Proposals

Ukraine Publishes Draft Tax Law to Implement BEPS Proposals

The author is Alex Hunter, Editor, TP News. He oversees and updates the publication and also  regularly writes news stories about transfer pricing and international tax law. Alex is reachable on email (editor@transferpricingnews.com) and by phone (+447808558597). 


Ukraine has published a draft law aimed at implementing some of key measures proposed under the OECD’s base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project.
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Ireland Signs Order to Ratify BEPS Convention

Ireland Signs Order to Ratify BEPS Convention

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Ireland’s Government has signed an Order to facilitate ratification of the OECD’s Multilateral Instrument to implement tax treaty-related measures to prevent base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS).Continue Reading

EU Digital Services Tax Proposal ‘Unfair’: US Treasury Secretary

EU Digital Services Tax Proposal ‘Unfair’: US Treasury Secretary

The author is Alex Hunter, Editor, TP News. He oversees and updates the publication and also  regularly writes news stories about transfer pricing and international tax law. Alex is reachable on email (editor@transferpricingnews.com) and by phone (+447808558597). 


US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has issued a statement noting “strong” concerns with countries’ consideration of a digital services tax proposal.

In March 2018, the EU Commission announced it proposal to introduce an interim tax, which would cover the main digital activities that currently escape tax altogether in the EU.Continue Reading

Abandon Digital Services Tax Proposal: US Tells EU

Abandon Digital Services Tax Proposal: US Tells EU

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The US Senate Committee on Finance has asked the European Commission to “abandon” its proposal to introduce a three percent digital services tax on revenues arising from the supply of certain digital services.Continue Reading

Ireland Finance Bill 2018 to Include International Tax Measures

Ireland Finance Bill 2018 to Include International Tax Measures

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Ireland would introduce key international tax measures in Finance Bill 2018 to comply with the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said in his 2019 Budget Statement released on October 9. The Finance Bill 2018 is due to be published on October 18.Continue Reading

Norway’s Budget 2019 Includes BEPS Measures

Norway’s Budget 2019 Includes BEPS Measures

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The Norwegian Government on October 8 presented the country’s National Budget 2019, which includes a series of measures to tackle base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS).Continue Reading

New Zealand Reveals Details of New R&D Tax Incentive

New Zealand Reveals Details of New R&D Tax Incentive

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New Zealand Government has revealed details about the new research and development (R&D) tax incentive aimed at encouraging businesses to invest more in R&D activities.

The rate for the tax incentive will be set at 15 percent for income years starting 2019-20. All businesses, regardless of legal structure, will be eligible to claim the tax incentive.Continue Reading

Australia Seeking Input on Digital Economy Taxation

Australia Seeking Input on Digital Economy Taxation

The author is Alex Hunter, Editor, TP News. He oversees and updates the publication and also  regularly writes news stories about transfer pricing and international tax law. Alex is reachable on email (editor@transferpricingnews.com) and by phone (+447808558597). 


The Australian Government on October 2 launched for public comments a consultation document aimed at creating a fairer and more sustainable corporate tax system for the digitalized economy.Continue Reading

Cameco Wins Transfer Pricing Tax Dispute

Cameco Wins Transfer Pricing Tax Dispute

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The Tax Court of Canada has ruled in favour of leading uranium miner Cameco in a CAD2.2bn transfer pricing dispute with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

Cameco had disputed reassessments issued by CRA for the 2003, 2005, and 2006 tax years.Continue Reading

BEPS Convention to Enter into Force in Japan from January 2019

BEPS Convention to Enter into Force in Japan from January 2019

The author is Alex Hunter, Editor, TP News. He oversees and updates the publication and also  regularly writes news stories about transfer pricing and international tax law. Alex is reachable on email (editor@transferpricingnews.com) and by phone (+447808558597). 


Japan on September 26 deposited to the OECD the instrument of acceptance of the Multilateral Convention to implement tax treaty-related measures to prevent base erosion and profit shifting.
 
The BEPS Convention will enter into force for Japan on January 1, 2019.Continue Reading

EU Commission to Drop Infringement Proceedings in Ireland-Apple State Aid Decision

EU Commission to Drop Infringement Proceedings in Ireland-Apple State Aid Decision

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The EU Commission is now to withdraw infringement proceedings against Ireland as the Government has now completed full recovery of the alleged State aid from Apple.Continue Reading

No Sweet Tax Deal between Luxembourg, McDonald’s: EU Commission

No Sweet Tax Deal between Luxembourg, McDonald’s: EU Commission

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The EU Commission on September 19 decided that Luxembourg’s tax treatment of McDonald’s Europe Franchising does not violate the Luxembourg-US tax treaty and that tax rulings granted to McDonald’s do not infringe EU State aid rules.

