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The sentiment of African Tax Authorities
Multinational companies, which make billions of pounds in developing countries each year, apply tax avoidance is part and parcel of the way they invest in developing countries. The OECD, appointed by rich nations as the global centre of the fight against tax dodging, estimates that Africa loses several times more revenue to tax havens than [...]
Survey of Developments – US Tax Related Reporting (Prof. William Byrnes at SAIT Conf.)
by Prof. William Byrnes. Associate Dean International Tax & Financial Services, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California (USA) Prof. William Byrnes delivered this paper at the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners’ Annual Tax Conference on 13 October 2010. Survey Topics Qualified Intermediary Regime (before and after UBS) (QI); Foreign Account Tax Compliance [...]
RSA: Urgent Interdict Against SARS for failing to issue valid letter of findings
TRM™ is pleased to announce that it successfully represented one of the largest mining groups in the world in an urgent application again SARS in terms of which application the taxpayer sought an interdict against SARS blocking it from issuing quick revised assessments just before the prescription of the statute the three-year term under circumstances [...]
KENYA: Transfer Pricing Audit
TRM™ announces that it is involved in advising a major multinational in a transfer pricing audit taking place in Kenya. The key documentation to transfer pricing in Kenya includes reference to articles 2(4) and 47 of the Kenyan Constitution, read together with the Income Tax Transfer Pricing Rules, 2006, and section 18 of the Kenyan [...]
SARS LBC launches NEW special project on PAYE audits
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Johannesburg, South Africa – July 27, 2010 – SARS LBC launches NEW special project on PAYE audits. SARS LBC has launched a special project targeting all LBC clients country wide, due to staffing restraints, all LBC offices and all sectors with PAYE specialists are involved in the project, thus you may receive [...]
Interesting facts: From: IRS 2009-2013 Strategic Plan
“The percentage of Americans’ income originating from foreign sources doubled between 2001 and 2006.”
US Citizenship & Immigration Interpretation 318.4
Effect of claim of nonresident alien status for income tax purposes upon prior lawful admission for permanent residence. Under the Internal Revenue laws and regulations, aliens are classified for income tax purposes as “resident aliens” or as “nonresident aliens.” Resident aliens are, in general, taxed the same as United States citizens.
USA Immigration and International Tax
Our team also specializes in the often complex and quite intricate realm of international tax, estate planning, and immigration law. For the most part, international tax professionals and immigration law professionals keep to their own circles but often discuss factual and legal issues that pertain to the other.
An Introduction to the United States Tax Court
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