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ECJ AG Urges Ruling Against Belgian 'Excess Profit' Ruling System

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, December 10, 2020

European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General Juliane Kokott has opined that the Commission was right to consider that the Belgian practice of making downward adjustments to profits of undertakings forming part of multinational groups, under the "excess profit" ruling scheme, constituted an aid scheme. Read Full Story

UK Issues Final Loan Charge Guidance

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Friday, August 21, 2020

The UK tax authority has published final guidance on the Loan Charge regime, following the enactment of amendments in the UK Finance Bill 2019-21. Read Full Story

EU General Court Quashes Decision Against Apple Tax Rulings

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Friday, July 17, 2020

Apple and the Irish Government have been successful in having overturned a European Commission decision that two tax rulings granted to the company by the Irish Government were unlawful. Read Full Story

More US States To Tax Remote Sales From October

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com Washington

Friday, September 27, 2019

Many US states will begin to impose sales and use tax obligations on remote sellers and marketplace facilitators from October 1, 2019, largely in response to the United States Supreme Court's landmark decision in the Wayfair case. Read Full Story

IRS Offers Settlement Scheme To Micro-Captives

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com Washington

Friday, September 20, 2019

On September 16, 2019, the United States Internal Revenue Service announced the mailing of a time-limited settlement offer for certain taxpayers under audit who participated in abusive micro-captive insurance transactions. Read Full Story

Glencore Wins AUD92m Transfer Pricing Case In Australia

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

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Australia's Federal Court issued a decision in favor of mining company Glencore on September 3, 2019. The case centered on whether dealings between Swiss parent Glencore International AG and an Australian subsidiary breached transfer pricing rules in relation to the sale and purchase of copper concentrate in the 2007-09 years. Read Full Story

NZ Court Rules Turbines Are Buildings For Tax Purposes

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

Friday, August 30, 2019

New Zealand's tax agency has drawn attention to a recent tax ruling in Mercury NZ Ltd v. Inland Revenue ([2019] NZHC 1524), noting it is only the second time New Zealand courts have analyzed the modern depreciation regime, introduced in 1993. Read Full Story

US Appeals Court Backs Amazon In Transfer Pricing Case

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Thursday, August 22, 2019

On August 16, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in favor of Amazon, in a case involving the regulatory definition of intangible assets and the method of their valuation in a cost-sharing arrangement. Read Full Story

Gibraltar Adopts EU Dispute Resolution Rules

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Thursday, August 8, 2019

Gibraltar has enacted new regulations to transpose the EU's new tax dispute resolution mechanisms, set out in EU Council Directive 2017/1852, into Gibraltar's domestic tax law. Read Full Story

IRS's New Enforcement Initiatives Are Aimed At Individuals

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Thursday, July 25, 2019

On July 19, 2019, the United States Internal Revenue Service Large Business and International Division announced six additional compliance campaigns. Read Full Story

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