# TAX News Feed Plan

Date: 2026-06-12

## Goal

Build a tax-focused news and official-source feed that flags changes affecting corporate merger, real estate acquisition, divestment, investment, development, and portfolio decisions.

This file is a first taxonomy. Source URLs, rates, thresholds, and current legal positions must be verified against official sources before production use.

## Feed classes

| Class | Meaning | Example impact |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Official law change | Statute, regulation, budget, tax reform, agency guidance | Model update required |
| Interpretation | Ruling, court case, circular, Q&A, treaty interpretation | Risk memo update |
| Transaction tax | M&A, reorganization, withholding, transfer pricing, stamp/registration | Deal structure change |
| Real estate tax | Acquisition, holding, leasing, depreciation, property, REIT, divestment | Asset price or hold/sell decision |
| Portfolio tax | Sector tax, credits, subsidies, windfall taxes, buyback/dividend tax | Portfolio watchlist alert |
| Compliance calendar | Filing, disclosure, invoice, e-reporting, audit, grace period | Action deadline |
| Incentive | Credit, deduction, special zone, R&D, green investment, startup relief | Investment thesis update |

## Jurisdiction tags

- `JP`
- `US-federal`
- `US-state`
- `EU`
- `OECD`
- `UK`
- `SG`
- `HK`
- `IN`
- `UAE`
- `ASEAN`
- `Other`

## Asset and decision tags

- `M&A`
- `reorganization`
- `real-estate-acquisition`
- `real-estate-development`
- `real-estate-divestment`
- `REIT`
- `portfolio`
- `family-office`
- `startup`
- `cross-border`
- `withholding`
- `transfer-pricing`
- `consumption-tax`
- `VAT-GST`
- `inheritance-gift`
- `tax-credit`
- `compliance-calendar`

## Source watchlist

Start with official and primary sources only:

- Japan Ministry of Finance.
- Japan National Tax Agency.
- Japanese tax reform outline materials.
- OECD tax materials.
- EU taxation materials.
- IRS and US Treasury materials.
- UK HMRC materials.
- Singapore IRAS materials.
- Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department materials.
- India Ministry of Finance and income-tax materials.
- UAE Ministry of Finance and Federal Tax Authority materials.

Secondary news and law-firm memos can be useful for discovery, but the memo should trace the final position back to official or primary material wherever possible.

## Triage fields

Each feed item should become a structured row:

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `date_seen` | Date TAX captured the item |
| `source_date` | Date from the source |
| `jurisdiction` | Jurisdiction tag |
| `source_type` | Official, court, agency, treaty, firm memo, news |
| `title` | Original source title |
| `summary` | One-paragraph neutral summary |
| `affected_decisions` | M&A, real estate, portfolio, compliance, etc. |
| `effective_date` | If available |
| `action_required` | None, watch, model update, professional review, client alert |
| `review_owner` | Tax lawyer, zeirishi, accountant, local specialist, internal |
| `confidence` | High, medium, low |
| `source_url` | Verified URL |

## First sample items to build

1. Japan tax reform outline item.
2. Japan real estate tax or consumption-tax item.
3. OECD Pillar Two update.
4. US real estate or withholding item.
5. Singapore or Hong Kong holding-company incentive item.