Tax & Accounting Blog

On March 14, 2017, Belgium published the Decree of February 17, 2017 in the official gazette, implementing in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium, the December 8, 2015 amendments to the EU Mutual Assistance Directive (2015/2376) ("Directive" or DAC 3) on the automatic exchange of tax ruling and advance pricing … Read More

There are many other service providers out there with the same bag of goods to offer. You need to differentiate yourself from those other guys and ensure that the relationships you forge are strong enough to withstand a little competition. How do you build all of those relationships when there are only 24 hours in … Read More

On March 20, 2017, the Indian Ministry of Finance issued a press release, saying that the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approved the following four Goods and Services Tax (GST) related bills: The Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Bill 2017. The Integrated Goods … Read More

It seemed so simple in the old days. Virtually all states would determine how to tax multistate corporations by using the three factor formula. A corporation's tax liability would be based on its property, payroll, and sales in a state. And, if every state taxed corporate income and every state used the three factor formula, … Read More

On March 8, 2017, Italy's Ministry of Economy and Finance published the Ministerial Decree of February 23, 2017 in the official gazette, which provides additional rules concerning country-by-country (CbC) reporting requirements in Italy, and implements EU Directive 2016/881 (the "Directive") on the mandatory automatic exchange of CbC reports among EU member … Read More

No one learns how to connect a bat with the ball on the first try, just as marketing can be a series of swings and misses. These skills are refined over time through repetitive action. Some tweaks in the motion may be made along the way, but once you find your groove, repetition is the … Read More