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After years of negotiation and technical debate, the European Union’s Faster and Safer Tax Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes Directive (“FASTER Directive”)—aimed at streamlining and harmonizing withholding tax (WHT) relief...more
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On 28 April 2025, the UK government published draft legislative amendments to: - Align the UK’s domestic tax rules on permanent establishments (PE) with the 2017 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)...more
The federal rule that would have required crypto platforms to report users’ transactions to the IRS has officially been scrapped. President Trump signed a joint congressional resolution overturning the so-called DeFi...more
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