International

  • February 10, 2025

    UAE Lays Out Exclusions, Transition Period For Minimum Tax

    The United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Finance further explained how it is implementing the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's 15% global corporate minimum tax, detailing a number of exclusions and a planned transitional period.

  • February 10, 2025

    Australian Senate OKs Green Energy Production Tax Credits

    The Australian Senate passed tax incentives Monday for hydrogen and critical mineral production as part of an effort to invest in renewable energy technology and reduce carbon emissions.

  • February 10, 2025

    S. Korea Tax Revenue Dips Due To Weak Corp. Earnings

    South Korea collected 336.5 trillion won ($232 billion) in 2024, a 7.5 trillion won dip compared with 2023, the country's revenue agency said Monday, pinning the blame on a year-over-year decline in corporate performance.

  • February 10, 2025

    UK Tax Compliance Costs Cos. £15.4B Annually, Report Says

    The increasingly complex U.K. tax code has led to businesses paying at least £15.4 billion ($19 billion) annually to comply with the system, and that figure is likely an understatement, a British public spending watchdog said Monday.

  • February 10, 2025

    Skadden Adds Designer Of Tax Cut Act's Int'l Provisions In DC

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP announced Monday it has hired a tax attorney who helped create some international provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and who joins the firm as House Republicans signal they'll vote to renew some measures of that bill that are set to expire.

  • February 10, 2025

    Proskauer Hires Tax Pro In Paris From Addleshaw Goddard

    Proskauer Rose LLP added a tax professional in Paris from Addleshaw Goddard LLP who advises private equity funds and multinational groups on mergers and acquisitions.

  • February 10, 2025

    Pillsbury Recruits Former Mayer Brown Tax Pro In NY

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP said it has recruited a former Mayer Brown LLP tax expert to serve as a partner in Pillsbury's New York office.

  • February 10, 2025

    Film Executives Ran £13M VAT Fraud, Prosecutors Tell Jury

    Four former managers at a film production company best known for "Avatar" cheated taxpayers out of £13 million ($16.14 million) through a "convoluted" VAT scheme run out of the back garden of a modest home in London, prosecutors told a jury on Monday.

  • February 07, 2025

    Feds Defend Corporate Transparency Act In 5th And 4th Circuits

    The U.S. government defended the Corporate Transparency Act in the Fifth and Fourth Circuits on Friday, urging the former to reverse a Texas federal judge's nationwide injunction on the law and the latter to affirm a Virginia federal judge's rejection of a bid to block the law's enforcement.

  • February 07, 2025

    Tax Take Is Up But Lagging In Developing Nations, OECD Says

    Average tax revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product in developing countries rose to 17.1% from 16.5% between 2015 and 2022 despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Friday, though difficulties still remain for building up those countries' coffers.

  • February 07, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Latham, Skadden

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Triumph Group goes private via Berkshire Partners and Warburg Pincus affiliates, alternative asset manager TPG buys Altus Power, Globus Medical buys Nevro Corp., and Honeywell separates its automation and aerospace technology businesses, resulting in the formation of three distinct companies.

  • February 07, 2025

    German Car Dealer Arrested In €5.8M VAT Fraud Scheme

    A German car dealer was arrested Friday in connection with what the European Public Prosecutor's Office called a value-added tax fraud scheme that generated more than €30 million ($31 million) in illicit funds, causing €5.8 million in tax losses.

  • February 06, 2025

    Baker McKenzie Partner Rejoins Firm From Apple

    Baker McKenzie announced that a former partner specializing in trade and customs law has rejoined the firm after serving as principal counsel and the lead adviser on global trade matters for Apple.

  • February 06, 2025

    US To Appeal Block On Corporate Transparency Act

    The federal government plans to challenge an order preventing it from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act's reporting requirements for businesses, following the U.S. Supreme Court's pause of another nationwide block on the law in a separate case, according to a notice filed in a Texas federal court.

  • February 06, 2025

    Kazakh Collaboration Aids Transfer Pricing Rules, OECD Says

    After a decade of collaboration between Kazakhstan and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Central Asian country has brought its transfer pricing rules closer in line with international standards, which has been particularly helpful in the mining sector, the OECD said.

