EY has upgraded its information reporting capabilities in US by hiring John Staples, managing partner of Burt, Staples & Maner, and his colleagues from the same firm. Staples and his team focus on information reporting and withholding (IRW). He will have the title of EY global IRW markets leader.
Top multinationals have contributed to a discussion document on what UK taxpayers should think about when disclosing information about their tax affairs.
China and Taiwan have agreed a double tax treaty after talks between the Taipei-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and Beijing-headquartered Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS).
The publication of detailed rules by the Indian government on August 7 builds on the intergovernmental agreement (IGA) the country signed with the US in July to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).