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G-7-Backed Minimum Tax Rate Lacks Ambition, Global Union Says
By: Stephanie Soong Johnston
The 15 percent global minimum tax floor that G-7 finance ministers have agreed to is a good first step, but the G-20 must show leadership by pushing that rate higher, according to an international workers’ union.
To read more go here Subscription RequiredWyden Predicts Long Road Ahead for Global Tax Agreement
By: Jad Chamseddine and Doug Sword
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., expects heavy lifting domestically and internationally to implement a global minimum tax after an accord was struck by the G-7 countries.
To read more go here Subscription RequiredQuestions Surround Green Book Deduction Disallowance Provision
By: Andrew Velarde
A surprise green book provision that disallows deductions for exempt or preferentially taxed income may not be gathering the most headlines, but it still is getting interest from practitioners wondering about its significance.
To read more go here Subscription RequiredIrish consensus on 12.5% corporate tax shifts after G7 global deal
By: Laura Noonan
Ireland’s second biggest opposition party has backed a “small increase” in the country’s corporate tax rate, in a sign that Dublin’s longstanding political consensus on multinationals is cracking after the G7 agreed a plan for global taxation reform.
To read more go here Subscription RequiredSwitzerland plans subsidies to offset G7 corporate tax plan
By: Sam Jones
Swiss-based multinationals such as commodities trader Glencore will receive subsidies and other incentives under plans Switzerland is drawing up to maintain its competitive tax rates, even as the country prepares to sign-up to the G7’s new plan for a global minimum tax on big businesses.
To read more go here Subscription RequiredGovernments should tax cash flow, not global corporate income
By: Glenn Hubbard
Glenn Hubbard discusses how to achieve a better global tax system outside of GILTI.
To read more go here Subscription RequiredG20 could improve on ‘one-sided’ global tax reform
By: Alex Cobham
G20 members have the opportunity to improve upon the one-sided deal proposed by a group of rich countries, and set the basis for a better deal that can stick.
To read more go here Subscription RequiredBig Tech will pay less tax in UK under G7 plan, says think-tank
By: Emma Agyemang
Big Tech will pay less tax in the UK under a deal agreed at the G7 than they currently pay under the country’s digital service tax, according to calculations by a think-tank.
To read more go here Subscription RequiredMultinationals shrug off G7 tax assault
By: Richard Waters, Emma Agyemang, Aziza Kasumov and Tim Bradshaw
G7 Tax deal targets the most profitable global companies.
To read more go here Subscription RequiredA Pact to Tax the World
By: Andrew Ross Sorkin, Jason Karaian, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
The Group of 7 finance chiefs sealed what they called a “historic global tax agreement” at a summit meeting in Britain this weekend.
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