Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has approved Law 166/2019, the so-called compliant debtors law, modifying the country’s credit scoring system. The new rules will come into force on July 9, 2019.
The credit scoring system has
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Mexico: Anti-money laundering rules / self-correction program
By: Eduardo Gallastegui and Abelardo Acosta
In an effort to incent non-compliant taxpayers to meet their reporting obligations under the Federal Law for the Prevention and Identification of Operations with Illegal Resources (“LFPIORPI”), the Federal
The Hague Service Convention is promulgated in Brazil
By: Felipe Hermanny
Campos Mello Advogados is an independent law firm
The Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (the Hague Service Convention)…
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BRAZILIAN SUPERIOR COURT ANALYZES LEGALITY OF CHECK-IN AND CHECK-OUT HOURS
By: Rafael Jordão Bussiere, Fabio Perrone Campos Mello and Ana Beatriz Barbosa
Brazil’s Superior Court has validated a hospitality market practice in its decision regarding a civil class action filed by the national consumer…
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Brazil releases manual on Mutual Agreement Procedures
By Alex Jorge, Renato Lopes da Rocha, Randall Fox and James Dalley
Brazil has entered into 33 bilateral tax treaties, namely those with Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador,…
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BRAZILIAN SUPERIOR COURT DISTINGUISHES THE HOTEL MANAGER AND DEVELOPER’S RESPONSIBILITY
By: Rafael Jordão Bussiere, Fabio Perrone Campos Mello and Ana Beatriz Barbosa
The Third Chamber of the Brazilian Superior Court decided that the hotel operator Blue Tree should not be a defendant in a…
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Panama has been removed from the European Union’s list of non-cooperative tax haven jurisdictions
This is a guest post from Fabrega Molino in Panama.
Panama has been removed from the European Union’s blacklist – its list of non-cooperative tax haven jurisdictions. The decision was made in Brussels by the …
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X CAI Costa Rica 2019: Developments and Challenges in International Arbitration
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By: Marlon Meza
Originally posted on the Kluwer Arbitration Blog.
The X CAI Costa Rica held by the Costa Rican Chapter of the ICC and its Arbitration Commission, took place in San Jose, Costa Rica …
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Argentina: new double taxation treaties in force with United Arab Emirates and Mexico
The double tax treaty between Argentina and the United Arab Emirates is now in force, joining the recently signed DTT between Argentina and Mexico.
New DTT: Argentina – United Arab Emirates
The…
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Brazil: recent changes in transfer pricing rules
On January 30, 2019, Normative Instruction n° 1,870/2019, issued by the Federal Revenue Office (RFB), was published in Brazil’s Official Gazette, amending several provisions of Normative Instruction n° 1,312/2012, which regulates the Brazilian transfer pricing…
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