The decision follows an in-depth investigation launched in December 2015, based on doubts that Luxembourg might have misapplied its tax treaty with the US.Continue Reading

Ireland to Expand Transfer Pricing Rules by 2020, Introduce CFC Law

Ireland to Expand Transfer Pricing Rules by 2020, Introduce CFC Law

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Ireland’s Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has published the country’s Corporation Tax Roadmap outlining the steps that the Government will take in the area of international tax law over the next few years.Continue Reading

Hybrid Mismatch Rules Enacted in Australia

Hybrid Mismatch Rules Enacted in Australia

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The Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Integrity and Other Measures No.2) Act, 2018 – which gives effect to the OECD Hybrid mismatch rules in Australia – received Royal Assent on August 24.Continue Reading

India Concluding More Bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements

India Concluding More Bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements

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The Indian tax authority, Central Board of Direct Taxes, has published its second annual report on advance pricing agreement (APA) highlighting the progress made in 2017-18.Continue Reading

MAP Peer Review Reports Out for Australia, Ireland, Japan, Five Others

MAP Peer Review Reports Out for Australia, Ireland, Japan, Five Others

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The OECD on August 30 published stage 1 mutual agreement procedure (MAP) peer review reports of the following eight jurisdictions: Australia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, and Portugal.Continue Reading

New Zealand Issues Draft BEPS Guidance

New Zealand Issues Draft BEPS Guidance

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New Zealand Inland Revenue is seeking public input on draft tax guidance aimed at helping businesses comply with the Taxation (Neutralising Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) Act, which was enacted earlier this year.Continue Reading

Switzerland Adopts Dispatch on BEPS Convention

Switzerland Adopts Dispatch on BEPS Convention

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The Swiss Federal Council on Wednesday adopted the dispatch on the OECD’s Multilateral Convention to implement tax treaty-related base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) measures.Continue Reading

MNE Tax Avoidance Law a ‘Major Victory’ for Australia

MNE Tax Avoidance Law a ‘Major Victory’ for Australia

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Over 40 multinational enterprises (MNEs) have restructured their business operations in response to Australia’s crack down on MNE tax avoidance law, ATO Deputy Commissioner Mark Konza has said.Continue Reading

Australia Passes Law to Give Force to BEPS Convention

Australia Passes Law to Give Force to BEPS Convention

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The Australian Parliament on August 16 passed a legislation to give the force of law to the OECD’s Multilateral Convention to implement tax treaty-related measures to tackle base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS).Continue Reading

Country by Country Reporting Guidance Updated in Bermuda

Country by Country Reporting Guidance Updated in Bermuda

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The Government of Bermuda has issued an updated tax guidance to assist businesses on complying with Bermuda’s country-by-country (CbC) reporting requirement.Continue Reading

Tax Bill Seeks to Improve Australia’s Thin Capitalization Regime

Tax Bill Seeks to Improve Australia’s Thin Capitalization Regime

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The Australian Treasury has published for comments a draft tax Bill that would implement two key changes to improve the country’s thin capitalization regime. The changes – first proposed in the 2018-19 Budget – are intended to apply from income years beginning on July 1, 2019.Continue Reading

UK Raises £388 million from Diverted Profits Tax Law in 2017-18

UK Raises £388 million from Diverted Profits Tax Law in 2017-18

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The UK tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), raised GBP388m from the diverted profits tax (DPT) legislation in 2017-18, according to the Transfer Pricing and Diverted Profits Tax Statistics published on July 31.Continue Reading

Malaysia Revising Tax Rules to Adopt BEPS Action 5 Minimum Standard

Malaysia Revising Tax Rules to Adopt BEPS Action 5 Minimum Standard

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The Government of Malaysia has said that it will not grant new approvals to companies in respect of tax incentives provided under MSC Malaysia Bill of Guarantee No.5.Continue Reading

MNE Tax Avoidance Thing of the Past, OECD Tells G-20

MNE Tax Avoidance Thing of the Past, OECD Tells G-20

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Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are “changing their behavior” as a direct result of recent tax measures taken to tackle base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), the OECD has told the Group of Twenty (G-20) Finance Ministers.Continue Reading

