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What's the Outlook on Tax Certainty for MNEs Subject to Amount A?

Readers who follow international tax developments will be familiar with the political dynamic that led to last year's unprecedented agreement among 137 countries on the so-called two-pillar solution regarding taxation of business profits of multinational enterprises (MNEs). Numerous countries' piecemeal adoption of digital services taxes and other unilateral tax measures aimed at nonresident MNEs provoked retaliatory action by the US in the form of tariffs, or the threat of tariffs, on a wide range of exports to the US from those countries.
IISD in the news June 24, 2022

India must colour coal cash green for mining communities to survive

Every year in October, cash registers ring in shops dotting east India's mining hubs during the Hindu festival season of Dussehra, when the country's biggest coal company, Coal India Ltd, hands its workers a bonus. Researchers and unions are calling for this coal cash - which fuels spending in homes and local economies - and the revenue local governments earn from coal mining firms to be mapped as a first step towards planning for a post-coal economy.
IISD in the news June 23, 2022

Indonesia's fiscal support for fossil fuels too large: IISD

The Indonesian government's fiscal support for fossil fuels is still too large, so it has the potential to slow down the energy transition and drain the public budget, according to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
IISD in the news June 23, 2022

Nature for Climate Adaptation Initiative

A new initiative aims to support nature-based climate action that protects livelihoods and biodiversity in the most vulnerable parts of the world.
Project June 23, 2022

No Oil Producer Wants to Be the First to Give Up the Fuel. Except Gustavo Petro's Colombia

Brazil’s former president was laughing at me. I was sitting opposite 76-year-old Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in an overly air-conditioned studio in São Paulo this March, interviewing him for a story on Brazil’s October elections, for which he is leading the polls. I had just asked Lula if he would be interested in signing up to a bold climate pledge made by Gustavo Petro—then the leftist front runner in Colombia’s 2022 presidential race and, as of this week, the nation’s president-elect. As part of his campaign, Petro vowed to immediately stop issuing new permits for oil exploration—a big deal in a country where oil makes up 40% of exports, and 12% of government income. Petro also called on Lula, who could become his most important regional ally, to join him. So, would he?
IISD in the news June 22, 2022

New federal and provincial funding for Experimental Lakes Area

New Ontario and federal funding for the IISD Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) in northwestern Ontario provides some stability for the organization and enables continuation of key research in such areas impacts of microplastics, impacts of tire additives and tire wear on fish species, and how ecosystems recover from acidification.
IISD in the news June 22, 2022