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The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has appointed Vernon Soare as its new chief operating officer.

Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has ruled out any “risky” or “damaging” proposals from the 2016-2017 Budget, to be released May 3.

The one-year anniversary of Malaysia implementing goods and services tax (GST) was marked by hundreds of protestors gathering in Kuala Lumpur's city centre on April 2 to express their discontent at the indirect tax burden.

The timing of the ‘Panama Papers’ could enable the EC to force through CbCR The European Commission (EC), emboldened by the public outcry at the 'Panama Papers' leak, is refusing to back down on its plans for public country-by-country reporting (CbCR).

See who has done the tax work on this month’s biggest deals

Francois Auger Julia Qian Wang In Canadian Forest Navigation Co Ltd (CFN), the Tax Court of Canada (TCC) determined as a question of law that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is not bound by foreign rectification orders and is not precluded from taking a position contrary to such orders.

Poonam Khaira Sidhu, commissioner of income tax and joint secretary at the Indian Revenue Service – who holds a Michigan LLM in international taxation with a master’s in economics – reflects on tax competition, inequality, BEPS, information exchange and black, white and grey lists in the wake of the ‘Panama Papers’ leak.

Gertjan Verachtert, attorney at Sansen International Tax Lawyers and member of AIJA, analyses Belgium’s new voluntary disclosure legislation in light of recent developments in information exchange, including the ‘Panama Papers’ leak.

Election day – November 8 – may still be some way off, but the buzz around the battle for the presidency is already at peak levels, largely driven by the polarising Donald Trump and his drive for the Republican presidential nomination. But while his hairdo continues to dominate the front pages, how would a Trump-inspired tax reform be received on the business pages? Amelia Schwanke analyses where each of the front-runners for the White House stand on corporate tax.

Jock McCormack As Australia heads towards a federal election in the coming months, much attention is focussed on further implementation of BEPS-driven unilateral and bilateral initiatives, including: firstly, ATO actions on the Multinational Anti-Avoidance Law (MAAL) post the critical March 31 2016 deadline; secondly, enhanced tax disclosure requirements under our Australian foreign Investment policy guidelines; and thirdly, actions to implement various BEPS-inspired initiatives under the new Australia/Germany double tax treaty.