Australia Revising ‘Significant Global Entity’ Definition

Australia Revising ‘Significant Global Entity’ Definition

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The Australian Government is consulting stakeholders on a law that would extend the definition of a “significant global entity” to ensure multinational tax laws apply uniformly to all relevant entities.Continue Reading

OECD Briefs G-20 on BEPS Implementation

BEPS Project Already Having an Impact: OECD Tells G-20

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The OECD has published a progress report setting out the major tax developments that took place in the last year concerning the OECD’s base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project.Continue Reading

BusinessEurope Calls for Global Agreement on Digital Economy Taxation

BusinessEurope Calls for Global Agreement on Digital Economy Taxation

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The Confederation of European Business (BusinessEurope) has said that a global agreement is needed on changes to international tax rules concerning the digital economy to ensure a global level-playing field encompassing all major tax jurisdictions.Continue Reading

US Tax Authority Issues Final Inversion Regulations

US Tax Authority Issues Final Inversion Regulations

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The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final regulations on inversions and related transactions.

The final regulations – issued on July 12 – address transactions that are structured to avoid the purposes of sections 7874 and 367 of the Internal Revenue Code and certain post-inversion tax avoidance transactions.Continue Reading

EU Committee Calls For Fair, Uniform Taxation of Digital Economy

EU Committee Calls For Fair, Uniform Taxation of Digital Economy

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The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has called for a fair, consensus-based international solution at the OECD-level to tackle tax challenges posed by the digital economy. 

The EU advisory body said that contrary to common international corporate taxation practice, the European Commission’s proposals aims to tax businesses’ turnover instead of profits, and to levy taxes where sales take place instead of where value is created. This approach, it noted, could jeopardize the integrity of the EU single market and lead to double taxation.Continue Reading

Hong Kong Implements BEPS Minimum Standards

Hong Kong Implements BEPS Minimum Standards

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The Hong Kong Government today gazetted the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No.6) Ordinance 2018, to implement the minimum standards agreed under the base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project and to codify the transfer pricing principles into the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112).Continue Reading

UK to Amend Corporate Interest Restriction Rules

UK to Amend Corporate Interest Restriction Rules

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The UK Government has published draft legislation that would make technical amendments to the country’s corporate interest restriction rules to ensure the corporation tax regime works as intended.Continue Reading

Selective Tax Advantage to Starbucks: EU Court Hears the Netherlands

Selective Tax Advantage to Starbucks: EU Court Hears the Netherlands

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At a hearing of the General Court of the European Union on July 2, the Dutch Government put forward three points to demonstrate that it did not provide selective tax advantages to Starbucks in violation of the EU state aid rules.Continue Reading

Further Three Tax Jurisdictions Sign BEPS Convention

Further Three Tax Jurisdictions Sign BEPS Convention

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Kazakhstan, Peru, and the UAE have signed the base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) Multilateral Convention, the OECD has announced, adding that Estonia intends to sign the Convention on June 29.Continue Reading

New Zealand Finalizes MNE Tax Avoidance Rules

New Zealand Finalizes MNE Tax Avoidance Rules

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A bill aimed at tackling multinational tax avoidance will come into force on July 1, 2018, New Zealand’s Revenue Minister, Stuart Nash, has announced.Continue Reading

New OECD Guidance on Hard-to-value Intangibles, Profit Split Method

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On June 21, 2018, the OECD released two reports setting out key guidance on the application of the approach to hard-to-value intangibles, and on the application of the transactional profit split method, as part of its work on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project.Continue Reading

Switzerland to Exchange 109 CbC Reports With 35 nations

Switzerland to Exchange 109 CbC Reports With 35 nations

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The Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA) will exchange this month 109 country-by-country (CbC) reports of multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) with 35 foreign tax jurisdictions.Continue Reading

2017 Update to UN Tax Convention Released

The United Nations has published the 2017 update to the UN Model Tax Convention, which incorporates changes agreed as part of the base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project.

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The United Nations has published the 2017 update to the UN Model Tax Convention, which incorporates changes agreed as part of the base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project.Continue Reading

OECD Report Card on CbC Reporting Implementation Out

OECD Report Card on CbC Reporting Implementation Out

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60 out of 90 countries have introduced tax legislation to implement country-by-country (CbC) reporting obligation for multinational enterprises (MNEs), in line with Action 13 of the base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project, according to a May 24 OECD report.Continue Reading

BEPS Convention to Enter Into Force in July

BEPS Convention to Enter Into Force in July

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The OECD’s Multilateral Convention to implement tax treaty-related measures to prevent base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) will enter into force on July 1, 2018.Continue Reading

