Patent Box Regimes in Europe, 2024 Skip to content Patent boxA patent box—also referred to as intellectual property (IP) regime—taxes business income earned from IP at a rate below the statutory corporate income tax rate, aiming to encourage local research and development. Many patent boxes around the world have undergone substantial reforms due to profit … Read more
Puerto Rico Tax Competitiveness and Pillar Two Skip to content profit shiftingProfit shifting is when multinational companies reduce their tax burden by moving the location of their profits from high-tax countries to low-tax jurisdictions and tax havens. . Pillar Two, the global minimum taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, … Read more
Global Tax Agreement: Details & Analysis | EU Global Minimum Tax Skip to content Home • Blog • The Latest on the Global Tax Agreement See Full Timeline In recent years, countries have debated significant changes to international tax rules affecting multinational companies. In October 2021, after negotiations at the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and … Read more
BEAT Overview The base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT) is a minimum tax (5% in 2018, 10% in 2019 to 2025 and 12.5% after 2025) imposed on applicable taxpayers that make certain base erosion payments to foreign related parties. This tax is in addition to a corporation’s regular income tax liability. Corporations that average at … Read more
Vietnam’s draft Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Law proposes changes to incentive eligibility, taxation on capital transfers by foreign investors, and aims to address limitations hindering integration with international best tax practices. Investors and businesses planning market entry or expansion should closely monitor the draft CIT law’s development and prepare for potential impacts on their strategies … Read more
As we find ourselves in a crucial period of economic transition, with positive but slowing growth, we are facing some critical policy decisions with major impacts on consumers, the retail industry and the broader economy. National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz recently highlighted that, much like in 2017, we are in a phase of waiting … Read more
The title page reads, “Mandate for Leadership, the Conservative Promise — Project 2025, Presidential Transition Project.” What follows are 920 pages of sweeping changes for the “next conservative president” to put into effect or, if not sufficiently empowered, to recommend to Congress. From abortion to veterans affairs, the anthology of 30 chapters, each by a … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recenlty issued final regulations detailing how corporations should report and pay the new 1 percent excise tax on stock repurchases. This tax was introduced by the Inflation Reduction Act and applies to stock repurchases made after December 31, 2022. The new … Read more
The UK election’s influence on the pound is likely to be limited amid widespread expectation of a Labour victory, according to the CEO of a leading independent financial advisory and fintech. The prediction from Nigel Green, deVere Group chief executive, comes as Britain heads to the polls on Thursday, July 4, with the current opposition Labour Party … Read more
Analysis: Morningstar DBRS Just a day to the UK general election on 4th July and a change in government looks imminent. The Labour party has continued to lead in the voting intention polls and if polls prove right, Labour will form the next government. After 14 years of a Conservative-led government, a change to Labour … Read more