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The European Commission (EC) has proposed new tools to help its member states combat VAT fraud through greater information sharing.

The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have published their final VAT laws, but questions remain over just how ready the GCC and its taxpayers are for VAT with only a month to go.

Raisa Alexakhina

The EU Council has listed 17 jurisdictions as non-cooperative for tax purposes in its latest blacklist, and also released a grey list of 47 countries, but, it has played it safe by excluding known tax havens.

Andersen Global has established its fifth location in Africa by expanding its brand into Tanzania through a collaboration agreement with East African Law Chambers, a leading legal and tax firm in Tanzania.

The European Court of Justice’s decision on the possibility of using postal addresses on invoices confirms how the EU VAT Directive should be interpreted. However, the ruling is not restricted to suppliers.

John Gu, Yvette Chan, Chris Mak, and Sam Fan explore the M&A tax challenges arising in hot sectors like TMT and healthcare, and for take-private transactions, establishing how investors can best get prepared. They note how, given the pace of developments and tax uncertainties, there is a need for the China tax authorities to provide greater clarity. More than ever, appropriate tax planning is crucial for M&A transactions.

The disparity between China’s rapidly developing and evolving digital economy and its largely traditional economy-based tax administration system is growing, and is creating challenges for both the tax authorities and taxpayers. Sunny Leung, Benjamin Lu, Jessie Zhang, and Grace Luo explore the issues.

Yang Bin, Rachel Guan, Josephine Jiang, and Henry Ngai examine the refinements being made to China’s innovation incentives, and their importance as a driver of continued Chinese economic growth.

As companies embark on overseas investment and projects under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), they are increasingly encount­ering tax issues in emerging and developing countries. Michael Wong, Joseph Tam, Alan O’Connor, Karen Lin, and Cloris Li look at key corporate tax issues they may face, and how the SAT is supporting Chinese companies to navigate through these overseas tax challenges.