  • February 06, 2025

    Spain Busts €184 Hydrocarbon VAT Fraud Ring

    Eleven people were arrested as part of the dismantling of a €184 million ($191 million) value-added tax fraud ring in the hydrocarbon sector, Spain's tax agency said Thursday.

  • February 05, 2025

    Israeli Law Firm Allowed To Amend Suit Against GILTI Regs

    A D.C. federal court on Wednesday let the owner of an Israeli law firm amend his challenge of regulations for the U.S. tax on global intangible low-taxed income, a provision of the 2017 tax overhaul.

  • February 05, 2025

    Ryanair Loses €1B TAP State Aid Challenge

    Low-cost Irish airline Ryanair has lost yet another attempt to stop state aid from being delivered to its rivals in the airline industry after a European Union court on Wednesday batted away its challenge to a €1.2 billion ($1.249 billion) aid package for the parent company of TAP Air Portugal.

  • February 05, 2025

    US Bill Aims To Ax Tax Incentives For Multinational Cos.

    Congress should repeal and replace federal tax measures that allow multinational corporations to reduce taxable income in the United States, including by holding assets abroad, according to two Democratic lawmakers who reintroduced a bill to that effect Wednesday.

  • February 05, 2025

    US Trade Deficit Up To $918B In 2024, Gov't Says

    The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services spiked 24% month over month in December to $98.4 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis said Wednesday, leading to the U.S. closing the year with a $918.4 billion deficit.

  • February 05, 2025

    Denmark Floats Edits To OECD Tax Standards Adoption

    The Danish Ministry of Taxation is seeking feedback on proposed edits to measures tied to its implementation of the OECD's standards, such as the adoption of new administrative guidance for the global minimum tax and tweaks to its transfer pricing procedures.

  • February 05, 2025

    EU Sets Out Actions For E-Commerce Import Rules

    The European Commission said Wednesday it is raising customs controls on low-value imports flowing into the European Union via online retailers and marketplaces hosting non-European traders.

  • February 05, 2025

    Barbados, Hong Kong Tax Regimes Not Harmful, OECD Says

    Preferential tax regimes in Barbados, Hong Kong, Croatia and elsewhere were found not harmful by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, but some jurisdictions' regimes are still under review, it said Wednesday.

  • February 05, 2025

    Lloyds Denied £3.8M Deduction From Closing Ireland Location

    HM Revenue & Customs correctly rejected a £3.8 million ($4.8 million) deduction for cross-border tax relief claimed by a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group that another subsidiary incurred by closing its locations in Ireland, the British First-tier Tribunal ruled.

  • February 05, 2025

    Construction Industry Insiders Get Prison For £22M Tax Fraud

    A group of seven construction industry insiders has been sentenced to between nine years and four months and two years in prison for their roles in a tax fraud in which an estimated £22 million ($28 million) was hidden from the U.K. tax authorities. 

Featured Stories

  • Former Top Congressional Investigator Leaves Lasting Legacy

    Natalie Olivo

    Elise J. Bean, former chief counsel for the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, is remembered for leading landmark bipartisan congressional probes, which exposed massive tax and financial scandals with findings that helped pave the way for game-changing legislation.

  • External Revenue Service Could Help Solve Unpaid Duty Issue

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    President Donald Trump's call for a new agency designed to collect trade revenue, billed as the External Revenue Service, may be more than a flashy concept and could tackle lingering inefficiencies associated with duty collection, experts say.

  • The Tax Angle: TCJA Renewal Cost, ACA Credits, OMB Pick

    Stephen K. Cooper

    From a look at the budget impact of renewing the 2017 tax overhaul law to uncertainty surrounding the renewal of Affordable Care Act premium tax credits and the nomination of a new chief of the Office of Management and Budget, here's a peek into a reporter's notebook on a few of the week's developing tax stories.

Expert Analysis

  • 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.

  • Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win

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    Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.

  • Small Biz Caught In Corporate Transparency Act Crossfire

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    Despite compliance being put on hold due to a nationwide preliminary injunction, small businesses have been caught in the middle of the legal battle over the Corporate Transparency Act — and confusion over the law's requirements could result in major penalties, say attorneys at Snell & Wilmer.