International

  • May 19, 2025

    Full Tax Court Sends 'Seriously Delinquent' Debt Case To Trial

    The U.S. Tax Court decided Monday for the first time that its review of a challenge to an IRS certification of tax debt as "seriously delinquent" is not limited to the agency's administrative record, saying a trial is needed in a man's case to determine the facts.

  • May 19, 2025

    Taxpayer Data Increasingly At Risk From DOGE, Court Told

    A group of unions and advocacy organizations trying to block the White House's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing confidential taxpayer data told a D.C. federal court they fear the data is already being shared with federal agencies beyond the IRS.

  • May 19, 2025

    Sweden May Cut Corporate Tax Rate In Response To Tariffs

    Sweden's government on Monday proposed to lower its corporate tax rate by 0.6 of a percentage point, to 20%, in response to uncertainty caused by higher tariffs, part of a broader package of tax proposals issued ahead of the country's 2026 autumn budget.

  • May 19, 2025

    Takeout Owner Gets Suspended Sentence For VAT Tax Dodge

    The former owner of a Chinese takeout restaurant in the U.K. received a one-year prison sentence, which was suspended, for fraudulently disposing property after filing for bankruptcy instead of paying his bill of over £43,000 ($57,000) in value-added tax, the U.K.'s Insolvency Service announced Monday.

  • May 19, 2025

    US Budget Would Hike Taxes On Foreign Firms, Individuals

    Foreign firms and individuals from countries with "unfair" fiscal policies such as digital services taxes, diverted profits taxes and the global minimum tax's backstop would pay higher U.S. taxes under the spending bill approved by the House Budget Committee.

  • May 19, 2025

    CFTC Should Pay $3M Atty Fees After Sanctions, Firm Says

    A foreign exchange firm that won dismissal of a U.S. Commodity Futures Exchange Commission case after a New Jersey federal judge sanctioned the agency for bad faith behavior now says the CFTC should have to pay nearly $3 million for failing to own up to its mistake sooner.

  • May 19, 2025

    Australia Seeks Ideas On Possible Corp. Tax Improvements

    Australia is looking for ideas on how to improve its corporate tax regime in hope of reversing a dip in investments into factories, machines and equipment through changes that could encourage foreign investment, an agency said Monday.

  • May 19, 2025

    HMRC Lays Out Tax Implications For Private Co. Stock Market

    Britain's Labour government is set to legislate tax rules for private companies to use a new stock market mechanism as part of its next finance bill, according to a policy update from HM Revenue & Customs.

  • May 16, 2025

    Harmonized EU Soda Tax Could Be Beneficial, But Difficult

    European Union-wide taxes on unhealthy products, in particular sugary drinks, could help both promote public health and generate revenue, but the bloc would need to consider a number of complicating factors, said a study released Friday.

  • May 16, 2025

    South Africa Rolls Out Online Foreign Royalty Tax Reporting

    Those needing to submit withholding tax forms for royalties paid to or for the benefit of a foreign person from a source within South Africa can now do so online, the country's revenue agency said.

  • May 16, 2025

    Congress Hitting Back After Int'l Tax Talks, US Official Says

    The House Ways and Means Committee's tax bill includes retaliatory measures against certain foreign taxes because lawmakers were dissatisfied with international administrative guidance they thought undermined their tax sovereignty, a U.S. Treasury Department official said Friday.

  • May 16, 2025

    Key House Panel Advances Budget With $3.8T Tax Overhaul

    The House Budget Committee voted late Sunday to approve the chamber's budget reconciliation package, including a $3.8 trillion tax bill that would renew and make permanent large parts of the GOP's 2017 tax overhaul law.

  • May 16, 2025

    The Tax Angle: Year-End Extenders, IRS Direct File

    From a look at the possibility of Congress passing a year-end budget and tax extenders bill to efforts to keep the IRS Direct File program afloat, here's a peek into a reporter's notebook on a few of the week's developing tax stories.

  • May 16, 2025

    Refocus Global Tax Policy On Bilateral Treaties, Attys Say

    Global tax policymakers at the OECD and United Nations should return to their original focus of advancing bilateral tax treaties among the countries they cater toward, attorneys said Friday.

  • May 16, 2025

    Work Agency Loses VAT Deregistration Appeal Over Tax Fraud

    An agency worker supply company has lost its latest bid to challenge a decision by the U.K. tax authority to cancel its VAT registration over its alleged links to a tax fraud scheme, as a London appeals court refused its bid on Friday.

  • May 16, 2025

    China Floats Developing Tax Breaks To Promote Tourism

    China is hoping to develop a departure tax refund and expand the coverage of tax-refund shops in a bid to expand tourism and tourist spending as a way to "cope with external shocks," its Ministry of Commerce said Friday.

  • May 16, 2025

    Tax Dodging By Wealthy Larger Than Thought, UK Body Says

    The scale of tax avoidance and evasion by the wealthy could be much greater than the U.K. tax authority previously thought, according to a report by the National Audit Office published Friday.

  • May 16, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Blakes, Davies, Goodmans

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Charter Communications Inc. merges with Cox Communications, Hub International Ltd. boosts its valuation after securing an investment, Pan American Silver Corp. acquires Mag Silver Corp. and Robinhood buys WonderFi.

