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15 November 2021

Americas Tax Roundup – 15 November 2021

EY’s Americas Tax Roundup newsletter, prepared by EY Global Tax, provides a summary of the top weekly tax news, trends and developments in the Americas. Highlights of this week’s edition include:

US: Latest version of Build Back Better proposal would modify international tax proposals in House Ways and Means bill

  • US: Reinstatement and expansion of superfund excise taxes under Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act could mean taxpayers in multiple sectors must pay tax on products they manufacture or import

  • Canada's deadline to convert Health and Welfare Trusts to Employee Life and Health Trusts is imminent

  • Costa Rica’s General Customs Directorate issues guidelines on processes and operations in free trade zones for public comment

  • Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Finance and General Directorate of Internal Taxes issue guidance on non-invoiced inventory outflows

  • PE Watch: Latest developments and trends, November 2021 

  • This week's tax treaty news in the Americas

  • Upcoming webcasts

  • US Cross-Border Taxation weekly podcast, 12 November 2021

  • The week’s EY Tax Alerts

  • EY Industry and Tax Services publications

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