Tax

Will the 15% global corporate tax rate be bad for developing countries?

There is significant disquiet over the impact, particularly on developing countries, of the OECD’s base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS)…

Tax havens blur who Russia’s allies are when it comes to investment

Russian troops have now invaded Ukraine, worsening a crisis that has already damaged a Ukrainian economy still in recovery from…

Will new corporate tax slow investment into the UAE?

The Ministry of Finance of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on 31 January 2022 that it was introducing the…

How will corporation tax rise impact Ireland’s FDI attractiveness?

DUBLIN, IRELAND - APRIL 19: (FRANCE OUT) A general view outside the Google European headquarters, on April 19, 2016 in…

How low-tax jurisdictions hide the vulnerability of emerging economies

[caption id="attachment_46073" align="alignnone" width="658"] Enormous levels of investment are pumped into low-tax jurisdictions such as Bermuda, but what is the…

Weekly data: The G7 no longer rules the world

[caption id="attachment_38980" align="alignnone" width="658"] The global leaders from the G7 summit in Cornwall have only made very partial progress, when…

A guide to England’s eight new free ports

[caption id="attachment_33725" align="alignnone" width="658"] Will ports such as Immingham on the banks of the Humber benefit from the UK government's…

Biden’s proposed tax changes spark concerns for Irish investment

Ireland’s Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has admitted that US plans to introduce a global minimum corporation tax rate could have…

Opinion: A global minimum corporation tax should be just the start

“Some ideas are so absurd, the adage goes, that only an intellectual could believe them.” So writes former White House…

Why BEPS is a taxing matter for MNCs

[caption id="attachment_2170" align="alignnone" width="658"] OECD general secretary Angel Gurria applauds after Luxembourg finance minister Luc Frieden (left) signs a multilateral…