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Increasingly auditors are held accountable when corporate fraud is detected.

Tax residents not conforming to the new reporting rules will face severe sanctions.

Malaysia, Great Britain, Spain, Germany

The youngest member in the worldwide network of Ecovis is Uruguay. As a leading global consulting firm with its origins in Continental Europe, Ecovis has over 4,000 people operating in over 50 countries. Its consulting focus and...

Plan ahead - to avoid headaches and improve your business

Taxation and other costs have to be kept in mind when deciding on purchasing property.

Whilst George Osborne, the British Minister of Finance, has suggested that multinationals that use aggressive tax planning tactics to reduce their corporation tax liabilities will face far greater levels of scrutiny, ...

International, China, Great Britain

Peter Lüdemann, a board member at Ecovis, has issued the following statement on the key findings of Ecovis' bankruptcy law barometer. "In 1999, Germany introduced a reform of its bankruptcy law, with the aim of safeguarding and...

Subject to “Supplementary Circular on Several Tax Policies on the Taxable Scope for the Pilot Collection of Value Added Tax in Lieu of Business Tax in the Transportation Industry and Some Modern Service Industries” (Cai Shui...

International, Vietnam, Balkans

Draft decree on casino business; License fees for karaoke and discotheque businesses; Suspension of the issuance of automatic import licenses...

Almost everyone knows about Yugoslavia and Tito. However, not many people are familiar with the countries that emerged from the former Yugoslavia 20 years ago. The new states represent new markets – with new needs and...

Netherlands, China, Austria, Romania

Status: In ForceConcluded:  25 February 2011.Entered into Force: 6 July 2012.Effective Date: 1 January 2013One of the latest additions to the long list of Double Taxation Treaties (DTT) entered into between Malta and other...

Foreign employees working in Vietnam under scrutiny; New Circular on Corporate Income Tax (CIT) from 2012; Decree providing guidance on additional fiscal stimulus ; ...

4/2012- Download Slovak Tax News (english and slovak; PDF)

Update on tax and customs policies on Export Processing Enterprises’ (EPEs) rights on export, import, and distribution, New Circular on Tax Registration, New regulation on perdiem for short term overseas business trips, ...

Berlin, 5th July 2012 – Ecovis is now represented by an exclusive partner in Malaysia, too. Thus the leading consulting firm for small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany has a worldwide network of partner offices in 50...

Amended Labour Code, Additional Tax Reliefs for Enterprises and Individuals Approved, ...

The Dutch-Irish method is very attractive and, more importantly, it is perfectly legal.Profits deriving from royalties on intellectual property, like the patents on software that run devices, are most suitable for the Dutch-Irish...

The taxes paid by foreign freelancers in China depend on a number of factors.The work of a freelancer includes professional services such as independent scientific, literary, artistic, educational or teaching activities as well...

Parents have long benefited from generous paid parental leave in Norway. A recent collective bargaining agreement on behalf of 150,000 employees in the private sector gives new fathers additional rights.By law, all new parents...

Some things have stayed the same, but the changes require a closer look.Stability Act 2012 – Introduction of Real Estate Income Tax (“ImmoESt”)The Austrian Stability Act of 2012 brings with it new regulations for the taxation of...

When the New Civil Code took effect last year, it brought significant changes.It will, for the first time, regulate the fiducia, a mechanism similar to the English common law concept of a trust. Fiducia is the legal relationship...