International
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May 28, 2024
Moldova Joins OECD Fight Against Tax Avoidance
Moldova has joined the more than 140 jurisdictions looking to rein in tax base erosion and has committed to instituting changes in line with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's anti-tax avoidance standards, the organization said in a news release Tuesday.
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May 28, 2024
9th Circ. Won't Touch IRS Bid For Tax Liability On Bookie
A bookie who pled guilty to helping run an illegal sports gambling ring out of Peru can't escape his ensuing $100,000 tax liability under a Ninth Circuit ruling that declined to expunge his conviction after he argued the taxes are disproportionately punishing.
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May 28, 2024
EU Needs Boost From New Incomes, Say Macron, Scholz
France and Germany want the European Union to find new revenue sources for the common EU budget, possibly from new taxes, to finance investments in joint projects, leaders of both countries said Tuesday.
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May 28, 2024
Greenberg Traurig Adds Tax Pro From MoFo In London
Greenberg Traurig LLP added to its deep bench of legal talent by recruiting a tax partner from Morrison & Foerster to join the firm's London office and co-chair its tax practice, the firm said.
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May 28, 2024
Labour Party Rules Out Any Additional Tax Rises
The Labour Party on Tuesday ruled out introducing any more tax rises in addition to measures it has already announced in the event it wins the July 4 general election.
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May 28, 2024
Lithuania Says Pillar 2 To Take Effect In July
Lithuania's law implementing the global minimum corporate tax known as Pillar Two, which aims to ensure large multinationals pay at least 15% tax, is expected to take effect in July, the country's Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
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May 27, 2024
G7 Moves Toward Using Frozen Russian Assets For Ukraine
Finance ministers from the Group of Seven countries made progress over the weekend on agreeing how to use profits from frozen and immobilized Russian state assets to support Ukraine's war against Russia, although European members had doubts about the arrangement.
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May 27, 2024
EU Flags 6 Countries For Failures On Transparency Law
The European Commission flagged six countries for deficiencies in its implementation of an EU law requiring some companies to publish their tax data, the EU's executive said in a news release.
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May 27, 2024
Fiji Joins International Framework Against Tax Avoidance
Fiji joined an international group of jurisdictions aiming to stop tax avoidance, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Monday, adding that the country would participate in the two-pillar solution to change tax rules for large multinational companies.
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May 24, 2024
Court Upholds Limit To Award In Ecopetrol, Texas Co. Dispute
An arbitration tribunal was within its authority to limit the number of years and the amount that a Houston-based oil company had to reimburse Colombia's state-owned entity, Ecopetrol, for the value-added tax liability of a subsidiary while owned by the company, a New York federal judge determined.
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May 24, 2024
CohnReznick Adds Tax Planning Partner From Mazars
CohnReznick LLP added a top accountant and tax partner from Mazars USA LLP to its roster of tax professionals, the firm announced.
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May 24, 2024
Global Minimum Tax Should Be Tied To Inflation, Report Says
The €750 million ($814 million) annual revenue threshold for businesses to be considered in scope of the OECD's global corporate minimum tax should be indexed to inflation to protect businesses from being wrongly forced to comply, a think tank report said.
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May 24, 2024
UK Calls On Belarus To Undo Suspension Of Tax Agreement
The U.K. is demanding that Belarus reverse a council resolution that suspends provisions of the double-taxation agreement between the two countries starting June 1, according to a statement released by HM Revenue & Customs.
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May 24, 2024
IRS Corrects Notice On Bonus Energy Tax Credit Safe Harbors
The Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a correction Friday to a notice providing additional safe harbors that clean energy project developers can use to qualify for bonus tax credits for domestically sourcing their steel and aluminum parts.
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May 24, 2024
€14M VAT Fraud Scheme In Belgium, Netherlands Busted
Seven people were arrested in the Netherlands in connection to a value-added tax fraud scheme involving the Belgian subsidiary of a Dutch company fraudulently claiming a €13.7 million ($14.9 million) refund on trades of goods that never happened, the European Public Prosecutor's Office said Friday.
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May 24, 2024
EU Withholding Tax Deal Lacks Ambition, Investors Say
A recently agreed-to streamlining of how cross-border withholding taxes are refunded in the European Union lacks ambition and may not do much to help smaller investors, investor advocates said.
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May 24, 2024
Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Wachtell, Latham
In this week's Taxation With Representation, SouthState Corp. buys Independent Bank Group Inc., CyberArk acquires Venafi, Carlyle clinches its fifth Japanese buyout fund, and AuditBoard Inc. agrees to be bought by Hg Capital.
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May 24, 2024
Cyprus, Portugal Aim For National Implementation Of Pillar 2
Cyprus and Portugal both said Friday that they are moving toward putting the minimum tax known as Pillar Two into their national legislation, which EU law requires them to have done by the end of 2023.
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May 23, 2024
Premier League Team Goes Down 2-Nil In VAT Bill Appeal
Premier League soccer team Nottingham Forest must pay its more than £345,000 ($438,000) value-added tax bill, the U.K.'s Upper Tribunal ruled in a decision published Thursday, dismissing an appeal of a lower court ruling that found HM Revenue & Customs filed its tax assessment on time.
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May 23, 2024
Italy Adopts Safe Harbor Global Minimum Tax Rules
Italy has added a temporary safe harbor provision to its implementation of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's global minimum tax to ease the transition for in-scope companies, the country's finance ministry said.
