International
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April 29, 2025
EU Digital Taxes Must Go For US Trade Deal, Bessent Says
The U.S. government wants European countries to repeal digital service taxes before the European Union moves forward with trade negotiations, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday.
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April 29, 2025
South Korea Asks IMF To Aid Global Response To US Tariffs
As President Donald Trump continues to deploy tariffs, South Korea's deputy prime minister said that the International Monetary Fund should lean into its role as a "trusted policy adviser" to help address worldwide trade tensions and overall uncertainty.
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April 29, 2025
UAE To Waive Late Tax Registration Fines For Some Cos.
Corporations in the United Arab Emirates that failed to file their tax registration applications on time will have an avenue to have associated administrative penalties waived, the country's official news agency said Tuesday.
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April 29, 2025
EU Top Court OKs Polish Property Tax Break For Railway
The Polish government may grant a property tax exemption to a private railway owner to make part of the railway available to carriers without breaking European Union law on state aid, the EU's top court ruled Tuesday.
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April 29, 2025
Automakers Get 15% Tariff Offset Under New Trump Order
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday afternoon to provide automakers that produce and sell finished vehicles in the U.S. a 15% offset on future imported parts that face a 25% tariff for the next year.
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April 29, 2025
IRS Shouldn't Elect To Use OECD Pricing Method, AICPA Says
The IRS shouldn't unilaterally apply the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's streamlined approach to price-related companies' baseline distribution and marketing costs and should give companies a wide berth to choose the approach, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants told the agency.
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April 28, 2025
Court Urged To Reconsider Jurisdiction In Tribal Tariff Row
Blackfeet Nation members are asking a Montana federal judge to reconsider an order to transfer their challenge against President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports from Canada and abroad to the U.S. Court of International Trade, saying the decision is based on the constitutional question of the Indian commerce clause.
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April 28, 2025
OECD Says Luxembourg Tax Edits Can Help Growth, Climate
Tweaks to Luxembourg's tax regime could help the country transition from a decadeslong period of rapid growth to a more sustainable system that also helps address climate change, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Monday.
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April 28, 2025
Board Game Co., 11 Others Say Trump Tariffs Unconstitutional
President Donald Trump's tariffs exceed the constitutional authority of the executive branch, argued 12 American companies, including a manufacturer of tabletop games that are printed in China, urging a federal court to halt them.
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April 28, 2025
No Harm Shown Over DOGE Access To Tax Data, US Says
The U.S. government asked a D.C. federal court to throw out four organizations' bid to keep the White House's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing confidential taxpayer data, saying their suit fails to show injury to the groups' members.
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April 28, 2025
Hong Kong, Bahrain Double-Tax Treaty Enters Into Force
A treaty to avoid double taxation between Hong Kong and Bahrain has gone into force after being approved by the jurisdictions' legislatures, Hong Kong's Inland Revenue Department said Monday.
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April 28, 2025
China Doesn't Need US Grains, Seed Oils, State Planner Says
China doesn't need to import grains and seed oils from the U.S. because it can source them domestically or internationally, an official from the country's state planning commission said Monday about the most valuable category of U.S. exports to China.
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April 28, 2025
China Says No Tariff Negotiations Underway With US
China is not currently negotiating with the United States on tariffs, and President Xi Jinping has not spoken to President Donald Trump on the phone recently, a spokesperson for China's foreign ministry said Monday.
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April 25, 2025
Finland Plans €1.1B In Income Tax Cuts, Corp. Tax Reduction
Finland's government said it has agreed to an economic plan that would drop personal income tax payments by a cumulative €1.1 billion ($1.25 billion) while also cutting the corporate tax rate by 2 percentage points.
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April 25, 2025
Feds Say Tariff Fight Belongs In International Trade Court
The Trump administration wants to litigate a challenge to its tariffs in a federal trade court, not the D.C. district court, arguing that the U.S. Court of International Trade is the only venue with jurisdiction to hear the case.
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April 25, 2025
Sen. Crapo Calls Exec Session For Commerce, Treasury Noms
U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, announced Friday that it will hold an executive session Tuesday to consider President Donald Trump's picks for roles at the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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April 25, 2025
Canada Court OKs Late Tax Assessment For Unreported Gains
A real estate company owes taxes on more than CA$12 million ($8.7 million) in unreported capital gains that tax authorities discovered after the statute of limitations expired, the Tax Court of Canada said in a ruling released Friday, because the company had negligently failed to review its returns.
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April 25, 2025
State Coffers, Businesses Brace For Tariffs' SALT Impacts
President Donald Trump's new tariffs could impose further pressures on state coffers that were already experiencing a slowdown in tax collections while underscoring the need for businesses to ensure they are complying with state sales tax obligations on the charges.
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April 25, 2025
South Africa Backs Off VAT Rate Increase
South Africa won't increase its value-added tax rate to 15.5% as scheduled on May 1, which will cost the country an estimated 75 billion rand ($4 billion), the country's Finance Ministry said.
