Subject: SNIPPETS

M&A 1: Ingredients of an M&A deal – the Dirty Dozen!
When planning an M&A deal, the ingredients of the deal matter. Business owners may want to retire or…
Share Options – Red Flags
The Israeli tax break rules are being tightened up for new Employee Share (=Stock) Ownership Plans (ESOPs) commencing…
The Changing Face Of International Taxation
Back on July 1, 2021, the OECD and G20 announced that 130 countries, led by the USA, had…
EU VAT – B2C Overview
Comprehensive EU VAT rules apply to cross-border business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce supplies of goods and services, both within the…
EU VAT – B2B Overview
The EU issued tough rules in 2015 and 2021 for non-EU businesses that do e-commerce with consumers in…
Business Accelerators
Lisa Minelli told that money makes the world go round, but she didn’t say how. . People go…
New Sheriff In Town
Who sets the fiscal policy in most Western countries? If you said the Finance Ministry in each country,…
Post BEPS Corporate Tax Planning
Multinational groups, large and small, are now overhauling their international tax planning from top to bottom, due to…
Transfer Pricing – Slip Slidin’ Away
When Paul Simon sang the hit Slip Slidin’ away, he had in mind a girl called Delores. When…
OECD Studies Tax Morality
We all know that the Boston tea partygoers believed they should not pay taxation without representation. But now…
M&A – Should You Loiter At The LOI Stage?
SUMMARY: In any M&A deal, don’t under-estimate the importance of the initial Letter of Intent (LOI).Consider, among other…
Can They Tax The Moon?
If a company were to place a server on the Moon and use it to generate a commercial…
OECD International Tax Package: Is Free Trade Finished?
On October 13, 2021 the G20 Finance Ministers endorsed the latest OECD Two Pillar tax package, saying it will “establish…
Is E-Commerce the Answer?
The world is experiencing turbulent times, but some have turned adversity to advantage. For example, some buy widgets…
EU DAC6 – Must you Disclose Your Cross-Border Arrangements?
It’s getting harder and harder to do business with the EU On July 1st, 2021, new EU VAT…
E-Commerce Case Studies
Below are some case studies illustrating some of the e-commerce tax complexities of our time. Case study 1…
E-Commerce Fallacies
We’re protected from digital taxes and other fallacies… The new e-commerce tax landscape is getting more cluttered all…
Tax Complexity
Tax is not only costly, it is complex. Here are the main areas of complexity a business should…
How To Stay Out The Pandora Papers
The Pandora Papers expose offshore secrets in a less-than-flattering way. It is best to arrange your all your…
Doing Business in the Czech Republic
Investment and Doing Business in the Czech Republic Brief Introduction of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic (CR)…