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International Tax Expert Online
International Tax Expert Online
International Tax Expert Online displays all tax rates relevant for calculating the total tax costs of a given cross-border transaction including withholding tax rates, effective tax rates, tax credit methods and matching credit rates. Unlike other tax tables, International Tax Expert Online provides users with complete tax information by showing the overall tax impact of the transaction on both the payer and the receiver. In addition, it contains summary tax information for 75 countries as well as tried and tested tax strategies. 
Features of the International Tax Expert Online
  • Corporate tax rates
    You will find all rates concerning corporate income, including statutory corporate income tax rates and surtax rates in the corporate tax screen. This part also shows effective tax rates, calculated by combining the statutory corporate income tax rates and surtax rates in a formula.
  • Cross-border tax rates
    You will find all tax information relevant for determining overall tax effects of a cross-border transaction in the cross-border tax screen. The tax information includes withholding tax rates in the paying countries, taxable percentage, effective tax rates, and foreign tax credit rules in the receiving countries. The payment streams covered are dividends, interest, royalties (patent, copyright and trademark), service fees (technical service fees and management fees), capital gains and sales. The cross-border tax rates table also displays the overall tax costs or benefits for any given direct cross-border payment with the ability to link to the tax calculator and view the calculation details.
  • Tax rate search
    With this feature, you can tailor tax rate search in many ways, such as which countries do not tax interest income?
  • Tax treaty search
    Tax treaty search will give you complete information on income tax treaty status involving the 75 countries.
  • Country snapshots
    Country Snapshots contain a dozen key tax facts for the 75 countries including foreign tax credit rules, anti-deferal rules and thin capitalization rules.
  • Strategies
    Here you will find eight tried and tested tax strategies that could allow you to achieve major tax savings.
  • Calculating tax costs
    International Tax Expert Online also has a feature to calculate the overall tax costs of a specific border transaction.
Countries covered

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China (People's Rep.), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Korea (Rep.), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Republic, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Zimbabwe

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