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May 23, 2024
White & Case Adds Former A&O Tax Pro In Luxembourg
White & Case LLP announced it has added a tax partner to its Luxembourg office from A&O Shearman who specializes in international and Luxembourg corporate tax law.
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May 23, 2024
Carbon Pricing Generated Over $100B In 2023, Report Says
Carbon pricing mechanisms worldwide generated a record $104 billion in revenue in 2023, according to a World Bank report, though it said the 75 instruments currently in force are too few and doing too little.
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May 23, 2024
Spain, Greece, Sweden Have Tax Policy Problems, EU Says
The European Union's executive arm called on Spain, Greece and Sweden on Thursday to change tax laws the bloc finds problematic, while also referring a Spanish tax issue to the European Court of Justice.
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May 23, 2024
EU Flags Nations For Shortcomings On Pillar 2, Exchange Law
The European Commission said Thursday that six European Union countries still have failed to implement the global minimum tax for large companies, and it noted that an additional three aren't properly implementing an information exchange law.
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May 23, 2024
Yellen Opposes Global Redistribution Of Billionaires' Wealth
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen repeated Thursday that she opposes a global minimum tax on billionaires and added that she does not support basing a redistribution of the revenue from such a tax on damage from climate change and related financing needs.
Expert Analysis
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US-Chile Tax Treaty May Encourage Cross-Border Investment
Provisions in the recently effective U.S.-Chile bilateral income tax treaty should encourage business between the two countries, as they reduce U.S. withholding tax on investment income for Chilean taxpayers, exempt certain U.S. taxpayers from Chilean capital gains tax, and clarify U.S. foreign tax credit rules, say attorneys at Kramer Levin.
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A Post-Mortem Analysis Of Stroock's Demise
After the dissolution of 147-year-old firm Stroock late last year shook up the legal world, a post-mortem analysis of the data reveals a long list of warning signs preceding the firm’s collapse — and provides some insight into how other firms might avoid the same disastrous fate, says Craig Savitzky at Leopard Solutions.
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SG's Office Is Case Study To Help Close Legal Gender Gap
As women continue to be underrepresented in the upper echelons of the legal profession, law firms could learn from the example set by the Office of the Solicitor General, where culture and workplace policies have helped foster greater gender equality, say attorneys at Ocean Tomo.
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Reimagining Law Firm Culture To Break The Cycle Of Burnout
While attorney burnout remains a perennial issue in the legal profession, shifting post-pandemic expectations mean that law firms must adapt their office cultures to retain talent, say Kevin Henderson and Eric Pacifici at SMB Law Group.
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Cayman Islands Off AML Risk Lists, Signaling Robust Controls
As a world-leading jurisdiction for securitization special purpose entities, the removal of the Cayman Islands from increased anti-money laundering monitoring lists is a significant milestone that will benefit new and existing financial services customers conducting business in the territory, say lawyers at Walkers Global.
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The Legal Industry Needs A Cybersecurity Paradigm Shift
As law firms face ever-increasing risks of cyberattacks and ransomware incidents, the legal industry must implement robust cybersecurity measures and privacy-centric practices to preserve attorney-client privilege, safeguard client trust and uphold the profession’s integrity, says Ryan Paterson at Unplugged.
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As Promised, IRS Is Coming For Crypto Tax Evaders
The IRS is fulfilling its promise to crack down on those who have neglected to pay taxes on cryptocurrency earnings, as demonstrated by recently imposed prison sentences, enforcement initiatives and meetings with international counterparts — suggesting a few key takeaways for taxpayer compliance, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.
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5 Reasons Associates Shouldn't Take A Job Just For Money
As a number of BigLaw firms increase salary scales for early-career attorneys, law students and lateral associates considering new job offers should weigh several key factors that may matter more than financial compensation, say Albert Tawil at Lateral Hub and Ruvin Levavi at Power Forward.
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The Pop Culture Docket: Judge Djerassi On Super Bowl 52
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Ramy Djerassi discusses how Super Bowl 52, in which the Philadelphia Eagles prevailed over the New England Patriots, provides an apt metaphor for alternative dispute resolution processes in commercial business cases.
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Employee Experience Strategy Can Boost Law Firm Success
Amid continuing business uncertainty, law firms should consider adopting a holistic employee experience strategy — prioritizing consistency, targeting signature moments and leveraging measurement tools — to maximize productivity and profitability, says Haley Revel at Calibrate Consulting.
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6 Practice Pointers For Pro Bono Immigration Practice
An attorney taking on their first pro bono immigration matter may find the law and procedures beguiling, but understanding key deadlines, the significance of individual immigration judges' rules and specialized aspects of the practice can help avoid common missteps, says Steven Malm at Haynes Boone.
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Lessons From Country Singer's Personal Service Saga
Recent reports that country singer Luke Combs won a judgment against a Florida woman who didn’t receive notice of the counterfeit suit against her should serve as a reminder for attorneys on best practices for effectuating service by electronic means, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.
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7 E-Discovery Predictions For 2024 And Beyond
The legal and technical issues of e-discovery now affect virtually every lawsuit, and in the year to come, practitioners can expect practices and policies to evolve in a number of ways, from the expanded use of relevancy redactions to mandated information security provisions in protective orders, say attorneys at Littler.