On February 1, the Trinidad and Tobago Government enforced a new VAT regime involving a reduction to the standard rate and a broadening of the range of items that are subject to VAT.
Latin American, Philippi, Prietocarrizosa & Uria has opened a new office in Lima, Peru by integrating Peruvian firms Ferrero Abogados and Delmar Ugarte.
Lluís Fargas, vice president of tax and corporate development Europe at Alcoa, has been re-elected for the second consecutive year to Tax Executives Institute (TEI) executive committee.