Countries Agree to Reach Consensus on Digital Taxation by 2020

Countries Agree to Reach Consensus on Digital Taxation by 2020

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The OECD on March 16 released its Interim Report on the Tax Challenges Arising from Digitalisation, noting a lack of consensus among countries on either the merit or the need for interim measures to address the tax challenges posed by the digital economy.Continue Reading

Australia Consulting on Draft Hybrid Mismatch Tax Rules

Australia Consulting on Draft Hybrid Mismatch Tax Rules

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On March 8, 2018, the Australian Government released for public comments revised exposure draft legislation aimed at tackling hybrid mismatch arrangements.Continue Reading

MNEs Using Irish, Dutch Tax Systems to Avoid Tax: Commission Report

MNEs Using Irish, Dutch Tax Systems to Avoid Tax: Commission Report

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In a first, the European Commission has stressed that tax rules in seven EU member states facilitate corporate tax avoidance by multinational enterprises (MNEs).Continue Reading

Ireland’s FM Discusses Corporate Tax Rate, US Tax Reform

Ireland’s FM Discusses Corporate Tax Rate, US Tax Reform

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In his recent address to the Irish Tax Institute, Ireland’s Finance Minister, Paschal Donohoe, outlined views on critical tax issues such as the country’s low corporate tax rate, the impact of US tax reforms, and digital taxation.Continue Reading

Netherlands Underlines Plan to Tackle Tax Avoidance

Netherlands Underlines Plan to Tackle Tax Avoidance

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In a 24-page long letter to the country’s Parliament, Dutch State Secretary for Finance, Menno Snel, has set out a detailed tax plan to tackle multinational tax avoidance, including measures to prevent the internationally-oriented Dutch tax system from being used as a conduit to tax havens.Continue Reading

Brazil to Revisit Transfer Pricing Regime

Brazil to Revisit Transfer Pricing Regime

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The OECD is working with Brazil to examine the similarities and gaps between the Brazilian and OECD approaches to valuing related-party, cross-border transactions for tax purposes.Continue Reading

EC Publishes Non-confidential Version of Luxembourg-Amazon State Aid Decision

EC Publishes Non-confidential Version of Luxembourg-Amazon State Aid Decision

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On February 26, 2018, the European Commission published the non-confidential version of its decision concluding that Luxembourg granted undue tax benefits worth around EUR250m to Amazon.Continue Reading

EU Digital Tax ‘Ship’ Has Sailed: Commissioner Moscovici

Europe will introduce changes to address the tax challenges posed by the digital economy

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Europe is determined to introduce key changes to the EU corporate tax framework to address the tax challenges posed by the digital economy, EU Tax Commissioner Pierre Moscovici has said.Continue Reading

Singapore Updates Transfer Pricing Guidance

Singapore Updates Transfer Pricing Guidance

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On February 23, 2018, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) published key updates and amendments to the country’s transfer pricing guidelines, including new transfer pricing documentation requirements.Continue Reading

UK Publishes Tax Guidance on MAP Framework

UK Publishes Tax Guidance on MAP Framework

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On February 20, 2018, the UK Government published “Statement of Practice 1 (2018)” on the country’s mutual agreement procedure (MAP) framework. The Statement supersedes “Statement of Practice 1 (2011).”Continue Reading

Australia to Retrospectively Amend MAAL

Australian Government publishes draft Bill, which would retrospectively amend the Multinational Anti-Avoidance Law (MAAL)

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On February 12, 2018, the Australian Government published for stakeholders’ comments a draft Bill, which would retrospectively amend the Multinational Anti-Avoidance Law (MAAL) to prevent multinationals from avoiding the application of the MAAL through the use of foreign trusts and partnerships in corporate structures.Continue Reading

US Tax Authority Increases APA User Fees

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has increased user fees for advance pricing agreement (APA) requests filed from July 1, 2018, with a further increase from January 1, 2019.

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The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has increased user fees for advance pricing agreement (APA) requests filed from July 1, 2018, with a further increase from January 1, 2019.Continue Reading

Norway Publishes Taxpayer Guidance on MAP Framework

On February 7, 2018, the Norwegian Government published detailed taxpayer guidance on the mutual agreement procedure (MAP) framework set out in Norway’s tax treaties.

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On February 7, 2018, the Norwegian Government published detailed taxpayer guidance on the mutual agreement procedure (MAP) framework set out in Norway’s tax treaties.Continue Reading

OECD Issues Further CbC Guidance, Updates Preferential Regime Reviews

The OECD today released additional guidance for tax administrations and multinational corporations on the implementation of country-by-country (CbC) reporting requirement.

