ITR (magazine)

ITR
Managing editorAnjana Haines
CategoriesLaw
FrequencySeven times a year
Founded1989
CompanyEuromoney Institutional Investor
CountryUK
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish
Websiteinternationaltaxreview.com
ISSN0958-7594

ITR, previously known as International Tax Review, is a business-to-business publication focused on news analysis of tax policy and tax advice from around the world. This remit includes transfer pricing, corporate tax and indirect tax, particularly VAT and sales tax.[1] The magazine provides in-depth and strategic coverage of policy developments at the EU and the OECD, particularly the latter's BEPS project.[2]

History and content

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International Tax Review was launched in London in November 1989 [3][2] to cater to the tax services industry, publishing academic papers and covering court judgments on tax law. Over the years ITR has interviewed numerous politicians, including European commissioners Margrethe Vestager[4] and Pierre Moscovici,[5] as well as top tax professionals from companies such as Philip Morris,[6] Microsoft[7] and Johnson & Johnson.[8]

ITR follows the debate on tax avoidance, inequality and wealth distribution, often reporting on the Tax Justice Network and scandals like the Paradise Papers. In one case, ITR covered a debate at the OECD between low-tax advocate Arthur Laffer and tax campaigner Richard Murphy on the impact of tax competition,[9] whether it is possible to regulate tax competition[10] and what such a regulatory framework would look like.[11]

Range

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Since the early 2000s, ITR has regularly organised conferences like the Global Transfer Pricing Forum,[12] Women in Tax[13] and the Indirect Tax Forum.[14] At the same time, the magazine has published the World Tax Guide[15] in which it rates law and accounting firms. This includes firms like Deloitte, EY, PwC and KPMG.[16][17]

Awards

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ITR's awards program recognizes leading tax and transfer pricing firms. The group hosts three award ceremonies annually, recognizing the best work carried out in the Asia-Pacific, EMEA and Americas regions.[18][19] In 2020, Deloitte was announced as the biggest winner across the Americas.[20]

TP Week

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ITR launched a sister publication called Transfer Pricing Week (later renamed TP Week) in 2007 to provide specialist coverage of international tax matters and policy, particularly issues like the arm’s length principle and controversies around EU state aid law. The publication ran until August 2019 when TP Week was wound up and the two platforms were merged into one.

Ownership

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As part of the Legal Media Group (LMG), ITR is published by Euromoney Institutional Investor, one of the biggest finance and business publishing companies in Europe. Euromoney is a FTSE 250 company and was owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust Group until it was spun-off in 2019.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "About Us". International Tax Review.
  2. ^ a b "International Tax Review | HeinOnline".
  3. ^ "International tax review". Euromoney. September 18, 1989 – via catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk Library Catalog.
  4. ^ "Vestager, today and tomorrow: The EU's main woman on her state aid fight and future". International Tax Review. 12 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Q&A: European tax commissioner Pierre Moscovici talks tax havens and the digital single market". International Tax Review. 12 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Philip Morris International eyes the tax benefits of e-cigarettes". 31 October 2018.
  7. ^ "J&J's proposal won't solve digital taxation, says Bill Sample". 11 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Johnson & Johnson's Amos discusses her BEPS 2.0 proposal". 28 May 2019.
  9. ^ "The tax competition debate part one: Is it harmful?". International Tax Review. 16 October 2018.
  10. ^ "The tax competition debate part two: Is it possible to regulate?". International Tax Review. 17 October 2018.
  11. ^ "The tax competition debate part three: What would a regulatory framework look like?". International Tax Review. 18 October 2018.
  12. ^ "'Doughnut hole' offers escape from GILTI rules in 2018". International Tax Review. 20 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Women in tax explain how to deal with gender stereotyping". International Tax Review. 8 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Digital issues and EU VAT reform take centre stage at ITR's Indirect Tax Forum". International Tax Review. 30 April 2018.
  15. ^ "ITR World Tax - the guide to the world's leading tax law and accounting practices". www.itrworldtax.com.
  16. ^ "Deloitte receives more ITR Americas Tax awards | Press release". Deloitte India.
  17. ^ "KPMG honoured in Euromoney's International Tax Review - KPMG Luxembourg". KPMG. October 28, 2016.
  18. ^ Banes, Jessica. "Award-winning WTS Dhruva Sets Higher Goals To Achieve". Forbes ME.
  19. ^ "Triple recognition at the International Tax Review Asia Tax Awards 2020 | Deloitte Malaysia | Tax". Deloitte Malaysia.
  20. ^ "Americas Tax Awards 2020: The winners". International Tax Review. 24 September 2020.
  21. ^ Nilsson, Patricia (February 25, 2019). "Daily Mail owner 'reviews options' for Euromoney service". Financial Times.
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