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Tomas Balco appointed head of OECD transfer pricing unit
Tomas Balco has been appointed Head of the Transfer Pricing Unit in the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, the OECD announced . . .
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Ireland granted Apple illegal state aid through tax rulings sanctioning stateless income, EU says
The European Commission on August 30 announced it has concluded that Ireland granted Apple about €13 billion (USD 14.5 billion) in illegal state aid by issuing tax rulings to the company that inappropriately lowered its tax liability in 2003–2014. To restore fair competition, Apple must repay the aid to plus interest, the Commission said. The determination comes after a two year investigation . . .
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Apple CEO calls state aid decision “political crap”: Los Angeles Times→
Obama to address Apple decision at G20: AP→
Irish Cabinet agrees to appeal Apple decision: RTE News→
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OECD draft tackles multinational corporation tax avoidance though payments to branches
The OECD today released a draft report for countries that seek to improve their laws to counteract tax avoidance by multinationals through “branch mismatch structures.” The draft targets situations where a multinational group arranges its affairs to . . .
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Europe
Leaked EU anti-tax avoidance directive includes interest deduction limits, GAAR, exit tax
A proposed EU anti-tax avoidance directive, to be presented this month by the European Commission, will include rules limiting interest deductibility, a general antiabuse rule (GAAR), controlled foreign company rules, hybrid mismatch . . .
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G20 finance ministers consider digital economy taxation, crypto-assets, future technologies
G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, during their July 21–22 Buenos Aires, Argentina, meeting reaffirmed their commitment to reach multilateral agreement on the taxation of the digital economy. The ministers also agreed that crypto-assets could be used for tax evasion, endorsed a paper that makes tax policy recommendations . . .
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Over 100 countries adopt multilateral convention to close tax treaty loopholes, improve international tax system
On 24 November more than 100 jurisdictions concluded negotiations on a multilateral instrument to swiftly implement a series of tax treaty measures to update the international tax rules and diminish the opportunity for tax avoidance by multinational enterprises, writes Davide Anghileri of the University of Lausanne . . .
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Multinationals asked to assess MAP tax dispute resolution in US, UK, Belgium, Canada, Netherlands, Switzerland
The OECD has today asked international business to report grievances about the mutual agreement procedure (MAP) for resolving cross-border tax disputes in the US, UK, Belgium, Canada, Netherlands, and Switzerland. The OECD seeks responses to a . . .
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US has agreed to country-by-country tax info exchange with 11 countries, OECD says
The United States has so far put in place 11 bilateral competent authority arrangements for the automatic exchange of country-by-country reports, the OECD reported a June 22 release. The US now has . . .
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Ireland’s legal arguments in Apple State aid tax case published
Mary Cosgrove, a tax lecturer at the J. E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics at the National University of Ireland, discusses Ireland’s arguments in the Apple State aid case before the Court of Justice of the European Union, as revealed in the government’s summary of legal proceedings, released today . . . .
Europe
Luxembourg must allow court challenge to validity of French tax information exchange request, CJEU Advocate General says
EU law requires that a company be given the opportunity to challenge a tax information order issued to implement a tax exchange of information request on the grounds that the request lacks “forseeable relevance,” Advocate . . .
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WTO ruling prohibits Boeing’s Washington State tax break: BBC News→
See: BBC News. More: CBS News, Wall Street Journal, Seattle Times. Original Source: WTO.
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EU Commission scoreboard identifies non-EU countries that potentially enable tax avoidance
As part of an effort to devise an EU-wide common list of tax havens, the EU Commission today released a scoreboard designed to help identify countries located outside the EU that enable multinational corporation tax avoidance. Eighty-one countries – including the US, China, and India – were identified. . .
Europe
UK to extend country-by-country tax reporting to partnerships
The UK’s HM Revenue and Customs today announced that it will propose amendments to existing country-by-country reporting regulations applicable to large multinational enterprises to add . . .
