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New Swiss-Ukraine tax treaty protocol signed

The treaty protocol provides for a low withholding tax rate of five percent for royalty and interest payments. An arbitration clause is also included to increase legal certainty for taxpayers.

Andersen Tax & Legal Debuts in Poland

Andersen Global has a presence in nearly 20 European countries through its member firms and collaborating firms.

Britain's biggest taxpayers revealed - but which top earners DIDN'T make the list?

Lewis Hamilton, Roman Abramovich and JCB owner Lord Bamford all noted as conspicuous absentees from tax list

Auditor faces grilling over failures that led to Patisserie Valerie collapse

Grant Thornton audited the company for 12 years until the discovery of a £40m black hole in its account

Gucci owner Kering faces €1.4bn Italian tax bill

Luxury group disputes long-expected claim on ‘the grounds and the amount’

British politicians have some lessons to learn from Jersey

They were looking to review how they communicated the Crown Dependency’s financial services offering and wanted a strategic partner to help share these messages.

Who joins the Beckhams on The Sunday Times Tax List 2019?

Robert Watts scours The Sunday Times Rich List and beyond

FINLAND: Changes expected to tax treatment of certain fund types

The first would change the tax treatment of private equity investors under certain conditions, while the second would clarify the tax exemption for a foreign investment fund.

10 Footballers Who Had Run-Ins With The Law For Tax Fraud

As a result, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner was handed a two-year suspended prison sentence for his transgressions.

Inheritance tax spike expected as probate rules change

Inheritance tax is deeply unpopular and fiendishly complicated

Cristiano Ronaldo to attend tax fraud hearing in Madrid to enter guilty plea and pay £17m fine

The Portuguese will return to Spain for one day to resolve his issues with Spanish tax authorities

UK signs new Israel tax agreement to boost investment

A new agreement signed on (17 January) with Israel is set to boost investment between the UK and the Middle Eastern country.

Italy’s 2019 budget law introduces new digital services tax

The budget law introduces a new digital services tax (DST) to replace the DST that was proposed under the 2018 budget law but that never became effective.

Government warned of dangers in digital tax

The OTS offered the example of self-driving cars, asking the question of who was responsible between the owner, passenger, manufacturer or software developer should the vehicle be involved in an accident.

Health secretary in talks with chancellor over pensions tax relief

“The Secretary of State for Health has just inherited the biggest single cash injection the health service has ever had.

UK tax on offshore intangibles: 'serious' compliance issues

The new income tax charge on offshore receipts in respect of intangible property (ORIROIP) was announced in October's budget and is due to apply from 6 April 2019.

Andersen Global Expands Luxembourg Offerings

CM Law is the tenth firm to join forces with Andersen Global in Europe since the start of 2018.

Ireland needs to prepare for future and give US firms reasons to stay

Predicting that "it won't last for another 20 years", he said Ireland needed to create "more value added" and give the multi-nationals "another reason to stay".

Time to venture into venture capital trusts

One of the last relatively straightforward and tax-efficient investments left is a venture capital trust.

Shaw Gibbs merges with Pearson Bucholz

Lynne Buchholz, Managing Director of Pearson Buchholz said “This is a great opportunity to add value for our clients with enhanced capabilities.