International

  • June 13, 2025

    Private Schools Lose Bid To Overturn VAT On Fees

    The U.K. government has not breached human rights law by extending value-added tax to private school fees, the High Court ruled Friday, rejecting claims brought by a group of schools and families.

  • June 12, 2025

    Broader German Tax Base Key To Fiscal Growth, OECD Says

    Germany should consider multiple avenues to broaden its tax base in the name of ensuring medium-term fiscal stability, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recommended Thursday, saying such changes could also lead to lower labor taxation.

  • June 12, 2025

    China Agrees To Loosen Rare Earth Restrictions, US Says

    Chinese trade negotiators have agreed to lift export controls on rare-earth elements in exchange for the U.S. walking back a campaign to revoke visas for Chinese students, according to statements by U.S. officials, which experts said leave key issues unresolved.

  • June 12, 2025

    UK Investors Sue Cricket Team Owner Over Claimed Tax Fraud

    Three U.K.-based investors in an Indian Premier League cricket team are seeking £10 million ($13.6 million) in damages from the club's owner, claiming in a London court that he duped them over the tax implications of selling their shares in his business.

  • June 12, 2025

    Customs Missteps Don't Void VAT Exemption, ECJ Says

    A horse owner can still claim a value-added tax exemption if she was merely negligent, rather than deceitful, in failing to declare her horses with Swedish customs officials, the European Court of Justice held Thursday.

  • June 12, 2025

    France Increased Tax Fraud Penalties By €1B In 2024

    France's tax authority meted out €16.7 billion ($19.3 billion) in tax fraud duties and penalties in 2024, a €1 billion increase over the year prior, the head of the agency said Thursday.

  • June 11, 2025

    Russia Must Face $5B Yukos Award Suit, DC Judge Rules

    At D.C. federal judge on Wednesday denied Russia's bid to nix litigation filed by the financing arm of Yukos Oil Co. to enforce a nearly $5 billion arbitral award, saying the Kremlin's jurisdictional objections fell short.

  • June 11, 2025

    US Consultant In France Must Pay $2M In FBAR Penalties

    An American energy consultant residing in France must pay more than $2 million in penalties for purposely not disclosing foreign bank accounts that held more than $3 million, as opposed to the under $30,000 initially reported, a D.C. federal court ruled.

  • June 11, 2025

    House Budget Would Strong-Arm Foreign Gov'ts, Experts Say

    The U.S. House-passed budget would discard the tax-exempt status of foreign governments and entities connected to them, such as sovereign wealth funds, and impose escalating tax rates if those countries employ fiscal policies that lawmakers consider unfair, according to several experts.

  • June 11, 2025

    Senate Dems' Bill Would Bar GILTI For 'Round-Tripped' Income

    Income that is "round-tripped" to obtain tax advantages would become ineligible for the half-off corporate tax rate under the global intangible low-taxed income regime, based on a bill introduced Wednesday by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and three other Senate Democrats.

  • June 11, 2025

    Trump Pick For IRS Chief Clears Key Senate Hurdle

    President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service survived a key procedural vote Wednesday in the Senate, setting the stage for the chamber to proceed with a final vote on his confirmation.

  • June 11, 2025

    37% Of Romania Cos. Fall Short On EU Reporting Standard

    Almost 40% of businesses filing public country-by-country reports in Romania are failing to fully comply with the European Union's reporting standard, according to a report by a nonprofit organization.

  • June 11, 2025

    Peru Ratifies OECD Tax Treaty Standards

    Peru ratified the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's multilateral convention on base erosion and profit shifting, which updates bilateral tax treaties of its signatories with agreed-upon standards, the OECD said Tuesday.

  • June 10, 2025

    UK Refiner Wins A Round In $200M EU Energy Tax Dispute

    An international tribunal has ruled that a British oil refiner's claim challenging a €175 million ($200 million) windfall tax in Europe will proceed without bifurcation, concluding that jurisdictional objections lodged by Germany, Denmark and the European Union should be weighed concurrently with the merits.

  • June 10, 2025

    Yukos Says $5B Russia Award Suit Must Proceed

    Yukos Oil Co.'s financing arm has told a D.C. federal court that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision rejecting the Ninth Circuit's outlier interpretation of a jurisdictional question moots Russia's request that the court pause enforcement of a $5 billion arbitral award against the country.

  • June 10, 2025

    Mauritius Budget Proposal Includes Min. Tax, VAT On Digital

    African island nation Mauritius is planning to adopt a portion of the OECD's global corporate minimum tax on large multinational entities starting next year and adjust its value-added tax regime to cover foreign digital services.

