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Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Jeremy Cape as a partner in the tax strategy and benefits practice group in its London office.

John Perry has joined Walkers’ Ireland office from Grant Thornton as a consultant in the tax group.

EU leaders are queuing up to criticise the US and UK over plans to slash corporation tax, while US President Donald Trump makes provocative comments on the European project. The growing conflict means corporate CEOs are left scratching their heads on tax planning and whether to shift manufacturing, IP and profit into the US.

The 13th edition of Latin America is available as a downloadable PDF.

The 5th edition of Indirect Tax Leaders is available as a downloadable PDF.

Sean Foley Cameron Taheri The US Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service on December 15 2016 released for publication in the Federal Register final regulations (T.D. 9803), addressing the tax treatment of transfers by US persons of property – including goodwill and going-concern value – to foreign corporations in non-recognition transactions pursuant to Section 367. These regulations finalise those that were proposed in September 2015 and withdraw temporary regulations that date back from 1986.

With corporations meeting the demands of rapidly changing regulations, increased audits, and new tax technology functions, some are overwhelmed with how much tax is influencing their business strategy – leading to a number of outsourcing arrangements. Could General Electric (GE) and PwC’s recent agreement have ignited a new trend of outsourcing a business’s tax function?

China’s environmental protection tax introduces a new administrative framework that may change the tax burden for polluting enterprises.

The New Zealand government has released a cabinet paper, prepared by the Ministers of Finance and Revenue, recommending further reforms to address base erosion and profit shifting.

US President Donald Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and duties on imports have dealt a blow to the security and longevity of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Pending renegotiations between the US, Canada and Mexico are becoming a cause for concern for companies.