Indian and Austrian government officials on February 6 signed a protocol to their 1999 tax treaty that would broaden the scope of the countries’ existing framework of exchange of tax. . . .
The Netherlands’ Director of General Tax Administration, Dr. JAJ (Hans) Leijtens, has resigned his post, the Netherlands government
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Dr. Paloma Schwarz Martínez, University of Luxembourg, discusses a new bill under consideration by Parliament that would incorporate some of the BEPS transfer pricing changes into Luxembourg law . . .
The European Commission has published a non confidential version of its decision to open an investigation into whether Gibraltar’s tax ruling practice violates . . .
The Isle of Man government announced this week that three tax information exchange agreements signed with other nations. . .
Finland’s President on June 22 appointed Petteri Orpo as Minister of Finance . . .
Tax experts, including officials from Germany, the IMF, World Bank Group, and OECD, offered their views on joint audits for multinational corporations, public country-by-country reporting, and tax incentives offered by developing countries at a conference held . . .
Professor Edoardo Traversa and Pierre Sabbadini analyze the EU Commission’s decision, made public May 5, that Belgium’s excess profit rulings tax scheme is illegal under State aid rules. . .
As expected, the ECOFIN Council today approved a directive establishing a new system for resolving double taxation disputes between EU member states. The new directive on tax dispute resolution follows an agreement reached by EU nations on May 23. It was approved without discussion. Member states will have until June . . .
A steering group charged with preparing a new plan for Swiss corporate tax reform has presented its objectives and recommendations, called Tax Proposal 17, writes
Davide Anghileri of the University of Lausanne . . .
The German cabinet has approved a draft law limiting tax deductions for cross-border royalty payments to related parties, writes Berlin-based practitioner, Ninja-Antonia Reggelin . . .
Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court, in a decision made public yesterday, has concluded that a bank in the Swiss Canton of Ticino is prohibited from divulging the names of lawyers and a law firm associated with the bank’s US clients to the US IRS and Department of Justice, writes guest author Davide Anghileri . . .
The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has announced that Singapore and the United Kingdom have signed a competent authority agreement establishing . . .
Irish Revenue has today released guidelines establishing a formal bilateral advance pricing agreement (APA) program to provide certainty for multinational corporation transfer pricing . . .
The OECD on April 6 released public comments to a discussion draft intended to clarify the tax treaty residence of pension funds. The discussion draft, part of follow-up work . . .
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