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IMF working paper examines effects of tax treaties with investment hubs

October 27, 2018

An IMF working paper was released on 24 October 2018 entitled The Cost and Benefits of Tax Treaties with Investment...

World Bank: Report on the changing nature of work

October 25, 2018

On 12 October 2018 the World Bank issued World Development Report 2019: The Changing Nature of Work. The report notes that...

Argentina: AFIP publishes information regarding CbC reporting

October 25, 2018

On October 24, 2018, the tax authority (AFIP) published information regarding Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting in their website. Two information regimes...

OECD and World Bank call for streamlined approach to combating tax evasion and corruption

October 24, 2018

On 22 October 2018 the OECD and the World Bank produced a joint report on Improving Cooperation between Tax Authorities...

EU: Investment protection agreement with Vietnam

October 23, 2018

On 17 October 2018 the European Commission adopted an investment protection agreement with Vietnam, at the same time as a...

EU: Free trade agreement with Vietnam

October 22, 2018

On 17 October 2018 the European Commission adopted the free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and Vietnam. The FTA...

IMF: Communiqué of IMFC meeting comments on trade and tax

October 22, 2018

On 12 October 2018 a communiqué was released following a meeting of the IMF’s International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC)...

UN: Committee of Experts Discusses International Tax Issues

October 22, 2018

The seventeenth session of the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters took place in Geneva from...

Israel deposits its MLI Ratification Instrument

October 21, 2018

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced on September 13, 2018 that Israel deposited its instrument of ratification...

OECD: Tax Talk discusses progress on key tax issues

October 20, 2018

An OECD Tax Talk on 16 October 2018 discussed the latest developments on tax issues. Tax Challenges of Digitalisation In...

OECD: CRS avoidance through residence and citizenship by investment schemes

October 20, 2018

On 16 October 2018 the OECD has published the results of its analysis of over 100 schemes for citizenship by...

OECD: Policy Note on Tax and Digitalisation

October 20, 2018

On 19 October 2018 the OECD issued a policy note on tax and digitalization. The policy note looks at the...

OECD and IGF release practice notes on BEPS risks in mining

October 20, 2018

On 19 October 2018 the OECD announced that a first set of practice notes for developing countries on BEPS risks...

US: Court of Appeals Withdraws Opinion in Altera case

October 18, 2018

On 8 August 2018 the US Court of Appeals (Ninth Circuit) announced that it was withdrawing its opinion of 24...

Bulgaria: Council of Ministers approves draft Bill for amending income tax

October 18, 2018

The Council of Ministers approved a draft bill on October 10, 2018 and it have issued by the Finance Minister,...

UK: Online VAT pilot for Making Tax Digital

October 17, 2018

On 16 October HMRC announced that it has begun a new pilot scheme in connection with the Making Tax Digital...

UK: Report notes the effects of creative industries tax relief

October 16, 2018

A report issued on 9 October 2018 commissioned by the British Film Institute and entitled “Screen Business: how tax incentives...

OECD: Global Forum publishes more peer review reports

October 16, 2018

On 15 October 2018 the OECD’s Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes published a further...