The 137 countries that make up the “Inclusive Framework on BEPS” are having a difficult time reaching agreement on an update to the global rules for allocating multinational group profits among nations, according to Pascal Saint-Amans, OECD Center for Tax Policy and Administration. Saint-Amans warned. . .
Jian‑Cheng Ku, Gabriël van Gelder, and Mehdi el Manouzi of DLA Piper Nederland N.V., Amsterdam, discuss April 3 guidance released by the OECD Secretariat addressing how governments should apply standard tax treaty provisions when multinational group taxpayers or their employees are forced to change their behavior to comply with COVID‑19 travel restrictions and quarantines . . .
In a statement released after their January 29–30 meeting, 137 countries that make up the “Inclusive Framework on BEPS” renewed their commitment to try to reach an agreement on an update to the tax rules for multinational groups by the end of 2020 using a two-pillar approach. The member countries also adopted the OECD’s proposed “unified approach,” with important modifications and clarifications, as the basis for further negotiations on pillar one . . .
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