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Recession keeps Europe's top tax directors on their toes
Though companies continue to feel the strain of the downturn, the top 10 tax directors in Europe tell Joanna Faith that the recession is not the only issue keeping in-house tax departments busy

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     Cover Story
    blank Recession keeps Europe's top tax directors on their toes
    Though companies continue to feel the strain of the downturn, the top 10 tax directors in Europe tell Joanna Faith that the recession is not the only issue keeping in-house tax departments busy June 2009

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    blank Firms show sparkle in tax planning
    Uncertainty about the fate of the global economy and a more uncompromising attitude generally from tax authorities around the world has encouraged taxpayers to go to tax planning with long-standing reputations. As a result, the biggest professional services firms are near or at the top of International Tax Review's second annual poll to find the world's leading planning practices May 2009

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    blank Sodexho tax leader wants better VAT rules
    Anthony Lister, UK tax director of Sodexho, tells Georgiana Head the UK should get rid of the exempt and zero rated distinction  June 2009

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    blank The tax esperanto
    The world is growing smaller and companies should put a single-transfer pricing focus on income tax, VAT/GST and customs duties to come out ahead, says Astrid Pieron and Charles-Albert Helleputte from the European Transfer Pricing Centre of Mayer Brown  June 2009

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    Automating VAT tax calculations reduces risk as more countries adopt VAT style taxes and look to them for increased revenue, explains Chris Walsh, chief international indirect tax officer of Vertex June 2009

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    blank Tribunal clarifies cross-border group relief claims
    Alison Last of Dorsey & Whitney explains why the First-Tier Tribunal's decision in the latest M&S hearing on the UK's group relief rules, does not provide certainty for every taxpayer with losses they want to surrender June 2009

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    blank Courts raise doubts about permanent establishment
    Recent case law in India suggests that international taxpayers should review their permanent establishment risk periodically, believe Srinivasa Rao and Rajendra Nayak of Ernst & Young June 2009

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    blank Tools of the trade for the stand alone tax director
    Anthony Lewis, EU tax & treasury director of Affiliated Computer Services, provides an insight into the unwritten job of the stand alone tax director at the average US multinational June 2009

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    blank Executives confront economic implications
    Tax executives at the Asia Tax Executives' Forum had much on their minds, including a mounting compliance burden, the increasing aggression of the tax authorities in the region and pressure from management to generate revenue and cut costs June 2009

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    blank HMRC succeeds in DSG litigation
    As well as being the first major UK transfer pricing case, the DSG litigation offers taxpayers some valuable lessons on strategy and dispute resolution, argues Murray Clayson of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer June 2009

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    blank Administration unveils foreign tax reform proposals
    Alan Winston Granwell, Jeffrey Korenblatt and Evan Migdail from DLA Piper discuss the implications of Obama's plans for taxation of foreign income  June 2009

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    blank Time arrives for coordination on green taxes
    The potential of tax policy to help combat climate change will be lost unless governments start cooperating, argue Mark Schofield and Harry Manisty of PricewaterhouseCoopers June 2009

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    Environmental taxation is becoming more and more relevant to companies around the world. President Barack Obama is leading the way to encouraging better practices by offering numerous tax breaks and incentives. John Gimigliano and Robert Swiech of KPMG discuss the coming changes in the US June 2009

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    blank Managing the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers
    Bankruptcy is a trying time for any company. For a business as large and as complex as Lehman Brothers, the process was and continues to be nothing short of traumatic. Working through the tax implications is a significant part of the work. Catherine Snowdon talks to Darryl Steinberg, managing director and senior tax counsel to Lehman Brothers Holdings and one of his chief advisers, Mike Lippman, managing director at Alvarez & Marsal Taxand June 2009

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    One of the most well-known figures in UK tax tells Georgiana Head that the government should continue to work at how legislation is introduced and implemented May 2009

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    blank Court strives for balance on economic substance
    Italian Supreme Court decisions on the abuse of right in 2008 and this year looked for harmonisation between business freedom and protection of the fundamental principles of the State legal system, reveals Maricla Pennesi of DLA Piper May 2009

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    blank Exemption reforms are timely benefit
    The changes to its exemption regime for foreign-sourced income has boosted Singapore's credentials as a pro-business, tax-competitive jurisdiction, explains Sunil Agarwal and Kah Chuan Ho of PricewaterhouseCoopers May 2009

