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Has the Global Tax(man) Ended the “Race to the Bottom”? 136 Countries Agree to Overhaul International Corporate Tax System

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Our International Tax Group analyzes the pillars of a new international corporate tax system, but one that faces some major hurdles. Pillar One: a new taxing right in the digital worldPillar Two: a global minimum tax rate of 15%The road(blocks) ahead Read the full advisory here. [...]Read more

IRS APMA’s Results May Suggest COVID-19 Immunity

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Our International Tax Group analyzes the report on the IRS’s Advance Pricing and Mutual Agreement Program and identifies important insights and trends for advance pricing agreements. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on APMA operations and staffingAPA demand and output, 2019 – 2020More challenges on the horizon Click here to read the full advisory. [...]Read more

How to Price in a Pandemic: New OECD Guidance on Transfer Pricing Challenges Caused by COVID-19

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Our International Tax Group examines how the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s new guidance reiterates the central role of the arm’s-length standard and provides guideposts for taxpayers and tax administrations as they analyze how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting intercompany pricing. Comparability analysisLosses and the allocation of COVID-19 specific costsGovernment assistance programsAdvance pricing agreements Read the full advisory here. Alston & Bird has formed a multidisciplinary response and relief team to advise clients on the business and legal [...]Read more

Risky Business – Allocating Losses When Your Supply Chain Is Disrupted

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Should a subsidiary incur losses due to risks it assumed? Can a parent take on losses? Our International Tax Group investigates the nuances of regulations from U.S. and international agencies and offers actions multinational enterprises can take now to prepare for the tax implications of COVID-19-related disruptions.

Who bears and controls the risk?
Useful guidance from the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations
Actions to take now and in the future

Alston & Bird has formed a multidisciplinary task force to advise clients on the business [...]Read more

International Tax ADVISORY: Impact of the Multilateral Instrument of U.S. Taxpayers

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Nearly 70 countries have signed the OECD’s multilateral instrument – but the U.S. isn’t one of them. Our International Tax Group takes stock of how the MLI will prevent base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) and what it all means for U.S. companies.

What is the multilateral instrument?
Why didn’t the U.S. sign it?
How will it impact U.S. multinationals?

Read the complete advisory here. [...]Read more