Apple CEO, Tim Cook: “The European Commission has launched an effort to rewrite Apple’s history in Europe”

This blog post focuses on the EU Commission’s final decision in the formal State aid investigation into the profit attribution arrangements and corporate taxation of Apple in Ireland, and details the reaction from Ireland, Apple and the US. The Apple’s...

In the shadow of Starbucks, McDonald’s and Fiat…

 … and the Amazon and the Apple decisions are coming. Although, in the last 12 months, our attention was captured by the G20/OECD BEPS Project today all eyes are on the European Commission’s state aid work. It is undeniable that...

State Aid – from Brussels with Love

State aid: European Commission extends information enquiry on tax rulings practice to all Member States - IP/14/2742 On 17 December, the Commission has enlarged the enquiry into the tax ruling practice under EU state aid rules to cover all Member...

Starbucks v EU Commission: Alleged aid to Starbucks

Today’s blog is from Dick van Sprundel, Assistant Professor International and European Tax Law at the Erasmus University Rotterdam plus International Tax Partner Mazars Netherlands Executive Summary: Today, the European Commission published its preliminary view concluding that that the APA...

Starbucks vs The People (Or the new role of NGOs in shaping the global tax landscape)

The article written by Professor Dr Hans van den Hurk and published in the January 2014 edition of the Bulletin For International Taxation is a great addition to the debate on tax avoidance and transparency (following Mazars' own tax transparency...