Towards new EU whistle-blowing rules

Towards new EU whistle-blowing rules

Any employee of a European company, large or small, who is privy to illegal or grotesquely immoral or manipulative behavior that circumvents the intent of the EU law and wants to blow the whistle is either an ill-advised hero or a fool. Or...
The OECD champions a global tax reform

The OECD champions a global tax reform

Sometimes, you have to lose a few battles to win the war. Or, in the case of the European Commission’s decades-long  corporate tax reform, it has had to lose a lot of legislative fights. Indeed, the EU executive body has...
EU vs. US on global corporate tax reform

EU vs. US on global corporate tax reform

Is the international business community ready for another revamp of the global tax code? Based on the initial feed back at the OECD’s two-day seminar – where multinational company tax experts and practitioners could voice their...
Towards the EU Carbon Tax….

Towards the EU Carbon Tax….

In the early 1990s, after western governments joined together to successfully save the ozone layer via the Montreal Protocol, it became clear to some politicians that tackling climate change was just as urgent. In Europe Carlo...