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April 25, 2025
Belgian Data Watchdog Blocks FATCA Transfers To US
Belgium's data privacy watchdog ruled that a government agency's transfers of personal data to the U.S. tax authority as part of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is prohibited under European law.
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April 25, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Dechert, Brown Rudnick
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Boeing sells parts of its digital aviation solutions business to Thoma Bravo, Baker Tilly and Moss Adams join forces, Mobico sells its U.S. school bus business to I Squared Capital, and Apollo commits to a joint venture with Bullrock Energy Ventures.
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April 25, 2025
Nightclub Owner And Accountant Guilty Of £4.9M Tax Fraud
A court has convicted a nightclub owner and his accountant of evading £4.9 million ($6.5 million) in tax, with the venue boss spending the money on luxury cars and a yacht, the U.K. tax authority said Friday.
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April 25, 2025
Gov't Repaid £1.4B In Pension 'Overtaxation' Since 2015
The U.K. government was forced to pay back £44 million ($58.6 million) in the first quarter to people who have been charged too much tax on pension withdrawals, bringing the total repaid to date to £1.4 billion.
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April 24, 2025
Gov't Stands By $1.7M In FBAR Penalties Against Texan
Constitutional law does not stop the U.S. from imposing $1.7 million in penalties against a Texan for failure to report foreign bank accounts, the U.S. told a federal court in arguing against the "myriad" of arguments she has made to dismiss the case.
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April 24, 2025
Methanol Giant's $85M Dividend Chain Ruled Not A Tax Dodge
Dividends totaling $85 million that were paid between subsidiaries of the world's largest methanol producer didn't reach the standard of dodging taxes in Trinidad and Tobago, the top appeals court for some Commonwealth countries ruled, saying the transactions followed the nation's tax law.
Tax Breaks For Offshore Production Could Thwart Tariffs' Goal
President Donald Trump has said that his wide-ranging tariffs will jump-start domestic industry and production, but an international tax policy created under the 2017 federal overhaul may undermine the goal of bringing manufacturing back to the U.S.
UK Seeks Input On Replacing Diverted Profits Tax
The U.K. government is holding a consultation on plans to replace the country's diverted profits tax by changing corporation tax and transfer pricing rules, HM Revenue & Customs said Monday.
Pope Francis Leaves Behind Tax Justice Legacy
Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, helped advance calls for tax justice by speaking out against the social costs of tax avoidance and raised awareness of the need for tax reform, according to proponents of income equality.
Tax Breaks For Offshore Production Could Thwart Tariffs' Goal
President Donald Trump has said that his wide-ranging tariffs will jump-start domestic industry and production, but an international tax policy created under the 2017 federal overhaul may undermine the goal of bringing manufacturing back to the U.S.
UK Seeks Input On Replacing Diverted Profits Tax
The U.K. government is holding a consultation on plans to replace the country's diverted profits tax by changing corporation tax and transfer pricing rules, HM Revenue & Customs said Monday.
Pope Francis Leaves Behind Tax Justice Legacy
Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, helped advance calls for tax justice by speaking out against the social costs of tax avoidance and raised awareness of the need for tax reform, according to proponents of income equality.
Featured Stories
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Tax Breaks For Offshore Production Could Thwart Tariffs' Goal
President Donald Trump has said that his wide-ranging tariffs will jump-start domestic industry and production, but an international tax policy created under the 2017 federal overhaul may undermine the goal of bringing manufacturing back to the U.S.
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State Coffers, Businesses Brace For Tariffs' SALT Impacts
President Donald Trump's new tariffs could impose further pressures on state coffers that were already experiencing a slowdown in tax collections while underscoring the need for businesses to ensure they are complying with state sales tax obligations on the charges.
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Pope Francis Leaves Behind Tax Justice Legacy
Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, helped advance calls for tax justice by speaking out against the social costs of tax avoidance and raised awareness of the need for tax reform, according to proponents of income equality.
Expert Analysis
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Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals
If a law firm enters into a pro bono deal with the Trump administration in exchange for avoiding or removing an executive order, it has an ethical obligation to create a written settlement agreement with specific terms, which would mitigate some potential conflict of interest problems, says Andrew Altschul at Buchanan Angeli.
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10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks
The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.
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The Benefits Of Aligning States On Legal Paraprofessionals
Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver.
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10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master
As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt.
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An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future
Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.
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Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance
Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols
Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.
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A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process
The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.
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How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms
Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital
Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
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How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition
Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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Tariffs And FCA Create Perfect Storm For Importers
The Trump administration's aggressive tariff policies pose a high risk to certain importation practices that are particularly likely to trigger False Claims Act enforcement, say attorneys at Jeffer Mangels.
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US Reassessment Of OECD Tax Deal Is Right Move
The wholesale U.S. reevaluation of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's global tax deal ordered by President Donald Trump is a positive step that could ultimately create a more durable international tax system, says Anne Gordon at the National Foreign Trade Council.