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OECD addresses dividends received, employee count in updated country-by-country reporting guidance

September 13, 2018

OECD today updated its guidance on country-by-country reporting for multinationals, providing clarifications to . . .

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New OECD guidance on attribution of profits to PEs reflects BEPS changes 

March 22, 2018

The OECD today released guidance on the attribution of profits to permanent establishments (PEs), reflecting changes made to the PE standards in the final report to Action 7 of the OECD/G20 base erosion profit shifting (BEPS) plan and to Article 5 of the . . .

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OECD releases comments on international tax rules for digital economy

October 25, 2017

The OECD on October 25 released public comments from 52 individuals and groups on the design of new international tax rules for digital firms. The comments aim to help an OECD task force prepare an interim report on the issue, to be presented to G20 finance ministers in April 2018. It is widely acknowledged that the current . .

Africa

Macau, Mauritius, Ukraine join the ‘inclusive framework on BEPS’ to combat multinational tax avoidance

November 26, 2016

Macau, Mauritius, and Ukraine have joined the ‘inclusive framework on BEPS,’ a group of countries that have pledged to promote the implementation of measures to combat . . .

Featured News

OECD releases comments on draft tax guidance relating to profit splits, permanent establishment

September 8, 2016

The OECD today released 107 comment letters, mostly from business representatives, that respond to two OECD discussion drafts providing for common tax rules to be used to allocate multinational corporation profits among the countries in which they operate. Fifty-five comment letters relate to the OECD’s proposed revisions to its transfer pricing . . .

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OECD releases 14 comments letters on conforming amendments to transfer pricing guidance

August 24, 2016

The OECD on August 24 released letters from 14 organizations responding to its request for comments on draft conforming amendments to Chapter IX of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines titled
. . .

Europe

Ireland ratifies BEPS MLI to fight MNE tax avoidance

January 29, 2019

Today, Ireland deposited its instrument of ratification for the multilateral . . .

Asia-Pacific

Israel, Lithuania ratify BEPS multilateral convention

September 13, 2018

Israel and Lithuania have ratified a multilateral tax treaty designed to curtail tax avoidance by multinational groups . . .

Featured News

OECD discussion draft addresses transfer pricing aspects of financial transactions

July 3, 2018

The OECD today released its long-awaited discussion draft on the transfer pricing aspects of financial transactions. Countries are having a difficult time reaching agreement on these issues; thus, as expected, the draft guidance . . .

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Draft “toolkit” for developing countries addresses mining tax incentives

June 18, 2018

A new draft “toolkit” for developing countries, released today, addresses tax incentives used by the developing countries designed to attract foreign and . . .

Europe

BEPS multilateral instrument to enter into force July 1, OECD says

March 22, 2018

The OECD announced today the entry into force of the BEPS multilateral instrument — a multilateral tax treaty used by countries to swiftly add provisions to their existing bilateral tax treaties that were agreed to . . .

Americas

Peru amends law to exclude OECD countries from definition of tax haven: EY→

January 23, 2018
Multinational

Guidance needed on transfer pricing for digital business models, authors say: Christoph Spengel & and Marcel Olbert / TPPI→

October 2, 2017
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BEPS measures may be limited by EU law: Sjoerd Douma / SSRN→

July 12, 2017
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The new OECD/G20 guidance aligning transfer pricing outcomes with value creation: upending international contract law

May 4, 2017

US international transfer pricing attorneys Robert Feinschreiber and Margaret Kent discuss guidance developed during the OECD/G20 base erosion profit shifting (BEPS) project which applies transfer pricing concepts to contracts. . .

Multinational

Country-by-country reporting should be extended to include most MNEs controlled by private investment funds, prof argues: Omri Y. Marian / SSRN→

January 6, 2017

See: SSRN.

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Business seeks greater role in crafting multilateral instrument to implement BEPS tax measures

July 5, 2016

The OECD on July 4 released 33 comment letters received in response to its discussion draft on the development of a multilateral instrument to implement the tax treaty provisions in the final OECD/G20 base erosion profit shifting (BEPS) plan reports. All the comment letters released, except for one, submitted by the BEPS Monitoring . . .

Americas

Countries won’t abandon arm’s length principle in global tax overhaul, US official says

February 2, 2019

Despite language in a recent “Inclusive Framework on BEPS” policy note, there is little chance that countries working to update the rules governing the allocation of taxing rights . . .

Americas

Cayman Islands proposes economic substance tax rules for offshore business

December 12, 2018

The Cayman Islands has proposed new “economic substance” requirements for foreign businesses in an effort to stave off blacklisting by the European Union . . .

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OECD/IGF final reports address BEPS tax avoidance in mining sector

October 22, 2018

The OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration and the IGF, a group of about 60 countries that are also UN members, on October 19, released three final practice notes addressing tax . . .

