BEPS Part 2: international politics and developing countries

I wrote earlier this week with some questions about UK tax policy and the OECD’s Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting. A lot of the areas that it’s looking at are probably not going to affect smaller developing countries very much, but there are a few things worth highlighting. I also recommend Chris… Continue reading BEPS Part 2: international politics and developing countries

BEPS part 1: three places where the Action Plan seems to contradict UK policy

I’ve finally got around to pronouncing on the OECD’s action plan on base erosion and profit-shifting. Surely the only response at this stage is that the jury is out. BEPS is an ordering principle for a quite disparate programme of work, and so it’s hard to reach an overarching verdict. Later this week I’ll write… Continue reading BEPS part 1: three places where the Action Plan seems to contradict UK policy