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Magic Circle law firm Freshfields to defend Apple in EU tax battle
September 2nd, 2016
Magic Circle heavyweight Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has secured the mandate to defend Apple against the single largest EU tax bill in history. With the global business community still reeling over the European Commission’s surprise decision to order Apple to ...
Why the EU says Apple must pay Ireland $14.5 billion in tax
September 1st, 2016
The European Commission (EC) ordered Apple Inc. to pay Ireland unpaid taxes of up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) on Tuesday as it ruled the firm had received illegal state aid. What is the EC alleging? The European ...
EU Apple Tax Ruling Stirs Fears of Revenue Loss in U.S.
August 31st, 2016
American politicians have spent years salivating over U.S. companies’ stockpile of untaxed foreign profits, now more than $2 trillion and growing. Europe got to that money pot first. The European Commission’s ruling Tuesday that Apple Inc. must pay $14.5 billion in back ...
Apple facing back taxes running into billions over Ireland deal
August 30th, 2016
Irish officials expect European commission to declare the arrangement with Apple unlawful under state aid rules Apple could face back taxes running into billions with the European commissionexpected to rule against the company on Tuesday over its arrangements with the ...
Geneva’s Corporate-Tax Fight Becomes ‘Mother of All Battles’
August 29th, 2016
When the European Union pressured Switzerland to scrap tax breaks for foreign companies, Geneva had the most to lose. Now, the canton that’s home to almost 1,000 multinationals is set to use tax to burnish its appeal. Geneva will ...
EU accused US of ‘acting like a tax haven’
August 29th, 2016
US accused of ‘acting like a tax haven’ for threatening retaliation against Brussels’ anti-trust investigations into Apple, Amazon and Starbucks The US has been accused of “behaving like a tax haven”, in an escalating war of words between Washington ...
U.S. Warns Apple Tax Probe in Europe Could Set ‘Undesirable Precedent’
August 25th, 2016
Just weeks before the European Commission is expected to make a decision in its landmark Apple tax probe, the U.S. Treasury department has criticized the Brussels-based body for “threatening international agreements on tax reform,” and warned that a decision against ...
Will Sugar Tax in UK make a positive impact on tax revenues?
August 22nd, 2016
New research says that sugar taxes in the UK would not make a positive impact on tax revenues, nor would they reduce waistlines. New research released on August 22nd by the UK think-tank Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) indicates that introducing ...
Winning an Olympic medal comes with a tax bill
August 18th, 2016
Many of the country’s best athletes have given the U.S. big wins at this year’s Olympics, and the U.S. is going to give them something right back: a tax bill. That’s right — winning an Olympic medal comes with ...
Accountants giving advice for Tax avoidance could receive tough penalties
August 18th, 2016
Accountants or financial advisers who help customers to bend the rules to avoid paying tax could face tough new fines. the U.K. government said Wednesday. The U.K. Treasury has opened a consultation on a new penalty that would impose ...
