Senate GOP Opts for International Tax Regime Redesign
Senate Republicans unveiled a robust set of international corporate tax reforms in their version of the reconciliation tax bill, including adjustments to the House-passed version and a suite of new provisions.
MEPs Sink Report on Development Financing Despite Tax Consensus
Members of the European Parliament rejected a report calling for a strong U.N. tax process in the context of the next international conference on financing development, though that specific provision was consensual.
Countries Signal Tax Commitment Ahead of U.N. Finance Conference
U.N. countries agreed to prioritize international tax cooperation ahead of a major development financing conference, with an emphasis on improving domestic resource mobilization for developing countries.
Human Bias, Fraud, and AI: Lessons From the Netherlands, Part 2
Nina E. Olson compares a Dutch program that used artificial intelligence to identify fraudulent child care subsidy claims to the IRS Criminal Investigation division’s questionable refund program and warns that trends in U.S. tax administration could lead to similar violations of taxpayer rights.
Corporate Tax: Best Tool for Taxation’s Regulation Goal
Reuven S. Avi-Yonah explains the three primary goals of taxation — revenue, redistribution, and regulation — and shows how VAT, the individual tax, and the corporate tax each uniquely match one of the goals.
EU Commission Seeks Input on Tax Breaks for Savings, Investments
The European Commission is asking for feedback on tax incentives and simple tax procedures for its upcoming recommendation on establishing savings and investment accounts to drive individual participation in capital markets.
Irish Fiscal Watchdog: Government Pillar 2 Estimate Are Wrong
Irish government estimates that corporate tax revenue is likely to remain unchanged because of pillar 2 through 2026 are not credible and ignore evidence that revenue could increase, according to the country’s fiscal watchdog.
CRS Summarizes Antidiscriminatory Tax Measures in H.R. 1
The Congressional Research Service in a June 9 report summarized provisions in the House-passed version of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, that would raise taxes on U.S.-sourced income of nonresident aliens from countries imposing allegedly discriminatory taxes such as digital services taxes and the OECD pillar 2 undertaxed profits rule.
Switzerland Adopts Plan to Exchange Crypto Info With 74 Partners
Switzerland has approved a formal proposal to automatically exchange cryptoasset tax information with 74 partner jurisdictions, including the EU member states and most G20 countries, beginning in 2026.
House Budget Reconciliation Bill’s Revenge Tax
Lee A. Sheppard examines the potential effects of the the House budget reconciliation bill’s proposed section 899, which would increase taxes for residents of countries maintaining discriminatory taxes and modify the base erosion and antiabuse tax.
EU Countries Still Want Consensus in U.N. Tax Process
Although EU countries accept that decisions on a U.N. tax convention will happen by majority vote, they still feel the best way to guarantee success is through consensus, according to a Polish tax official.
International Tax Buffeted by Congress, Pillar 2, and FTC Changes
Larissa Neumann and William R. Skinner review the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the bill introduced by Senate Finance Committee member Thom Tillis, R-N.C. They also examine the IRS guidance memo on resource allocation for the advance pricing and mutual agreement program, developments with pillar 2, and the challenge to stock-based compensation in McKesson.
Tax Bill’s ‘Revenge Tax’ May Run Afoul of Senate’s Byrd Rule
Several aspects of the section 899 retaliatory tax in the House-passed tax bill raise red flags that the provision violates Senate procedures, which could lead to the tax being severely constrained or scrapped altogether.
U.S. Organizations Push Back Against Canada, U.K. DST Measures
Several U.S. industry organizations, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Foreign Trade Council, issued a letter to the U.S. trade representative and the secretaries for the U.S. Treasury and the U.S. Department of Commerce calling on the government to push back against the discriminatory digital services tax measures from Canada and the United Kingdom, noting that the Canadian DST will cost the United States up to $2.3 billion annually.
Donald Trump claims the UK’s Digital Services Tax overwhelmingly targets US tech giants. New data obtained by TaxWatch shows otherwise.
The UK is weighing the future of its Digital Services Tax (DST), under pressure from US trade threats. From the White House to the tech sector, the DST has been described as a discriminatory ‘tariff’ almost entirely targeting large US internet companies. No-one seems to have asked whether that’s actually true. New data obtained by TaxWatch show that nearly 40 percent of the companies subject to the UK DST are not headquartered in the US at all, contrary to claims made by politicians and the tech industry itself.
Faulkender Threatens OECD Over Pillar 2 Stance
Treasury Deputy Secretary Michael Faulkender warned the OECD that the United States will retaliate if the group doesn’t accept several existing U.S. tax provisions as being compliant with a global minimum tax initiative.
Bermuda Seeks Input on Proposed Corporate Income Tax Amendments
Bermuda has started a public consultation on draft technical amendments to its corporate income tax regime to bring it more in line with OECD pillar 2 global minimum tax rules and related administrative guidance.
OECD Announces June 2025 Economic Outlook Report
The OECD issued a release announcing that it has published its June 2025 economic outlook report, which analyzes the economic prospects of various member jurisdictions, noting that global economic growth is projected to slow down from 3.3 percent to 2.9 percent in 2025 and 2026 and that various factors could affect overall economies in the coming years, including inflation pressures, increased tariffs and high trade costs, high debt payments, and uncertain tax policies.
Take 2: Evaluating the Revised Retaliatory Measure in the House Bill
Danielle Rolfes, Alistair Pepper, Daniel Winnick, and Casey Caldwell analyze the revised versions of two proposed retaliatory tax measures, consolidated in proposed section 899, now before the Senate as part of the budget reconciliation package, assessing whether the more significant modifications to those now-combined proposals are consistent with Congress’s stated policy goals in responding to “unfair” taxes imposed by foreign countries.
U.S. Retaliatory Taxes Would Be Bad for Business, Observers Warn
Renewed efforts to allow the United States to retaliate against countries with discriminatory taxes will affect most foreign direct investment in the United States and put American jobs at risk, stakeholders and observers warned.
Germany Mulls Online Platform Tax to Combat ‘Clever Tax Avoidance’
Germany’s government is preparing a legislative proposal to tax online platforms like Google and Facebook to counter what the country’s culture minister described as “clever . . . tax avoidance.”
U.S. Companies Call on the EU to Find Swift Pillar 2 Resolution
The American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union has written to EU Tax Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra saying that uncertainties regarding the EU’s pillar 2 directive and its interaction with the U.S. tax system must be resolved quickly.
BEFIT Should Also Target Tech Giants, EP Rapporteur Says
European Parliament rapporteur Evelyn Regner said the definition of a permanent establishment in the proposed Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation system should include companies that have a significant economic — if not physical — presence.
OECD Includes Amount B Information in Transfer Pricing Profiles
The OECD has released several new and updated transfer pricing country profiles containing information about their positions on the optional amount B simplified and streamlined approach to pricing baseline and marketing distribution transactions.
New Zealand Withdraws Draft Digital Services Tax Legislation
The New Zealand government has pulled back proposed legislation that would have implemented a digital services tax, citing countries’ support of OECD work to address the tax challenges of the digital economy.
Business Group Backs U.S. Position on OECD Global Minimum Tax
The tax committee of a U.S. business group told Treasury’s top OECD negotiator that it supports the government’s push to ensure that the U.S. tax system exists separately from the OECD's pillar 2 regime.