International
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June 11, 2025
Senate Dems' Bill Would Bar GILTI For 'Round-Tripped' Income
Income that is "round-tripped" to obtain tax advantages would become ineligible for the half-off corporate tax rate under the global intangible low-taxed income regime, based on a bill introduced Wednesday by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and three other Senate Democrats.
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June 11, 2025
Trump Pick For IRS Chief Clears Key Senate Hurdle
President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service survived a key procedural vote Wednesday in the Senate, setting the stage for the chamber to proceed with a final vote on his confirmation.
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June 11, 2025
37% Of Romania Cos. Fall Short On EU Reporting Standard
Almost 40% of businesses filing public country-by-country reports in Romania are failing to fully comply with the European Union's reporting standard, according to a report by a nonprofit organization.
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June 11, 2025
Peru Ratifies OECD Tax Treaty Standards
Peru ratified the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's multilateral convention on base erosion and profit shifting, which updates bilateral tax treaties of its signatories with agreed-upon standards, the OECD said Tuesday.
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June 10, 2025
UK Refiner Wins A Round In $200M EU Energy Tax Dispute
An international tribunal has ruled that a British oil refiner's claim challenging a €175 million ($200 million) windfall tax in Europe will proceed without bifurcation, concluding that jurisdictional objections lodged by Germany, Denmark and the European Union should be weighed concurrently with the merits.
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June 10, 2025
Yukos Says $5B Russia Award Suit Must Proceed
Yukos Oil Co.'s financing arm has told a D.C. federal court that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision rejecting the Ninth Circuit's outlier interpretation of a jurisdictional question moots Russia's request that the court pause enforcement of a $5 billion arbitral award against the country.
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June 10, 2025
Mauritius Budget Proposal Includes Min. Tax, VAT On Digital
African island nation Mauritius is planning to adopt a portion of the OECD's global corporate minimum tax on large multinational entities starting next year and adjust its value-added tax regime to cover foreign digital services.
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June 10, 2025
Sweden May Exempt Foreign Gov'ts From Dividend Tax
Sweden's Ministry of Finance is considering allowing certain foreign countries to be exempt from the obligation to pay withholding taxes on dividends from Swedish companies and funds following a federal court ruling.
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June 10, 2025
Plastic Waste Often Illegally Burned, Tax Chiefs Say
Plastic waste shipped abroad is often illegally incinerated rather than recycled, including that in Turkey and Indonesia, the Dutch and British tax authorities said Tuesday.
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June 10, 2025
Pros Say OECD Report Spurs Push For Real-Time Monitoring
International tax agencies are focused on harnessing technology, including artificial intelligence, to become more efficient and improve compliance, global tax professionals said Tuesday.
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June 10, 2025
Tax Chiefs Say Flagging Oddities Could Reduce ID Crimes
Flagging suspicious behaviors, like bank accounts receiving multiple tax refund deposits in a matter of days, could help reduce identity-based crimes, a public-private partnership with top tax officials from five countries including the U.S. reported Tuesday.
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June 10, 2025
No Millionaire Exodus Over UK Tax Reform, Report Says
Millionaires are not leaving the U.K. in large numbers because of the burden of high taxes, according to a report published Tuesday by campaign groups.
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June 10, 2025
Flagging Fintech Could Help Stop Tax Crimes, Tax Chiefs Say
Governments could help mitigate money laundering and tax evasion by flagging fintech firms with services nested within traditional banks, with virtual assets used for anonymity or with fiat currency conversion services, top tax officials from five countries including the U.S. said Tuesday.
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June 10, 2025
DHL British Unit On Hook For £3M In Duties, Court Says
A tax tribunal did not err when it upheld HM Revenue & Custom's decision to deny about £3 million ($4 million) in duty relief to cargo aircraft operated by DHL's British affiliate, a U.K. court said, dismissing the company's appeal.
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June 10, 2025
UK Treasury Committee Warns HMRC Over Phishing Attack
A British treasury committee warned HM Revenue & Customs in a letter published Tuesday that its failure to report details of a breach affecting around 100,000 taxpayers is unacceptable.
