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Feedback sought in review of 8 countries’ tax dispute resolution processes
The OECD on June 9 asked multinational firms to provide feedback regarding their experiences with the tax dispute resolution processes in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Korea, Norway, Poland, Singapore and Spain. The eight countries’ mutual . . .
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Europe
EU Advocate General approves directive excluding digital publications supplied electronically from reduced VAT
The EU VAT Directive is valid in so far as it applies a reduced rate of tax only to printed books, newspapers and periodicals, as well as to digital books which are supplied by means of a physical medium, as opposed to digital publications supplied electronically . . .
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31 nations sign agreement on exchange of country-by-country transfer pricing reports
In an effort to provide their tax administrations with more tools to combat corporate tax avoidance through transfer pricing, officials from 31 countries today signed an agreement setting . . .
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Ordinary VAT rate on e-books is valid, European court concludes
Davide Anghileri of the University of Lausanne discusses a March 7 European Court of Justice ruling concluding that the EU VAT directive is valid under EU law even though it excludes electronically-supplied digital books, newspapers, and periodicals from a reduced rate of VAT . . .
Europe
Poland to tighten thin cap rules
Poland’s President, Bronislaw Komorowski, on Sept. 17, signed into law changes to the thin capitalization rules that reduce the debt-to-equity ratio to 1:1, broaden the definition of “qualifying entity,” extend the rules to indirect relationships, and introduce new methods to determine tax deducible interest limits, writes KPMG Poland in an Oct. 2 report. For discussion of the new law, see KPMG (PDF 126 KB).
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US and Poland sign Model 1 FATCA IGA
The US Treasury Department has updated its FATCA website, reporting that Poland has signed a Model 1 intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the United States as of October 7. Agreement
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US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves eight long-pending tax treaties, Rand Paul not present for the vote
In a surprising development, the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on November 10 approved without amendment proposed income tax treaties with Chile, Hungary, and Poland; proposed tax protocols with Japan, Luxembourg, Spain, and Switzerland; and a proposed protocol amending the multilateral mutual administrative assistance treaty. . .
