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This edition of the Taxand Global Guide to M&A Tax has been designed as a desktop reference book covering 37 countries. Like its predecessors, it provides at-a-glance insight into the tax treatment of mergers and acquisitions worldwide. It is intended to facilitate interaction within global planning teams by providing a basic introduction to M&A planning in each of the widely diverse fiscal environments in its scope. It is not an encyclopedia, but a phrasebook that should help multinational advisors find common ground and mutual understanding.
2016 was an active year for global mergers and acquisitions (M&A), although by most measures total activity backed off slightly from the records set in 2015. 2017 has begun with deal volumes consistent with early 2016, both in terms of the total number of deals as well as overall volume. The year saw significant developments in international tax rules, led by the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) initiatives. There is near unanimous support among governments worldwide for the basic premise of the BEPS programme – that international cooperation is necessary to control the erosion of tax revenues attributable to highly structured transactions. The trend toward narrowing the scope, though not the importance, of M&A tax planning is expected to continue.
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National Taxand teams in each of the covered jurisdictions made essential and invaluable contributions to this guide and we are grateful for their participation and support in this project. We are pleased to offer this volume as an example of the benefits cross-border cooperation can provide.