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G20 finance ministers consider tax implications of digitalization, tax certainty

March 20, 2017

G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, in a communique following their March 17–18 meeting in Baden-Baden, Germany, called on an OECD task force to produce an interim . . .

Featured News

OECD draft examples address tax treaty “principal purpose test” for non-CIV funds

January 6, 2017

The OECD has today released for public comment three draft examples addressing the application of the OECD/G20 base erosion profit shifting (BEPS) Action 6 principal purpose test to . . . 

Americas

Tax officials preview coming OECD guidance on profit splits, attribution of profits to PEs

June 12, 2016

Tax officials provided an update of international tax and transfer pricing guidance currently being developed at the OECD, including work on profit splits and on attribution of profits to permanent establishments (PEs), at Washington DC conference sponsored by the OECD, USCIB, and . . .

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IMF, OECD, UN, and Word Bank Group to jointly work on multinational business tax issues

April 19, 2016

The International Monetary Fund, OECD, United Nations, and World Bank Group today released a concept note outlining their plan to work together to help governments address the tax policy . . .

Americas

Belize signs and Monaco ratifies BEPS mulitlateral tax treaty

January 13, 2019

The OECD on January 11 announced that . . .

Digital Economy

Professors propose withholding tax on cross-border business-to-business services in lieu of BEPS digital economy report alternatives: Andrés Báez Moreno & Yariv Brauner / SSRN→

May 2, 2018
Featured News

Updated BEPS country-by-country reporting guidance defines consolidated group revenue

February 8, 2018

The OECD today announced that the “Inclusive Framework on BEPS” a coalition of over 100 countries, has updated its guidance on country-by-country reporting by multinationals. The guidance is used by countries in . . .

Featured News

OECD releases draft update to Model Tax Convention

July 11, 2017

OECD today released a draft of the 2017 update to the OECD Model Tax Convention, which is used by many countries as a basis to negotiate bilateral tax treaties. The OECD said that many . . .

Featured News

Tax officials preview coming OECD transfer pricing guidelines on financial transactions

June 14, 2017

Draft OECD transfer pricing guidelines on related party financial transactions, slated for release this summer, will include important guidance for multinationals on intercompany loans, cash pooling, and reinsurance, though reaching consensus among countries on some fundamental issues is . . .

Featured News

Draft OECD transfer pricing guidance released on hard-to-value intangibles

May 23, 2017

The OECD today released a discussion draft providing guidance to tax administrations on how to implement transfer pricing guidelines on transfers of hard-to-value intangibles. An approach to hard-to-value . . .

Multinational

Differing treatment of “goods” and “services” special tax zones harms developing countries, profs say: Reuven Avi-Yonah & Martin Vallespinos / SSRN→

March 22, 2017

See: SSRN.

Multinational

OECD should urge widespread adoption of mandatory binding arbitration to counter coming surge in tax disputes, Ernick says: David Ernick / Bloomberg BNA→

March 8, 2017

See: Bloomberg BNA.

More News

OECD publishes updated manual on preventing BEPS through interest deduction limits

December 22, 2016

The OECD on December 22 published a report on limiting base erosion involving interest deductions and other financial payments, updating . . .

More News

OECD surveys business about need for tax certainty

October 18, 2016

The OECD today invited business representatives to respond to a survey on how tax certainty promotes . . .

Europe

OECD finalizing BEPS multilateral instrument, concerned about EU state aid tax probes

September 22, 2016

Officials are putting the finishing touches on the multilateral instrument (MLI) to implement the OECD/G20 base erosion profit shifting (BEPS) measures, keeping it on track to be finalized this fall, senior . . . 

Africa

Jamaica, Angola, Seychelles join BEPS effort to crack down on MNE tax avoidance

July 19, 2016

Jamaica, Angola, and Seychelles have joined the framework to implement the OECD/G20 base erosion profit shifting (BEPS) project to combat multinational tax avoidance, the . . .

Featured News

G7 leaders pledge to steadily adopt BEPS international tax measures

May 31, 2016

Leaders of the G-7 nations of the US, UK, Canada, France, Japan, Germany, and Italy, following their meeting in Ise-Shima, Japan, vowed to “lead by example” by implementing the OECD/G20 base erosion profit shifting (BEPS) package in . . .

Featured News

G20 finance ministers endorse OECD plan to open BEPS project to all countries

February 29, 2016

G20 finance ministers, during their February 26–27 meeting in Shanghai, approved an OECD-developed plan to allow all countries to participate in the implementation of base erosion profit shifting (BEPS) . . .

Africa

Assessment of “harmful” tax regimes released, inquiry moves to low-tax jurisdictions

January 31, 2019

The OECD has published a progress report detailing whether countries are meeting their commitments to . . .

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