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The OECD today released additional guidance for tax administrations and multinational corporations on the implementation of country-by-country (CbC) reporting requirement.Continue Reading

Australia Consulting on Draft Legislation to Implement BEPS Convention

The Australian Government today published for stakeholders’ comments a draft legislation to implement the OECD’s Multilateral Convention to implement tax treaty-related base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) measures in Australia.

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The Australian Government today published for stakeholders’ comments a draft legislation to implement the OECD’s Multilateral Convention to implement tax treaty-related base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) measures in Australia.Continue Reading

Legislative Proposal on EU Rules on Digital Economy Taxation Likely in March 2018

EU List of Non-cooperative tax jurisdictions

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The European Commission is likely to table a legislative proposal on EU rules on taxation of profits of multinational corporations in the digital economy by March 2018.Continue Reading

Indian 2018 Budget Introduces Virtual PE Concept to Tax Business Profits

TP News India Tax

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On February 1, 2018, India’s Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, issued the country’s 2018 Budget, which introduces a new permanent establishment (PE) nexus based on virtual economic presence to tax business profits of foreign enterprises.Continue Reading

Google Happy to Pay More Taxes: Sundar Pichai

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Google is happy to pay a higher amount of tax, Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google Inc, has said.Continue Reading

UK, US, Six Others Launch Multilateral Tax Risk Assurance Program For MNEs

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Eight tax administrations, including the UK and the US, have launched a pilot program for the multilateral risk assessment of multinational corporations.Continue Reading

Panama, Malaysia, Four Others Sign OECD’s BEPS Convention

Tax administration commit to exchanging CbC reports

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Barbados, Côte d’Ivoire, Jamaica, Malaysia, Panama, and Tunisia have newly signed the base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) Multilateral Convention, the OECD announced on January 24, 2018.Continue Reading

Panama, Others Removed from EU’s List of Non-cooperative Tax Jurisdictions

EU List of Non-cooperative tax jurisdictions

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Following commitments made at a high political level to remedy EU concerns, the Council of the European Union, on January 23, 2018, removed eight tax jurisdictions, including Panama, from the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes.

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UK ‘Brought In’ Over GBP8bn from Large Companies in 2016-17

UK Corporate Tax

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Mel Stride, Financial Secretary to the UK Treasury, has said that the Government has brought in and protected more than GBP8bn in 2016-17 from UK’s largest companies.Continue Reading

US IRS Issues Five New Transfer Pricing Directives

US Internal Revenue Service publishes tax directives on key transfer pricing matters

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On January 16, 2018, the US Internal Revenue Service published five new tax directives, which provide instructions to Large Business & International (LB&I) examiners on key transfer pricing matters.Continue Reading

New South Africa Tax Guidance on Prohibition of Deductions for “Tainted” IP

South Africa guidance on prohibition of deductions for tainted intellectual property

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The South African Revenue Service has issued detailed guidance on the interpretation and application of section 23I of the Income Tax (IT) Act, which relates to the prohibition of deductions for “tainted” intellectual property (IP).Continue Reading

Malaysian Tax Authority Issues Taxpayer Guidance On MAP

Malaysian taxpayer guidance on MAP

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On January 11, 2018, the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia released detailed taxpayer guidance on the mutual agreement procedure (MAP) framework contained in tax treaties.Continue Reading

Hong Kong Implements Country-by-Country Reporting Requirement

Hong Kong Bill implements transfer pricing, BEPS rules

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On December 29, 2017, Hong Kong gazetted the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 6) Bill, 2017, which provides for an implementation framework for country-by-country (CbC) reporting in Hong Kong.Continue Reading

Hong Kong Gazettes Transfer Pricing Changes

Hong Kong Bill implements transfer pricing, BEPS rules

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On December 29, 2017, Hong Kong gazetted the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 6) Bill, 2017, which codifies transfer pricing principles into the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112) and implements the OECD’s BEPS minimum standards.Continue Reading

2017 Update to OECD Model Tax Convention Released

Tax administration commit to exchanging CbC reports

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On December 18, 2017, the OECD released the 2017 edition of the OECD Model Tax Convention, which incorporates significant changes developed under BEPS project.Continue Reading

Over 1,400 automatic exchange relationships in place

Tax administration commit to exchanging CbC reports

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There are now over 1,400 automatic exchange relationships in place among tax administrations committed to exchanging country-by-country (CbC) reports as of mid-2018.Continue Reading