Americas

A regulatory tax hike on US multinationals

Daniel Bunn, Tax Foundation, discusses why a meaningful tax hike for multinational companies has already been adopted while much of the policy focus has been on proposals embedded in the Build Back Better agenda, which still has not yet made its way through the US Congress.

Americas

Costa Rica joins OECD

The OECD officially welcomed Costa Rica as its 38th member country on May 25 after it completed the process for ratification of the OECD convention and deposited its instrument of accession . . .

Americas

Sweeping Chile tax reform plan proposes tax on digital services, restores corporate tax integration

Francisco Sepúlveda of RGS Abogados discusses the Chilean government’s proposed tax reform plan, presented August 23, which would reestablish full corporate tax integration, introduce new permanent establishment definitions, weaken the GAAR, enhance deductible business expenses, and impose a new withholding tax on digital services to be collected by credit card companies, among other measures . . .