International Tax Research Guide: News

U.S. IRS provides:

• Internal Revenue Bulletin
  • The IRS describes this source as "the authoritative instrument of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for announcing official rulings and procedures of the Internal Revenue Service and for publishing Treasury Decisions, Executive Orders, Tax Conventions, legislation, court decisions and other items of general interest."    
  • Includes Part II.—Treaties and Tax Legislation.
• e-News Subscriptions
  • The IRS offers free topic-specific e-newsletters, including Country-by-Country Reporting News & Information + Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) News & Information.

Bloomberg Tax: Research: International page provides:

• Daily Tax Report International (tip: Click: "View and Filter All Stories" to filter results by date, topic, country, company)
• Executive Orders Watch 
• BTAX OnPoint: EU Tax Law Developments
• Highlights: U.S. International Tax Proposals — House-Senate Bills Comparison, with Sec. 899 Analysis
• Highlights: International Provisions in House Bill — with Enhanced Sec. 899 Analysis
• International Tax Developments Tracker (tip: filter results by date, region of the world, country, type of tax, topic)
• Roadmap: International Response to the New United States Tariffs 

International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, subscription IBFD Tax Research Platform > in BLS Library's catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION -- (IBFD) > in the IBFD Tax Research Platform, click: Search > beneath search box, click category: News 

• TIP: Filter news by country/jurisdiction or by international organization. Run keyword searches.
• Summer 2025: To access IBFD Tax Research Platform from off-campus locations: implement the BLS proxy server instructions for 1 web browser.

Kluwer International Tax Blog (free)

Law360.com: Tax highlights selected international and foreign tax developments.

• Summer 2025: To access Law360.com: Tax from off-campus locations: implement the BLS proxy server instructions for 1 web browser.

Lexis > Legal News Hub, click: All Sections to view Law360: Tax Authority "deep news and analysis."  Law360: Tax Authority is only available in Lexis.

• The Lexis product: Law360: Tax Authority includes Law360 Tax Authority: International.

Attorney Rufus Rhoades provides a monthly newsletter on international tax issues.  Rhoades & Langer treatise states that interested researchers can obtain this free newsletter by contacting: Rufus@rufustaxlaw.com

Tax Analysts, Tax Notes Today International + Tax Notes Today Global [= international news and analysis "from a U.S. perspective"]

• BLS Library's digital Tax Notes subscription includes Tax Notes Today International and Tax Notes Today Global news and analysis.  The digital Tax Notes subscription also includes BEPS Expert, FATCA Expert, and Procedurally Taxing ("[c]overing developments in tax procedure and administration, with a focus on articles of interest to practitioners and academics").  Below are instructions to create individual accounts.   

1) Access https://www.taxnotes.com > click SIGN IN (near top of screen)
2) Beneath "New Brooklyn Law School User?" click: Register Here.
4) Register with your Brooklyn Law School e-mail address.  Choose a password and enter it.
5) After registration, go to the Tax Notes website, where you now can sign in with your Brooklyn Law School e-mail address + password.  Under Subscriptions > News, there are links to federal, state and international news and analysis from Tax Notes.

Tax Foundation, Tax Policy Blog & Commentary

• Tax Policy Blog allows researchers to refine results by choosing: Federal Taxes > topic: International Taxes + Global Taxes.

VitalLaw > Tax - International provides Global Daily Tax News (on right of screen)

• In BLS Library's SARA catalog record for VitalLaw, click line: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION--(WOLTERS KLUWER).  Summer 2025: Access from off-campus locations requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions for 1 web browser.