BEPS News

UK Gov't To Pursue Brexit, Digital Services Tax After Election Win

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Last updated 3 hours ago | Monday, December 16, 2019

The Conservative Party in the UK has won an outright majority in elections held on December 12, 2019. Read Full Story

Singapore, Germany Add BEPS Amendments To DTA

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Last updated 3 hours ago | Monday, December 16, 2019

Singapore and Germany have signed a protocol to their double taxation agreement, which brings the treaty into line with international standards and amends the maximum withholding tax rates that may be charged. Read Full Story

OECD To Set Out Proposals For Brazilian Transfer Pricing Reform

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Last updated 3 hours ago | Monday, December 16, 2019

The OECD is to soon release a report to support Brazil's federal tax agency to potentially converge its transfer pricing rules with the OECD's transfer pricing guidelines. Read Full Story

OECD Releases Eight New Action 14 Peer Reviews

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, December 6, 2019

The OECD recently released the seventh round of stage one peer review reports, assessing eight jurisdictions' efforts to implement the BEPS Action 14 minimum standard on tax dispute resolution. Read Full Story

Swiss Tax Disputes Resolved Quickly In 2018: Report

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, December 6, 2019

Switzerland has released a report on its efforts to resolve tax disputes, noting that the average time to complete mutual agreement procedure cases was 13 months in 2018, significantly below that required under the BEPS minimum standards. Read Full Story

Irish Taxpayers Must Renew 2014 Tax Rulings

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Friday, December 6, 2019

Companies with a tax ruling dating from 2014 from the Irish Revenue have been encouraged to renew these before they expire. Read Full Story

IRS Issues Final Foreign Tax Credit Regulations

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com Washington

Friday, December 6, 2019

On December 2, 2019, the United States Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations on the foreign tax credit following major changes to the US tax code. Read Full Story

Six Countries Sign Up To Multilateral Tax Pacts

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, December 6, 2019

At the tenth plenary meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, five countries signed up to the multilateral convention on mutual administrative assistance in tax matters, and two countries signed up to the BEPS multilateral instrument. Read Full Story

US Considers Retaliation Against French Digital Services Tax

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com Washington

Friday, December 6, 2019

The United States may impose additional duties of up to 100 percent on certain French products in retaliation for France's digital services tax, which a newly published report by the US Trade Representative has concluded discriminates against certain US companies. Read Full Story

Austria, Ireland Have Failed To Adopt ATAD BEPS Measures

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, December 6, 2019

The European Commission has requested that both Austria and Ireland take action to transpose EU-wide interest limitation rules into their respective national laws. Read Full Story

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