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June 10, 2025
EU Adds Kenya To Financial Crime Risk List, Removes UAE
The European Union on Tuesday designated 10 countries, including Kenya and Monaco, as high-risk jurisdictions for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing while removing eight countries, including the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines.
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June 09, 2025
Russian Postdoc's Income Not Tax Exempt, Tax Court Says
A Russian permanent resident who was a postdoctoral laboratory worker at the University of South Carolina cannot escape federal taxes on her income by claiming it was a grant and thus exempt under the U.S.-Russia tax treaty, the U.S. Tax Court said Monday.
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June 09, 2025
Dutch Central Bank Predicts Tariff-Driven Growth Dip
The Dutch central bank is the latest entity to predict a general slowdown in economic growth because of uncertainty and trade tensions resulting from the U.S. tariff regime.
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June 09, 2025
Businesses Warn Fed. Circ. Against Pausing Block On Tariffs
Thousands of businesses will suffer "irreparable harm" if the Federal Circuit halts the U.S. Court of International Trade's order that struck down President Donald Trump's global tariffs, a wine importer told the appellate court, urging against a long-term pause.
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June 09, 2025
German Court Convicts 1 In €23M Platinum Coin VAT Fraud
A German court has convicted one of the leaders of a criminal organization responsible for more than €23 million ($26.3 million) in evaded value-added taxes through its trade of platinum coins, the European Public Prosecutor's Office said.
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June 06, 2025
EU Monitoring Import Surges Amid Global Trade Tensions
The European Union is surveilling imports to detect shipments being diverted to its borders because of shocks in the global trading system and is inviting companies to assist with the effort, the bloc's executive branch said.
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June 06, 2025
Facebook Ruling Casts Uncertainty On Cost-Share Disputes
The U.S. Tax Court recently rejected Facebook's challenge to regulations that determine the buy-in payment for affiliated companies to share the costs of developing intangibles, raising questions about objections to similar rules by pharmaceutical multinationals.
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June 06, 2025
Arizona Mining Co. Challenges $417M Ruling In Peru Dispute
Peru breached its U.S. trade agreement by imposing $417 million in penalties and interest on the unpaid royalties of an Arizona-based mining company's local operator, the company said while asking international arbiters to partially annul an award that it claimed mistakenly ignored the issue.
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June 06, 2025
Labour Gov't Eases Carried Interest Rules On Fund Managers
The Labour government has unveiled a series of concessions on changes to the tax rules for carried interest, the investment income passed onto fund managers, following a consultation on the plans.
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June 06, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Winston, Stibbe, Weil, Goodwin
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Chart Industries Inc. and Flowserve Corp. merge, Aedifica NV and Cofinimmo NV unite, Sanofi buys Blueprint Medicines Corp., and Kimberly-Clark Corp. sells a majority stake in its international tissue business to Suzano.

House Budget Would Strong-Arm Foreign Gov'ts, Experts Say
The U.S. House-passed budget would discard the tax-exempt status of foreign governments and entities connected to them, such as sovereign wealth funds, and impose escalating tax rates if those countries employ fiscal policies that lawmakers consider unfair, according to several experts.

Fed. Circ. Keeps Trump Tariffs In Place, Fast-Tracks Appeal
The Federal Circuit on Tuesday granted the federal government's bid to keep President Donald Trump's global tariffs in place while it appeals a U.S. Court of International Trade order striking them down on the grounds that they exceeded the president's authority.

US Eyes Deal With China On Rare Earths, Chips, Official Says
The U.S. government hoped to reach an agreement Monday with China's government to loosen export controls on rare earth elements in exchange for the U.S. relaxing controls on semiconductors, the White House National Economic Council director said.
Featured Stories
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Facebook Ruling Casts Uncertainty On Cost-Share Disputes
The U.S. Tax Court recently rejected Facebook's challenge to regulations that determine the buy-in payment for affiliated companies to share the costs of developing intangibles, raising questions about objections to similar rules by pharmaceutical multinationals.
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Steel, Aluminum Tariff Hike Casts Cloud Over US Investment
President Donald Trump's latest tariff increases on steel and aluminum imports strengthen an existing barrier to an already duty-riddled trade environment and could put both domestic and foreign businesses' investment opportunities in the U.S. at risk, experts say.
