11/22/2024 10:45:40 AM Who has won the MAP awards? By Tanja Velling Dispute prevention and resolution is a key theme of the OECD’s annual “Tax Certainty Day”. The 2024 edition took place in Athens on 15...
7/11/2024 9:47:01 AM Fourth tranche of Pillar Two Administrative Guidance: all clear for securitisations? By Alex Sim Tanja Velling Securitisation is a form of structured financing, whereby the credit risks associated with a specific pool of assets are segregated from...
1/12/2024 11:38:56 AM Everyone's a winner - but some wins are more substantial than others: latest OECD assessment of the impact of the global minimum tax By Zoe Andrews The global minimum tax is now in effect in the UK for qualifying multinational groups for accounting periods beginning on or after 31...
2/8/2023 3:31:52 PM GloBE Administrative Guidance By Zoe Andrews In order to achieve consistency, any jurisdiction adopting the global minimum tax or “GloBE” rules has to follow the Model Rules and the...
1/20/2023 2:32:26 PM International tax reform – now more worth the effort? By Zoe Andrews At a webinar on 18 January, the OECD presented its findings on the impact of international tax reform in advance of the full report which...
1/10/2023 2:43:25 PM Digital Services Taxes: draft MLC provisions published by the OECD By Tanja Velling For the second year running, the OECD provided an update on the two-pillared international tax reform project just days before Christmas....
11/23/2022 10:26:50 AM Interpreting tax treaties - Dutch Supreme Court clarifies relevance of later OECD commentaries By Mees Vergouwen In a previous post, Maarten van der Weijden indicated that a decision by the Amsterdam Court of Appeal on 22 December 2020 set the stage...
10/25/2022 2:21:28 PM Progress on international tax reform? By Zoe Andrews I may have previously complained about the stream of consultations on different aspects of the OECD's international tax reform project,...
1/12/2022 3:31:42 PM Full steam ahead for the UK’s implementation of the global minimum tax rules By Zoe Andrews When is the best time to consult on the UK’s implementation of the OECD/IF GloBE model rules published on 20 December 2021 with the aim...
1/5/2022 11:13:10 AM The Spanish minimum 15% CIT rate: at the vanguard of the OECD/IF tax reform or in breach of a global agreement? By Teresa Morales For tax years starting as of 1 January 2022 or later, a minimum effective 15% Corporate Income Tax (CIT) will apply to large Spanish...
12/21/2021 4:42:47 PM Global minimum tax model rules By Zoe Andrews The model rules for Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) (a.k.a. Pillar Two of international tax reform) set a template for a...
12/3/2021 2:31:16 PM Who needs BAFTAs when we have MAP awards? By Zoe Andrews The OECD’s MAP awards for 2020 - not quite the BAFTAs, but (perhaps) still exciting for tax practitioners and authorities – were released...
11/2/2021 10:17:31 AM The time it takes to update tax treaties: the case of the founding OECD member countries By Mees Vergouwen The global tax treaty network has historically consisted of bilateral tax treaties. Updating a bilateral tax treaty network has been...
10/22/2021 2:48:42 PM Bridging the gap between DSTs and the new global tax system By Zoe Andrews A big driver for international tax reform (and certainly the motivation for the renewed interest in it by the US under the Biden...
10/12/2021 4:10:21 PM Overview of 2022 Irish Budget – key tax measures By Paul Fahy Bryan Hughes The Irish Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, and the Irish Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath made their...
10/8/2021 2:29:23 PM Ireland agrees to sign up to the OECD Inclusive Framework political agreement on the OECD two-pillar approach By Paul Fahy Bryan Hughes Ireland will sign up to the OECD Inclusive Framework political agreement on the two-pillar approach, following approval by the Irish...