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Tom Scott (McDermott Will & Emery) looks at hybrid arrangements and the effect of the OECD proposals.

Charles Yorke (Allen & Overy) reviews Action 4 of the BEPS report.

Alison Lobb (Deloitte) considers the permanent establishment threshold and the consequences for cross-border trading.

Tom McFarlane (Alvarez and Marsal Taxand UK) presents an overview of Action 13.

Jason Collins (Pinsent Masons) reports on the recommendations in relation to international dispute resolution.

Karl Kellar and Lori Hellkamp (Jones Day, Washington, USA) review the US response to the BEPS report.
 

Jim Harra, HMRC's Business Tax Director General, explains HMRC's involvement and future activities on BEPS.

Following HMRC’s recent consultation paper and proposed response document and draft legislation ahead of the Autumn Statement, Peter Kiernan and Manraj Somal (KPMG) answer questions on plans to make corporations criminally liable for tax evasion.
 
The decision in Lloyds Bank Leasing illustrates an inherent problem with TAARs which employ purpose-based tests to restrict the availability of tax expenditure reliefs: since the point of tax reliefs is to alter taxpayer behaviour, why then should taxpayers be denied relief for responding accordingly? 
 

Richard Collier and Philip Greenfield (PwC) review OECD's recommendations after publication this week of its final package of 13 reports constituting its base erosion and profit-shifting (BEPS) action plan.

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