  • May 16, 2025

    Carbon Taxes Cut Emissions Best In Many Areas, OECD Says

    Carbon taxes reduced greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector, transportation, buildings and agriculture on average more effectively than most other climate policies in a large batch of studies reviewed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the group said.

  • May 15, 2025

    UK To Codify Extensions For Cos. That End VAT Registration

    HM Revenue & Customs will have a regulatory basis to grant businesses canceling their value-added tax registration extensions for submitting their final tax return documents under a new measure, codifying a practice it routinely carries out now through administrative concession.

  • May 15, 2025

    IRS Reopens Comment Period For Offshore Profit Regs

    The Internal Revenue Service on Thursday reopened the comment period for proposed rules that would require U.S. multinational companies to create annual shareholder accounts and adhere to new pooling concepts to properly account for previously taxed earnings and profits.

  • May 15, 2025

    House Tax Bill's Foreign Rules May Finish Off Energy Perks

    House Republicans' mammoth tax bill proposes phasing out two popular clean electricity business tax credits, but additional restrictions on eligible development projects' foreign business ties could have the same effect as immediately repealing them.

  • May 15, 2025

    Pillar Two Costs May Outweigh Revenue, Tax Exec Says

    The administrative requirements for complying with an international minimum tax agreement known as Pillar Two could end up costing companies more than any taxes they pay under the global regime, a Microsoft tax executive said Thursday.

  • May 15, 2025

    House Plans Vote On Budget Bill With Tax Package Next Week

    Republican leaders in the House plan to hold a vote next week on the chamber's budget bill that includes the GOP's $3.8 trillion tax package, with the aim of sending the legislation to the Senate before Memorial Day, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith said Thursday. 

  • May 15, 2025

    HMRC Fights To Keep £261M In Overseas Dividends Tax Battle

    The British High Court was wrong to find BAT Industries PLC could have discovered that its tax payments on foreign dividends were made by mistake, HM Revenue & Customs told an appeals court Thursday, urging it to overturn the ruling.

Expert Analysis

  • Tariffs And FCA Create Perfect Storm For Importers

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    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.

  • US Reassessment Of OECD Tax Deal Is Right Move

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    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.

  • Measuring And Mitigating Harm From Discriminatory Taxes

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    In response to new tariffs and other recent "America First Trade Policy" pronouncements, corporations should assess and take steps to minimize their potential exposure to discriminatory and reciprocal tax measures that are likely to come, say economists at Charles River Associates.

  • Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Leadership To BigLaw

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    The move from government service to private practice can feel like changing one’s identity, but as someone who has left the U.S. Department of Justice twice, I’ve learned that a successful transition requires patience, effort and the realization that the rewards of practicing law don’t come from one particular position, says Richard Donoghue at Pillsbury.

  • How The CRE Industry Is Adapting To Tariff Uncertainty

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    Amid uncertainty about pending tariffs and their potential ripple effects, including higher material costs, supply chain delays and tighter margins, commercial real estate industry players are focusing on strategic planning and risk mitigation, says Daniel Diaz Leyva at Day Pitney.

  • Law Firm Executive Orders Create A Legal Ethics Minefield

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    Recent executive orders targeting BigLaw firms create ethical dilemmas — and raise the specter of civil or criminal liability — for the government attorneys tasked with implementing them and for the law firms that choose to make agreements with the administration, say attorneys at Buchalter.

  • Trade Policy Shifts Raise Hurdles For Gov't And Cos. Alike

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    The persistent tension between the Trump administration's fast-moving and aggressive trade policies and the compliance-heavy nature of the trade industry creates implementation challenges for both the business community and the government, says Sara Schoenfeld at Kamerman.

  • Firms Must Embrace Alternative Billing Models Or Fall Behind

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    As artificial intelligence tools eliminate inefficiencies and the Big Four accounting firms enter the legal market, law firms that pivot from the entrenched billable hour model to outcomes-based pricing will see a distinct competitive advantage, says attorney William Brewer.

  • How Attorneys Can Master The Art Of On-Camera Presence

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    As attorneys are increasingly presented with on-camera opportunities, they can adapt their traditional legal skills for video contexts — such as virtual client meetings, marketing content or media interviews — by understanding the medium and making intentional adjustments, says Kerry Barrett.

  • Firms Still Have Lateral Market Advantage, But Risks Persist

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    Partner and associate mobility data from the fourth quarter of 2024 shows that we’re in a new, stable era of lateral hiring where firms have the edge, but leaders should proceed cautiously, looking beyond expected revenue and compensation analyses for potential risks, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • We Must Allow Judges To Use Their Independent Judgment

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    As two recent cases show, the ability of judges to access their independent judgment crucially enables courts to exercise the discretion needed to reach the right outcome based on the unique facts within the law, says John Siffert at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

  • Preparing For Tariffs On Canadian Power In The Northeast

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    The on-again, off-again risk of import and export tariffs on energy transactions between the U.S. and Canada may have repercussions for U.S. energy stakeholders in the ISO New England and New York Independent System Operator electricity markets — but there are options that could help reduce cost impacts, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

  • Making The Case For Rest In The Legal Profession

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    For too long, a culture of overwork has plagued the legal profession, but research shows that attorneys need rest to perform optimally and sustainably, so legal organizations and individuals must implement strategies that allow for restoration, says Marissa Alert at MDA Wellness, Carol Ross-Burnett at CRB Global, and Denise Robinson at The Still Center.

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