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GOP Budget Adds Punitive Twist To Talks On Digital Taxes
The House-passed budget's punitive tax hikes on companies and people from countries with digital services taxes is poised to complicate trade negotiations aimed at removing DSTs and to weaken foreign investment in the U.S., fiscal experts told Law360.
Expert Analysis
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Section 899 Could Be A Costly Tax Shift For US Borrowers
Intended to deter foreign governments from applying unfair taxes to U.S. companies, the proposal adding new Section 899 to the Internal Revenue Code would more likely increase tax burdens on U.S. borrowers than non-U.S. lenders unless Congress limits its scope, says Michael Bolotin at Debevoise.
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Calif. Bar Exam Fiasco Shows Why Attys Must Disclose AI Use
The recent revelation that a handful of questions from the controversial California bar exam administered in February were drafted using generative artificial intelligence demonstrates the continued importance of disclosure for attorneys who use AI tools, say attorneys at Troutman.
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In 2nd Place, Va. 'Rocket Docket' Remains Old Reliable
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia was again one of the fastest civil trial courts in the nation last year, and an interview with the court’s newest judge provides insights into why it continues to soar, says Robert Tata at Hunton.
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How Attorneys Can Become Change Agents For Racial Equity
As the administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and law firms consider pulling back from their programs, lawyers who care about racial equity and justice can employ four strategies to create microspaces of justice, which can then be parlayed into drivers of transformational change, says Susan Sturm at Columbia Law School.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From US Attorney To BigLaw
When I transitioned to private practice after government service — most recently as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia — I learned there are more similarities between the two jobs than many realize, with both disciplines requiring resourcefulness, zealous advocacy and foresight, says Zach Terwilliger at V&E.
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The Ins And Outs Of Consensual Judicial References
As parties consider the possibility of judicial reference to resolve complex disputes, it is critical to understand how the process works, why it's gaining traction, and why carefully crafted agreements make all the difference, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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The BigLaw Settlements Are About Risk, Not Profit
The nine Am Law 100 firms that settled with the Trump administration likely did so because of the personal risk faced by equity partners in today's billion‑dollar national practices, enabled by an ethics rule primed for modernization, says Adam Forest at Scale.
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Customs Fraud Enforcement In The Age Of Tariffs
In the wake of the Trump administration’s new approach toward tariffs, two recent Justice Department developments demonstrate aggressive customs fraud enforcement, with the DOJ emphasizing competitive harm to American businesses, and signaling that investigations will likely involve both civil and criminal enforcement tools, say attorneys at Bernstein Litowitz and London & Naor.
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Power To The Paralegals: An Untapped Source For Biz Roles
Law firms looking to recruit legal business talent should consider turning to paralegals, who practice several key skills every day that prepare them to thrive in marketing and client development roles, says Vanessa Torres at Lowenstein Sandler.
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How Trucking Cos. Can Keep Rolling Under Tariff Burdens
Recent Trump administration tariffs present major challenges for the transportation and logistics sector — and, in particular, trucking — but providers who focus on operational efficiency, cost control, customer relationships, creative contract structures and unique offerings will stand out from the competition, say attorneys at Benesch.
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$38M Law Firm Settlement Highlights 'Unworthy Client' Perils
A recent settlement of claims against law firm Eckert Seamans for allegedly abetting a Ponzi scheme underscores the continuing threat of clients who seek to exploit their lawyers in perpetrating fraud, and the critical importance of preemptive measures to avoid these clients, say attorneys at Lockton Companies.
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Jurisdictional Issues At Play In 9th Circ.'s FCA Trade Case
A decision by the Ninth Circuit in Island Industries v. Sigma Corp. could result in the U.S. Court of International Trade’s exclusive jurisdiction over trade-related FCA cases, a big shift in the enforcement landscape just as tariffs take center stage in trade policy, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.
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Evolving Federal Rules Pose Further Obstacles To NY LLC Act
Following the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's recent changes to beneficial ownership information reporting under the federal Corporate Transparency Act — dramatically reducing the number of companies required to make disclosures — the utility of New York's LLC Transparency Act becomes less apparent, say attorneys at Pillsbury.