January 26, 2017

Insights Vol. 4 No. 1: Updates & Other Tidbits

January 26, 2017/ Ruchelman P.L.L.C.

This month, we look briefly at several timely issues, including (i) the termination of foreign acceptance agent agreements used to confirm copies of passports outside the U.S. when a non-U.S. individual obtains an I.T.I.N., (ii) a court order in Canada upholding a demand for disclosure of client names and documentation relating to participation in a discredited tax shelter, (iii) E.U. steps that identify potentially blacklisted low-tax or no-tax countries, and (iv) worsening relations between the U.S. and the E.U. stemming from widening differences in tax policies.

January 26, 2017

U.K. Criminal Penalties for Improper Tax Planning – Could You Be Effected?

January 26, 2017/ Ruchelman P.L.L.C.

New powers have been given to H.M.R.C. in recent legislation, and new criminal and civil penalties have been enacted as part of a massive legislative program designed to stop U.K. residents from participating in offshore tax avoidance and evasion schemes. Several criminal penalties are directed to advisory firms that facilitated tax offenses. In certain circumstances, advisory firms based outside the U.K. will be at risk of prosecution. Gary Ashford of Harbottle and Lewis L.L.P., London, and Stanley C. Ruchelman examine the new provisions.

April 29, 2016

Insights Vol. 3 No. 4: Updates & Other Tidbits

April 29, 2016/ Ruchelman P.L.L.C.

In this month’s update, Sheryl Shah and Stanley C. Ruchelman look at the following recent developments: (i) one-time payments for off-the-shelf software are not considered to be royalties in India, (ii) offshore voluntary disclosure in Greece, (iii) the movement of Slovak companies to other jurisdictions, and (iv) the effect of the Panama Papers on CbC reporting in Europe.

January 15, 2016

Insights Vol. 3 No. 1: Updates & Other Tidbits

January 15, 2016/ Web Admin

This month, Insights discusses recent events including a Beanie Baby billionaire’s light sentence; a tax reform report by the European Parliament addressing tax rulings, a common consolidated corporate tax base, a crackdown on tax havens, whistle-blower protection, public access to country-by-country (CbC) reports, and a lower threshold to approve E.U. tax legislation; a House Ways and Means Committee action in regard to B.E.P.S., E.U. investigations on State Aid, patent box regimes, and inversions; identity theft risk in I.R.S. proposed regulations regarding charitable deductions; and allowance of accounting non-conformity for foreign-based groups that do not adopt L.I.F.O. accounting when that method is adopted by a U.S. member.

August 15, 2015

Insights Vol. 2 No. 7: Updates & Other Tidbits

August 15, 2015/ Ruchelman P.L.L.C.

As Democrats and Republicans attempt to revamp the U.S. tax system, there is renewed discussion of lowering the corporate tax rate. In other national news, U.S. expatriation numbers are down in Q2 of 2015, the I.R.S. Transfer Pricing Operations Unit is officially here to stay, and three more banks agree to disclose activities to D.O.J.