May 18, 2014
On May 7, 2014 Guernsey signed a tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) with Belgium. The agreement had already been approved...
May 18, 2014
Germany has issued draft guidance to replace prior advice on the corporate tax loss limitation rules. The current guidance was...
May 18, 2014
Germany is to impose stronger value added tax (VAT) penalties in relation to cases where the taxpayer has voluntarily disclosed...
May 18, 2014
The ECOFIN Council, consisting of economic and finance ministers of EU countries, has looked at a proposal for a financial...
May 18, 2014
The European Banking Federation (EBF) considers that the introduction of a financial transaction tax (FTT) by some European Union member...
May 18, 2014
The European parliament has given its approval to new rules that will permit a rise in customs duties on the...
May 18, 2014
At the EU’s ECOFIN meeting of economic and financial ministers on 6 May 2014 a joint statement was issued by...
May 18, 2014
A new regulation has been inserted into the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) agreement to incorporate changes already made under...
May 18, 2014
A new double tax agreement (DTA) has been signed by New Zealand and Vietnam. The agreement which came into force...
May 18, 2014
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has dismissed an attempt by the UK to challenge the legality...
May 18, 2014
The Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation (SAT) has jointly issued an announcement that tax breaks to...
May 11, 2014
The Chairman of the US Ways and Means Committee has conducted a hearing to determine which “tax extenders” that expired...
May 11, 2014
Talks with Russia on an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) in connection with the FATCA legislation have been suspended by the US....
May 11, 2014
An annual survey of the views of US Chief Executive Offices (CEOs) reveals that more than 80 percent of those...
May 11, 2014
The government has announced its intention to reduce the corporate tax rate to 20% in 2015.
May 11, 2014
The victory of a newspaper group in a legal action against HMRC in relation to a large VAT penalty shows...
May 11, 2014
A raft of economic reforms has been published by Ukraine including some tax measures. Government revenue is to be increased...
May 11, 2014
The VAT rate in Thailand may need to be increased from 7 percent to 10 percent as the economic growth...