A country-by-country guide to some of the key tax developments in 2011
Chris Morgan reviews the top five developments in 2011 affecting international corporate taxes
Five leading tax professionals, including HMRC's Judith Knott, took part in a roundtable discussion on UK tax competitiveness. Much of the discussion, chaired by John Overs, concerned CFC reform and the potential ‘gateway’ test to filter cases out of the regime.
Robert Gaut and Sarah Gabbai provide a case study setting out the tax issues for a US manufacturing group which migrates its non-US operations to the UK
The United Kingdom would ‘easily’ take Switzerland’s place at number one in the Financial Secrecy Index if the ‘British network of secrecy jurisdictions’ were considered, according to an influential campaign group.
Chris Morgan considers recent changes in the international tax arena, including UK developments, recent proposals for a financial transactions tax, and the Dutch 2012 Tax Plan
Ninety-eight of the 100 biggest groups listed on the London stock exchange use tax havens, according to the charity ActionAid, showing ‘just how embedded the use of tax havens is in the structures of nearly all Britain’s biggest companies’.