What We're Reading–MNE Tax

Europe

Ireland’s guidance on Knowledge Development Box updated: Irish Tax and Duty Manual→

October 24, 2018

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EU states disagree on whether non-EU countries should become candidates for tax blacklist if they don’t force beneficial ownership disclosures: Joe Kirwin/ Bloomberg Tax→

Asia-Pacific

Australian bid to cut corporate rate to 25 percent fails: The Ecopch Times→

Americas

Trump administration to propose “reciprocal tax” on imports to counter unfair practices as soon as this week: Jordan Fabian / The Hill→

February 14, 2018

Asia-Pacific

Israel to challenge Google, Facebook tax payments: Efrat Neuman-/ Haaretz.com→

November 15, 2017

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US off EU tax have blacklist despite failing transparency criteria: Joe Kirwin / Bloomberg BNA→

November 13, 2017

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EU Commission sues to force Ireland to recover Apple tax in State aid challenge: Philip Blenkinsop / Reuters→

October 5, 2017

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Britain blocking EU tax blacklist to protect overseas territories, German official claims: Mark Chandler / Express→

September 12, 2017

Americas

US, Israel to renegotiate tax treaty withholding rates: Hagai Amit / Haaretz→

Americas

WTO again rules Washington State business tax reduction benefiting Boeing is illegal: Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times→

Europe

Netherlands bill would increase transfer pricing documentation penalties: Robert Sledz / Thompsons Reuters Tax & Accounting→

Asia-Pacific

Google Australia to fight tax bill: Tony Yoo / Business Insider→

Multinational

Professors recommend conditional withholding tax on intragroup payments to combat tax avoidance: Jan Vleggeert & Henk Vording / SSRN→

Multinational

UN portfolio assists developing countries counter base-eroding payments from services: UN Financing for Development→

See: Protecting the Tax Base of Developing Countries against Base Erosion: Income from Services.

Asia-Pacific

Vietnam adopts transfer pricing decree: Nguyen Huong Giang / VietNamNet→

See: VietNamNet.

Europe

Romania poised to join BEPS implmentation forum: Daniel Florea / AGERPRES→

See: AGERPRES.

Asia-Pacific

No changes planned for India-Netherlands tax treaty: Sachin Dave & Vishal Dutta / The Economic Times→

January 12, 2017

See: The Economic Times.

Europe

UK threatens 10 percent corp rate if EU trade deal or bank access fails, source says: Reuters→

October 24, 2016

See: Reuters.

Asia-Pacific

Arbitration sought over Nepal tax bill stemming from acquisition of telecommunications provider: Mobile World Live→

Europe

EU Commission assessing whether probe needed to determine if Ireland aids to Google regarding tax: Dara Doyle & Aoife White / Bloomberg→

Austria

EU digital services tax may face legal challenge on multiple fronts: Hamza Ali & Isabel Gottlieb / Bloomberg Tax→

January 23, 2019

Asia-Pacific

China plans company tax cuts, VAT reform: Reuters→

January 11, 2019

Asia-Pacific

China’s new tax on foreign workers takes effect: Sidney Leng / South China Morning Post→

January 2, 2019

Asia-Pacific

Australia hybrid mismatch law passes parliament, awaits Royal Assent: EY→

August 18, 2018

Europe

At least 48 companies could be caught by EU State aid probe into UK CFC group financing exception: Bloomberg→

Asia-Pacific

Israeli tax authority may need to refund VAT paid by publishers that received payments for ad space sold to Google Ireland: Bloomberg Tax→

Asia-Pacific

Singapore court rejects challenge to information exchange under tax treaty: IRAS→

Asia-Pacific

Facebook Australia settles with tax authority, pays AUD 31m (USD 23.2 m) more for tax years 2009–2015: Chris Duckett / ZDNet→

Asia-Pacific

Thailand’s Cabinet agrees to law requiring transfer pricing documentation: The Nation→

January 11, 2018

Multinational

Professors assess firm, tax profession, and civil society success in lobbying BEPS Project: Christina Elschner, Inga Hardeck & Marcel Max / ResearchGate→

January 4, 2018

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Congo’s lower house passes law raising mining tax: Aaron Ross / Reuters→

December 11, 2017

Europe

Netherlands issued 539 private tax rulings in 2016, fewest since 2010: Pearse Trust→

Multinational

UN portfolio assists developing countries counter base-eroding payments from interest, financing costs: UN Financing for Development→

See: Protecting the Tax Base of Developing Countries against Base-eroding Payments: Interest and Other Financing Expenses.

Americas

UVA professor analyzes tax EU State aid law as applied to tax rulings: Ruth Mason / SSRN→

See: SSRN.

Americas

WTO ruling prohibits Boeing’s Washington State tax break: BBC News→

November 28, 2016

See: BBC News. More: CBS News, Wall Street Journal, Seattle Times. Original Source: WTO.

Europe

UK to reject EU Commission CCCTB plan: The Guardian→

October 21, 2016

See: The Guardian.

Americas

US Supreme Court denies certiorari in Gillette case which held MTC apportionment formula not binding on California: Lawrence Hurley / Reuters→

October 11, 2016

See: Reuters.

Americas

Authors address US model tax treaty special tax regimes, subsequent law changes: Allison Christians & Alexander Ezenagu / SSRN→

Europe

UK Public Accounts Committee concludes it’s impossible to tell if £130 million Google tax settlement was fair: UK Parliament→

February 24, 2016

See: UK Parliament.

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