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International

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • June 06, 2025

    Darts Champ Banned As Director Over Unpaid £450K Tax Bill

    A former darts world champion has been banned from running companies for five years after his business failed to pay more than £450,000 ($610,000) in tax, the Insolvency Service has revealed.

  • June 06, 2025

    Switzerland Plans Tax Data Reporting For Crypto

    The Swiss government said Friday that it has approved a plan to extend the automatic exchange of information for tax matters to apply to crypto-assets.

  • June 05, 2025

    Swedish Tax Cuts Could Imperil Emission Targets, OECD Says

    Energy tax cuts included in Sweden's 2025 budget run counter to greenhouse gas reduction goals and may result in Sweden failing to meet its legally binding targets, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday.

  • June 05, 2025

    OECD Suggests South Africa Expand Tax Base To Cut Debt

    South Africa overly limits its tax base through expenditures like deductions and exemptions, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday, recommending the country broaden its base in order to reduce its debt.

  • June 05, 2025

    Trump Expects China Trade Talks To Resume After Xi Phone Call

    President Donald Trump said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke over the phone Thursday about an impasse in ongoing trade talks over U.S. claims China was slow-walking the exports of rare earths, with Trump saying he expects meetings between the countries' negotiating teams to resume.

Featured Stories

  • Facebook Ruling Casts Uncertainty On Cost-Share Disputes

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    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.

  • Steel, Aluminum Tariff Hike Casts Cloud Over US Investment

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    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.

  • GOP Budget Adds Punitive Twist To Talks On Digital Taxes

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    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 Âé¶¹´«Ã½360.

Expert Analysis

  • Section 899 Could Be A Costly Tax Shift For US Borrowers

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    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.

  • Calif. Bar Exam Fiasco Shows Why Attys Must Disclose AI Use

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    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.

  • In 2nd Place, Va. 'Rocket Docket' Remains Old Reliable

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    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.

  • How Attorneys Can Become Change Agents For Racial Equity

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    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 Âé¶¹´«Ã½ School.

  • Adapting To Private Practice: From US Attorney To BigÂé¶¹´«Ã½

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    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.

  • The Ins And Outs Of Consensual Judicial References

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    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.

  • The BigÂé¶¹´«Ã½ Settlements Are About Risk, Not Profit

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    The nine Am Âé¶¹´«Ã½ 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.

  • Customs Fraud Enforcement In The Age Of Tariffs

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    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.

  • Power To The Paralegals: An Untapped Source For Biz Roles

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    Âé¶¹´«Ã½ 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.

  • How Trucking Cos. Can Keep Rolling Under Tariff Burdens

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    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.

  • $38M Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Firm Settlement Highlights 'Unworthy Client' Perils

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    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.

  • Jurisdictional Issues At Play In 9th Circ.'s FCA Trade Case

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    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.

  • Evolving Federal Rules Pose Further Obstacles To NY LLC Act

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    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.