Bloomberg Tax & Accounting Expands International Coverage

The Bloomberg Tax & Accounting platform now provides full coverage for more than 220 countries worldwide, helping businesses navigate global tax planning challenges while staying on top of emerging issues, such as those resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Bloomberg Tax & Accounting platform uniquely brings together the latest international tax developments with in-depth analysis and commentary from in-country experts, practice tools, and news coverage from across the globe. For each country, the platform provides a detailed analysis of corporate taxation, value-added taxes (VAT), and international withholding taxes:

• The VAT Navigator provides comprehensive coverage of global VAT, GST, and sales tax laws and practices on a country-by-country basis, covering 75 different topics to help manage compliance.
• Country Guides are country-specific overviews of direct tax regimes, written by in-country experts covering corporate taxation, important miscellaneous direct taxes and special tax regimes, and emerging issues such as mandatory disclosure rules. Country Guides are updated continuously to reflect developments as they happen.
• The International Withholding Tax Chart Builder enables businesses to quickly compare the withholding tax consequences of investing or providing services in multiple countries. It displays  both domestic and treaty rates for different types of income streams and payments and also provides direct links to relevant treaty articles.