  • June 10, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Keeps Trump Tariffs In Place, Fast-Tracks Appeal

    The Federal Circuit on Tuesday granted the federal government's bid to keep President Donald Trump's global tariffs in place while it appeals a U.S. Court of International Trade order striking them down on the grounds that they exceeded the president's authority.

  • June 10, 2025

    Sweden May Exempt Foreign Gov'ts From Dividend Tax

    Sweden's Ministry of Finance is considering allowing certain foreign countries to be exempt from the obligation to pay withholding taxes on dividends from Swedish companies and funds following a federal court ruling.

  • June 10, 2025

    Plastic Waste Often Illegally Burned, Tax Chiefs Say

    Plastic waste shipped abroad is often illegally incinerated rather than recycled, including that in Turkey and Indonesia, the Dutch and British tax authorities said Tuesday.

  • June 10, 2025

    Pros Say OECD Report Spurs Push For Real-Time Monitoring

    International tax agencies are focused on harnessing technology, including artificial intelligence, to become more efficient and improve compliance, global tax professionals said Tuesday.

  • June 10, 2025

    Tax Chiefs Say Flagging Oddities Could Reduce ID Crimes

    Flagging suspicious behaviors, like bank accounts receiving multiple tax refund deposits in a matter of days, could help reduce identity-based crimes, a public-private partnership with top tax officials from five countries including the U.S. reported Tuesday.

  • June 10, 2025

    No Millionaire Exodus Over UK Tax Reform, Report Says

    Millionaires are not leaving the U.K. in large numbers because of the burden of high taxes, according to a report published Tuesday by campaign groups.

  • June 10, 2025

    Flagging Fintech Could Help Stop Tax Crimes, Tax Chiefs Say

    Governments could help mitigate money laundering and tax evasion by flagging fintech firms with services nested within traditional banks, with virtual assets used for anonymity or with fiat currency conversion services, top tax officials from five countries including the U.S. said Tuesday.

  • June 10, 2025

    DHL British Unit On Hook For £3M In Duties, Court Says

    A tax tribunal did not err when it upheld HM Revenue & Custom's decision to deny about £3 million ($4 million) in duty relief to cargo aircraft operated by DHL's British affiliate, a U.K. court said, dismissing the company's appeal.

  • June 10, 2025

    UK Treasury Committee Warns HMRC Over Phishing Attack

    A British treasury committee warned HM Revenue & Customs in a letter published Tuesday that its failure to report details of a breach affecting around 100,000 taxpayers is unacceptable.

Expert Analysis

  • Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice

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    A recent Third Circuit decision, contradicting a previous ruling about whether consumers of contaminated products have suffered an injury in fact, illustrates the deep confusion this U.S. Supreme Court standard creates among federal judges and practitioners, who deserve a simpler method of determining which cases have federal standing, says Eric Dwoskin at Dwoskin Wasdin.

  • In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege

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    Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.

  • Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example

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    Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

  • Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines

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    KPMG’s recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state’s relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.

  • AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex

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    Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.

  • Unpacking The Legal Foundation Of Trump's New Trade War

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    President Donald Trump's recent executive orders and proclamations regarding emergencies at the U.S. border are based on statutory powers enabling a president to address extraordinary external threats — and could be used to fend off legal challenges to the tariffs levied on Mexican and Canadian goods, says Chris Zona at Mandelbaum Barrett.

  • When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law

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    In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering

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    Andi Mazingo at Lumen Law, who was diagnosed with autism about midway through her career, discusses how the legal profession can create inclusive workplaces that empower openly autistic lawyers and enhance innovation, and how neurodivergent attorneys can navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with disclosing one’s diagnosis.

  • Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations

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    In the ongoing debate over whether courts should require disclosure of litigation funding, funders and plaintiffs tend to argue against such mandates, but voluntarily disclosing limited details about a funding arrangement can actually confer certain benefits to plaintiffs in some scenarios, say Andrew Stulce and Marc Cavan at Longford Capital.

  • 5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates

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    In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.

  • Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year

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    Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.

  • Tax Directive Marks Milestone In Harmonizing EU System

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    The Council of the European Union’s recently adopted tax directive is a significant step toward streamlining and modernizing procedures for member states, and will greatly reduce administrative burden and compliance costs for cross-border investors, says Martin Phelan at Simmons & Simmons.

  • 5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025

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    Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.

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