Posts by Peter Hann

UK: Further Extension of Making Tax Digital

August 5, 2020

On 21 July 2020 the UK government outlined its plans for extending the digitalisation of tax returns, known as Making...

UK: Strategy Document Outlines Future Development of Tax Administration

August 4, 2020

On 21 July 2020 the UK government issued a strategy document entitled Building a trusted, modern tax administration system in...

OECD: Revenue Statistics in Asian and Pacific Economies 2020

August 4, 2020

On 23 July 2020 the OECD published Revenue Statistics in Asian and Pacific Economies 2020. The publication presents important statistics...

OECD: Ninth round of Stage 1 Peer Review Reports on Dispute Resolution

August 3, 2020

On 27 July 2020 the OECD issued the ninth round of stage 1 peer review reports assessing efforts made by...

OECD: Case Study on BEPS in the Mining Sector in Zambia

August 2, 2020

On 30 July 2020 the OECD published on its website a case study summarising assistance given to Zambia’s tax administration...

OECD and Brazil: Call for Input on Safe Harbours and Simplification Issues

August 2, 2020

On 30 July 2020 the OECD and Brazil jointly launched a survey looking for comments on the development of safe...

UK: New Financial Institution Notice Introduced

July 26, 2020

Under legislation included in the Finance Bill 2020/21 a new Financial Institution Notice (FIN) is to be used by HMRC...

UK: Call for Evidence on Stamp Duty and SDRT

July 26, 2020

On 21 July 2020 the UK issued a call for evidence inviting the views of interested parties on the design...

UK: Amendments to the Restriction on the Tax Deduction for Interest

July 25, 2020

On 21 July 2020 the UK published draft legislation to amend the limitation on the interest deduction for corporation tax....

UK: Responses to Call for Evidence on Insurance Premium Tax

July 25, 2020

On 21 July 2020 the UK published a summary of responses to the call for evidence on changes to the...

UK: Tackling Disguised Remuneration Tax Avoidance

July 24, 2020

On 21 July 2020 the UK published a call for evidence on tackling disguised remuneration tax avoidance. Comments are requested...

UK: Consultation on Carbon Emissions Tax

July 24, 2020

On 21 July 2020 the UK issued a consultation document in relation to the detailed operation of a carbon emissions...

OECD: Report to the Meeting of G20 Finance Ministers

July 18, 2020

On 18 July 2020 the OECD published the tax report prepared for the virtual meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and...

Platform for Collaboration on Tax Publishes Progress Report for 2020

July 16, 2020

On 10 July 2020 the Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) published on its website the Progress Report 2020 outlining...

EU: Court Annuls decision of European Commission on Irish State Aid to Apple

July 15, 2020

A press release of 15 July 2020 stated that the General Court of the European Union has annulled the European...

OECD: Tax Cooperation for Development

July 15, 2020

On 9 July 2020 the OECD published a report on its work with developing countries in 2019, entitled Tax Cooperation...

OECD: Corporate Tax Statistics

July 12, 2020

On 8 July 2020 the OECD released the second edition of the annual Corporate Tax Statistics publication. This edition contains...

UN: Virtual Meetings of the Committee of Tax Experts

July 6, 2020

The UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters held their twentieth session in the form of a...