The Sri Lankan Inland Revenue Dec. 17 announced the Dec. 31 deadline to electronically file November 2025 VAT returns. The announcement also includes that: 1) penalties apply for failing to ...

The French Administrative Court of Montreuil Dec. 16 issued Jurisprudence Letter No. 21, clarifying the taxation of interest payments between related companies, as discussed in Decision No. 2209892. The taxpayer, ...

The Israeli Ministry of Finance Dec. 17 posted online, in English and Hebrew, the second protocol to the 1962 DTA with the U.K., signed Sept. 17, 2019. [Israel, Ministry of ...

The Finnish Tax Administration Dec. 15 announced the 2026 withholding tax rates for dividend, investment fund profit share, and royalty payments to nonresidents. The announcement includes: 1) a list of ...

The Mauritian Official Gazette Dec. 6 published Income Tax Ruling No. 288, on withholding obligations for payments to nonresident for remote consulting services. The taxpayer, a Mauritian clearinghouse, entered into ...

The Latvian State Revenue Service Dec. 17 issued updated methodological material on the taxation of royalty income, with changes taking effect Jan. 1, 2026. The updates include: 1) the 780 ...

Chicago’s city council on Friday approved a revenue ordinance for 2026 that’s a key component of a roughly $16 billion budget for the third-largest US city.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) signed a package of five bipartisan property tax reforms Friday that state leaders say will save taxpayers $2 billion over three years amid an outcry over soaring property tax bills.

The California Employment Development Department (EDD) has announced updated contribution rates, withholding schedules, and meals and lodging values for 2026. The announcement includes the 2026 Unemployment Insurance (UI) rate schedule ...

The Florida Department of Revenue (DOR) adopted amendments to the rules governing insurance policy surcharges and the electronic database used to assign policies to local taxing jurisdictions. The regulations include ...

The US Tax Court was right to subject a private equity firm structured as a partnership to a heightened tax burden for its employees, the Tax Center at NYU Law said.

The California Employment Development Department (EDD) has published a directory of payroll tax forms and publications available to employers and tax professionals. The publication offers an extensive catalog of resources, ...

The Israeli Ministry of Finance Dec. 17 posted online, in English and Hebrew, the second protocol to the 1962 DTA with the U.K., signed Sept. 17, 2019. [Israel, Ministry of ...

The upper house of the German parliament approved Friday amendments to domestic legislation implementing the global minimum tax for large corporate groups.

Hello and welcome to the Transfer Pricing Report. I’m Caleb Harshberger, and this week we’re taking a look at what new AI tools proliferating around the world could mean for cross-border business, and the sticky tax and transfer pricing issues that could bring.

A wave of artificial intelligence tools is opening the door to new business opportunities and supercharging questions about how to tax service-based industries with clients that span the globe.

The US faces a critical choice between leading or following global digital tax transparency standards.

The Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department Dec. 16 announced the same date signing of a DTA and protocol with Norway. [Hong Kong, Inland Revenue Department, 12/16/25]

New Jersey doesn’t just “have” diners; diners are part of the Garden State’s identity. And though lawmakers announced a plan to “save” them amid declining numbers, heightened scrutiny should be on the menu.

The more President Donald Trump stumbles while trying to talk about affordability — Wednesday night’s bizarre speech was just the latest example — the more Democrats believe they have a winning issue in next year’s midterm elections. And why not? Trump’s approval rating on the economy is the lowest it has ever been, and a string of polls show many Americans are angry and worried about stubbornly high prices for groceries, housing and utilities.

If the UK wants to lead in the clean-tech race, it will need to treat both fiscal policy and energy security as the twin foundations of industrial change.

The US faces a critical choice between leading or following global digital tax transparency standards.

A New York court made clear in a divorce ruling that, when assets are held in tax-efficient trusts, equitable tax treatment is inseparable from equitable distribution.

This year’s tax-and-spending package made our tax code at home more stable, and the Treasury Department’s forthcoming regulations must reinforce—rather than undermine—this stability as tax uncertainty abroad remains.