1. Digital taxation 2. Trade and other global developments 3. Germany’s draft law on withholding tax reform 4. Pillar One: Scope (Part 1) 5. Europe 6. Treaties
1. Development Securities case on “central management and control” 2. Review of major treaty developments in 2020 3. Digital taxation 4. Other global developments 5. Asia Pacific 6. Europe 7. Africa 8. Americas 9. Treaties
1. Review of the top international tax cases of 2020 2. Transfer Pricing implications of COVID-19 3. Digital taxation 4. Asia Pacific 5. Europe 6. Middle East & Central Asia 7. Americas 8. Treaties
1. Valueclick PE case 2. Digital taxation 3. Other global developments 4. Pillar Two: unresolved issues, GILTI & hub jurisdictions 5. Asia Pacific 6. Europe 7. Treaties
1. Global developments 2. Royal Bank of Canada case: further comments 3. Pillar Two: Implementation and Rule Co-ordination 4. Asia Pacific 5. Europe 6. Africa 7. Americas 8. Treaties
1. Digital taxation & trade 2. Royal Bank of Canada case 3. Pillar Two: GloBE Rules – Associates, joint ventures and orphan entities; and Simplification options 4. Asia Pacific 5. Europe 6. Americas 7. Treaties
1. France’s DST 2. Trade and other global development 3. Asia Pacific 4. Europe 5. Africa 6. Americas 7. Treaties 8. Worth reading
1. US regulations on GILTI and DRD 2. Trade and other global developments 3. Asia Pacific 4. Europe 5. Africa 6. Middle East and Central Asia 7. Americas 8. Treaties 9. Worth reading
1. Digital taxation 2. US case: Altera 3. Netherlands case: interest subject to Russian thin cap rules 4. UK case: Development Securities 5. Asia Pacific 6. Europe 7. Africa 8. Americas 9. Treaties
1. OECD Inclusive Framework 2. Digital taxation 3. Trade 4. Other global developments 5. Asia Pacific 6. Europe 7. Africa 8. Middle East & Central Asia 9. Americas 10. Treaties 11. Worth reading
1. Introduction 2. GE Energy Parts 3. Case No. (17/04584) 4. Samsung Electronics 5. RCF 6. Danish joined cases on PSD & IRD 7. KHO 2018: 173 8. Microsoft 9. Best of the rest
1. Digital taxation 2. China / US trade war 3. Other global developments 4. Asia Pacific 5. Europe 6. Africa 7. Americas 8. Treaties 9. Worth reading
1. China / US trade war 2. Other global developments 3. Asia Pacific 4. Europe 5. Africa 6. Middle East & Central Asia 7. Americas 8. Treaties 9. Worth reading
1. Digital taxation 2. Other global developments 3. Asia Pacific 4. Europe 5. Africa 6. Americas 7. Treaties 8. Worth reading
International Tax Bytes by Steve Towers (ITB)
video podcasts provide a weekly review of the significant international tax developments impacting multinationals
Steve Towers is an experienced international tax advisor with a long history of advising Fortune 500 multinationals.
Steve currently provides advice through his boutique international tax consulting firm, International Insights Pte Ltd. Steve established International Insights in 2018, following his retirement from Deloitte after a 37 year career with the firm. During those 37 years, Steve worked in Deloitte offices in Sydney, Melbourne, London, New York, and Singapore. For many years, he was the leader of Deloitte’s international tax practice in Asia Pacific. He also created, and for many years wrote and presented, Deloitte’s award-winning weekly international tax video podcast, Dbriefs Bytes.
Steve is a frequent commentator on international tax developments. He is particularly interested in BEPS, digital taxation, US tax reform, and EU State Aid cases.
Steve has substantial experience in advising multinationals on corporate structuring (including real estate investment structuring), mergers and acquisitions, hybrid instruments and entities, transfer pricing, double tax treaty issues, permanent establishment issues, tax aspects of supply chain planning, and the impact of the BEPS project.
He has been listed, in every edition since 1997, in “The World’s Leading Tax Advisors” (Euromoney).
Steve holds a Bachelor of Economics degree and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Australian National University, and a Master of Laws (first class honours) degree from the University of Sydney. He is an Australian chartered accountant.
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