Season 2 Episode 5- Defense Trade Down Under
U.S. - EU Trade Conflict multilateralism and the WTO
More than 135 jurisdictions since October 2021 have joined a groundbreaking plan to address certain tax challenges of the new digital and global economy. The plan consists of a Two-Pillar Solution to update key rules of the...more
México suscribió el Convenio Multilateral para Implementar las Medidas Relacionadas con los Tratados Internacionales Destinadas a Prevenir la Erosión de las Bases Imponibles y el Traslado de Beneficios (Multilateral...more
The UK’s First-tier Tribunal recently held that the payment of interest received by Burlington Loan Management DAC (“BLM”) (an Irish tax resident company) was not to be denied the benefits of the relief afforded under the...more
On August 29, 2019, Canada completed its domestic ratification of the OECD-sponsored Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (the MLI). As noted in our...more
On July 10, 2019, the US Trade Representative (USTR) initiated an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Trade Act) with respect to France’s new Digital Services Tax (DST) Act (LOI n° 2019-759 du 24 juillet...more
Tax-efficient holding structures commonly used by multinational enterprises and private equity firms investing in the Canadian resource sector could soon become subject to anti-treaty shopping measures contained in the...more
On February 4th, 2019, the Belgian government released a draft law ratifying the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (the "Convention") and the...more
The Paris administrative court ruled on July 12th, 2017, that Google Ireland Limited did not have to pay $1.3 billion in back taxes in France for the period 2005-2010. The Irish company Google Ireland Limited sells digital...more
On June 7, 2017, Japan signed the "Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty-Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting" ("MLI"). The MLI is a part of the OECD/G20 base erosion and profit-shifting...more
On June 7, 2017, ministers and high-level officials of 68 jurisdictions convened to formally sign the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS),...more
We last updated our clients and friends in February 2014 (Feb 2014 Memorandum) on issues related to the disclosure and automatic exchange of financial information on an international basis. Since then, the pressure...more