Tax News

• Tax-News.com: UK Reports On Adoption Of EU's DAC6 Tax Scheme Reporting Rules January 15, 2020
  On January 8, 2020, the UK Government released a policy paper setting out how the UK will temporarily adopt the "DAC 6" EU disclosure requirements on intermediaries that design or sell potentially harmful tax schemes.
• Tax-News.com: BEPS Changes Effective For UK-Belgium Double Tax Deal January 15, 2020
  The UK Government on January 10, 2020, released the synthesized text of the 1987 Belgium-UK double tax agreement, as modified by the BEPS multilateral instrument.
• Tax-News.com: UK Gov't To Pursue Brexit, Digital Services Tax After Election Win December 16, 2019
  The Conservative Party in the UK has won an outright majority in elections held on December 12, 2019.
• Tax-News.com: HMRC Releases Final Guidance On Loan Charge Review December 2, 2019
  The UK tax agency HM Revenue and Customs has released guidance for taxpayers affected by the Loan Charge.
• Tax-News.com: UK Labour Promises Corporate Tax Hikes, Second Brexit Referendum November 26, 2019
  The main UK opposition party Labour has set out its plans for tax reform, in a manifesto released on November 21.
• Tax-News.com: UK Prime Minister Cancels Corporate Tax Cut November 26, 2019
  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that his party intends to cancel a planned cut to the corporate tax rate, which was scheduled for April 2020.
• Tax-News.com: New Zealand Tops World Bank's 'Doing Business' 2020 November 8, 2019
  New Zealand is the easiest place in the world to do business, according to the World Bank's new Doing Business 2020 report, which looks at the simplicity of setting up, operating, and paying taxes in 190 territories around the world.
• Tax-News.com: UK Explains BEPS Changes To Luxembourg DTA November 8, 2019
  On November 5, 2019, the UK Government released the synthesized text of the Luxembourg-UK double tax agreement, as modified by the BEPS multilateral instrument.
• Tax-News.com: Airbnb Says UK Tax Probe Could Result In Litigation October 28, 2019
  Airbnb has disclosed that it has been contacted by HM Revenue and Customs regarding the application of tax laws or regulations impacting the company's business, adding that some matters "may result in litigation".
• Tax-News.com: Tax Agencies Meet To Discuss Use Of Big Data Analysis October 18, 2019
  Tax agencies from 31 countries discussed the ways they are using data analysis tools to improve tax enforcement and administration, at the first meeting of the IOTA Forum on Tax Debt Management, held in Prague, Czech Republic, On October 1-3, 2019.