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    blank Tax guidelines boost Islamic finance in France
    Economic context and UK experience explain France's move on Islamic finance, says Nicolas Jacquot of Landwell & Associés May 2009

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    blank Hay stresses need for closer cooperation
    Diane Hay, former deputy director, CT & VAT and head of the Transfer Pricing Group at HMRC tells Catherine Snowdon about some of the main difficulties she tackled while at the revenue authority and part of working party 6, offers taxpayers an insight into how transfer pricing cases are selected in the UK and talks about the future of transfer pricing. May 2009

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    blank Hungary to get tougher CFC regime
    by Joanna Faith  June 2009

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    Marina Capel, head of tax, Asia at Thomson Reuters June 2009

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    blank Outsourcing becomes luxury in recession
    Joanna Faith finds out the pros and cons of outsourcing in-house tax functions in a recession June 2009

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    blank Companies get help with business rates
    by Ralph Cunningham  May 2009

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    blank Owens resists blaming tax havens for economic downturn
    by Joanna Faith in Brussels  May 2009

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    John Bartlett from BP explains how the recession has had an impact on his tax department May 2009

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    blank How APAs fit into today's regulatory landscape
    Advanced pricing agreements can position businesses better in this environment, say Mark Nehoray and Reiko Ishii of Deloitte May 2009

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    blank Getting transfer pricing right in the recession and beyond
    In a recession transfer pricing risk is intensified as tax authorities scrutinise intercompany payments rigorously in an attempt to recover cash. Joanna Faith finds out what tax departments can do to improve their positions and avoid aggressive auditing in the downturn. May 2009

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    Getting wise about transfer pricing May 2009

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    blank Tax havens come under more scrutiny from world leaders
    Miles Walton of Allen & Overy argues that tax havens play an important role in achieving certainty of tax treatment, while Martin Hearson of ActionAid believes that global information exchange is the key to ensuring that such locations do not deprive developing countries of vital funds May 2009

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    blank Hungarian VAT rules breach EU law
    By David Stevenson  June 2009

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    blank Obama starts conflict over international reforms
    Companies and even fellow Democrats are lining up to fight President Obama over his plans to reform America's international tax rules. By Ralph Cunningham, London and Catherine Snowdon, New York June 2009

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    blank China releases corporate restructuring tax rules
    By Joanna Faith  June 2009

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    blank Supreme Court rules against CRA
    By Catherine Snowdon  June 2009

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    blank Russian court makes taxpayer think twice about losses
    By Jack Grocott  June 2009

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    blank New rules for senior accounting officers in the UK mean more work for tax directors
    By Joanna Faith  June 2009

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    blank Ways and Means staffer discounts reform
    By Catherine Snowdon, Washington DC  May 2009

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    blank Pakistan's ACCA proposes corporate tax changes
    By International Tax Review May 2009

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    blank World leaders keep their word and crack down on tax havens
    By Joanna Faith and Jack Grocott May 2009

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    blank European Commission leaves multinationals waiting nervously
    By Jack Grocott May 2009

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    blank Emergency budget improves Ireland's IP regime
    By Joanna Faith May 2009

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    blank Obama nominates new IRS chief counsel
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    blank Former Justice tax chief moves on
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    blank Stuffer brings in-house experience to PwC
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    blank Cragus hires former tax director
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    blank BMR Advisors adds three new partners
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    blank Dolan leaves Merrill Lynch for Shearman & Sterling
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    blank VMW Taxand takes three from Deloitte
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    blank Steinberg heads back to private practice
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     Tax relief
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    A monthly commentary on the notable facts, figures and goings-on in the tax world, so called to give you a gentle exit from International Tax Review each month.  June 2009

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    A monthly commentary on the notable facts, figures and goings-on in the tax world, so called to give you a gentle exit from International Tax Review each month. May 2009

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    1. Ruling on taxation of capital gains under India/Mauritius tax treaty
    2. International trusts and double tax treaty provisions
    3. Recent changes in Austrian tax law
    4. Transfer pricing issues
    5. New VAT rules for taxation of services - as from 2010
    6. Recession keeps Europe's top tax directors on their toes
    7. Insights into Australia's complex tax system
    8. Ending discrimination against EU-based foreign pension funds
    9. Beneficial owner defined in new income tax law
    10. Ireland: less taxing for intellectual property
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