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6th Circ. Pauses IRS Summons For Eaton Worker Docs

By Anna Scott Farrell

The Sixth Circuit said Eaton Corp. doesn't have to comply with an IRS demand to produce performance reviews for its foreign employees until the appellate court decides whether to overturn a decision that the agency's transfer pricing investigation of the multinational power management company outweighed worker privacy concerns.

HMRC's £167M Charges To Reuters Group Deemed Lawful

By Josh White

A London court backed HM Revenue & Customs in a case over more than £167 million ($212 million) in diverted profits tax charges issued to U.K. companies in the Thomson Reuters media group.

OECD Dispute Resolution Caseload Drops For First Time

By Jack McLoone

The number of open dispute resolution cases under the OECD's mutual agreement procedure decreased nearly 4% in 2023, the first time the OECD observed an annual drop in such cases, it said Friday.

EU's Anti-Tax Avoidance Rules Underperforming, Group Says

By Kevin Pinner

The European Union should strengthen its rules for combating tax avoidance by categorically including certain income of controlled foreign corporations and by limiting deductions for intragroup royalties and service fees, the Tax Justice Network said in response to a consultation by the bloc.

IRS To Hold Hearing On Dual Consolidated Loss Regs

By Jack McLoone

The Internal Revenue Service plans to hold a public hearing Nov. 22 on proposed regulations that outline when foreign taxes under the Pillar Two international minimum tax agreement could trigger U.S. rules that aim to prevent companies from double-dipping the same economic loss.

Australia Clarifies Thin Capitalization Rules Interactions

By Jack McLoone

The Australian Taxation Office clarified that the country's new thin capitalization rules must be applied after both transfer pricing and debt deduction creation rules following amendments to the country's tax rules.


Expert Analysis

The Benefits Of Competent Authority In Int'l Tax Disputes

Multinational enterprises seeking relief from double taxation in a changing international tax landscape should consider utilizing the competent authority process, which provides both taxpayers and domestic tax regulators an efficient and effective means of dispute resolution, say David Farhat and Eman Cuyler at Skadden.

Taxpayer Considerations For La. Audit Program Participation

While the Louisiana Department of Revenue's recently announced transfer pricing managed audit program could resolve time-consuming, expensive audits for many taxpayers, companies nevertheless need to consider the attendant risks in participation, say Jaye Calhoun and William Kolarik at Kean Miller.

International Tax Reform's Implications For Transfer Pricing

As the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development overhauls the global tax rules on base erosion and profit shifting, and the Biden administration rolls out new U.S. tax proposals, multinational enterprises need to prepare for the effects of these tax changes on their transfer pricing structures, say Mandy Li and Shuang Feng at MGO.

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