Category: Revenue
Russia submits a proposal to revise the DTT with Switzerland
The Russian Ministry of Finance has sent a proposal to its Swiss colleagues requesting amendments to the current double taxation treaty (DTT) between Russia and Switzerland ... - Continue reading
How to help clients as HMRC cracks down on overseas assets
‘International data sharing and anti-money laundering regulations are only likely to get tighter’ ... - Continue reading
Turkey: List Of Countries That Will Exchange Financial Account Information With Turkey Are Updated
As known, Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information (the Agreement) was signed on 21.04.2017 after 6 years by 107 countries so far, including Turkey which approved the Agreement on 21.12.2019. According to the Agreement, the signatory countries will share the financial account information of the resident of the relevant country which is collected from the financial institutions every year automatically without any request. ... - Continue reading
IRS changes procedure for reporting tax shelters
The Internal Revenue Service is temporarily allowing taxpayers who engage in so-called “reportable transactions,” typically tax shelters, to fax the Form 8886 for initially disclosing them to the IRS instead of mailing in the form. ... - Continue reading
HMRC ‘plea bargain’ tax evader deals collect extra £120m
Plea bargain deals give taxpayers immunity from criminal investigations as HMRC steps up investigations to help pay for coronavirus economic assistance ... - Continue reading
Taxation, growth negatively correlated: survey
The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) survey recently stated that Pakistan should review and amend its taxation policy in order to accelerate its economy. ... - Continue reading
Tax authorities accessed 84 million offshore accounts in 2019: OECD
OECD confirms the efficiency of the Automatic Exchange of Information after its implementation in 100 countries. ... - Continue reading
Why ‘Digital Taxes’ Are the New Trade War Flashpoint
A further discussion on the possible treatment of digital taxes in today's world where it has its hugest economic presence. ... - Continue reading
Indonesia defends digital tax policy despite US scrutiny
The USA seems to be relentless at discouraging the trending 'Digital Tax which seems inevitable now. France has also already shown a keenness towards its imposition, and now it's the turn of Indonesia. ... - Continue reading
HMRC wins tax treaty case against S. African diver
And a win for the UK tax authority - the HMRC. ... - Continue reading
Revenue-neutral incentives proposed for capital market growth
Proposals from the Pakistan Stock Exchange for the upcoming budget. ... - Continue reading
Tax collection from services sector sharply falls 20pc in March
Official data shows that Pakistan has faced a sharp decline in its tax revenue in the month of March due to the coronavirus. ... - Continue reading
UN launches panel to tackle illicit finance
The United Nations has launched the High-Level Panel on Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity (FACTI) to address corporate tax abuse and other illicit financial flows. ... - Continue reading
Pakistan recovers billions from untaxed offshore funds
And hop! - Rs1.8bn from untaxed offshore funds into Pakistan's possession. ... - Continue reading
UK seeks to raise £500m from digital services tax
The United Kingdom unwilling to forsake revenue generated from the digital industry. ... - Continue reading
Ireland faces losing €2bn in corporate tax under OECD reform
New proposals to reform the global tax system could adversely affect the economy of Ireland. Here's more. ... - Continue reading
Tax authorities recover Rs1.8 billion from foreign transactions
The Automatic Exchange of Information recovers a whopping amount of Rs1.8 billion for Pakistan. ... - Continue reading
Canada: Treaty Shopping: MIL, MLI And ALTA Things In Between
On February 12, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) released its decision in The Queen v. Alta Energy Luxembourg S.a.r.l.1 (Alta Energy), a case that represents an attempt by the Canadian tax authority to relitigate the issue of whether Canada’s domestic general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR) can apply to curtail so-called “treaty shopping”.2 ... - Continue reading
OECD says global tax reform could raise as much as $100bn
More efforts to be expected from OECD concerning tax matters. ... - Continue reading
Sweden’s tax agency rejects Puma’s transfer pricing position, concludes risk borne elsewhere
The Swedish tax agency has adjusted the taxable income for the PUMA Group’s Swedish distributor, Puma Nordic AB, concluding that, for transfer pricing purposes, the Swedish distributor could not control the main risks in the Puma Group and therefore should not have carried the local market risks. The adjustment, made… – Continue reading
IRS to consider repatriation as relief factor in double taxation cases
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has said it will consider certain circumstances in which it could provide relief from double taxation resulting from application of the repatriation tax, as amended by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) 2018. ... - Continue reading
Countries launch review of country-by-country reporting framework for multinational groups
An OECD-led group of 137 countries that work together on multinational group tax issues has released a consultation document and has requested public feedback to assist in a planned review of country-by-country reporting. The countries, known as the “Inclusive Framework on BEPS,” also scheduled a public consultation on the topic for March 17.... - Continue reading
Puerto Rico changes income tax law for intercompany charges
Puerto Rico has amended its income tax rules to allow taxpayers to fully deduct intercompany expenses if taxpayers file a transfer pricing study with their income tax return, due April 15, 2020, if not extended. ... - Continue reading
Tax avoidance, evasion costs EU 170 billion euros a year, says Poland
The Polish state think-tank reveals a loss of 170 million euros for European Union member states due to tax dodging. ... - Continue reading
Report: Tax collections in Hawaii increased by about 5%
Tax collections in Hawaii were up by about 5% last year, a report said. ... - Continue reading
Tax transparency essential to tackle $600bn avoidance bill
Businesses are being required to be more transparent for the sake of tax efficiency and reform. ... - Continue reading
HMRC raises £95m through taxpayer plea bargains
HMRC seems reluctant with taxpayer plea bargains due to availability of a large volume of taxpayers' data. ... - Continue reading
HSBC Swiss unit to pay $192 mln in latest U.S. tax evasion deal
Trouble for the Swiss private banking unit of HSBC Holdings Plc HSBA.L. ... - Continue reading
GRI issues international corporate tax reporting standard
The Global Reporting Initiative has issued a new international tax reporting standard that aims to ensure multinational companies are much clearer about how much they pay in taxes, and where. While the standard has no legal force, it could influence the ongoing debate in the U.S. and abroad on how… – Continue reading
Amazon most ‘aggressive’ in $100bn global tax avoidance
Amazon has been accused of being the most ‘aggressive’ in avoiding tax, compared with other tech giants, by tax transparency campaign group Fair Tax Mark. ... - Continue reading
Global Forum marks success fighting tax evasion
OECD announces "unprecedented success" in the fight against tax evasion. ... - Continue reading
EU prepares to reveal firms’ tax avoidance
EU governments will vote on Thursday on a new rule that would require multinational companies to reveal how much profit they make and how little tax they pay in the bloc’s countries, the Guardian reported. The aim is to expose how large companies, with an annual turnover of more than… – Continue reading
