by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington 22 August 2019 United States President Donald Trump said on August 20, 2019, that the administration is considering additional tax cuts to help maintain economic growth. Responding to press questions ahead of his bilateral meeting with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the White House, President Trump said that the Government...Read More

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington 22 August 2019 On August 19, 2019, the Office of the United States Trade Representative held an off-camera public hearing on France’s recently introduced digital services tax, attended by three major technology firms. The hearing formed part of the USTR’s Section 301 investigation into the impact of the DST on...Read More

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington 22 August 2019 On August 16, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in favor of Amazon, in a case involving the regulatory definition of intangible assets and the method of their valuation in a cost-sharing arrangement. According to a summary of the...Read More

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels 22 August 2019 The OECD on August 13, 2019, released follow-up reports for Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States on their efforts to implement BEPS recommendations on dispute resolution. The phase 2 peer reviews look at how the countries have responded to recommendations resulting...Read More