Tax information exchange, corporate restructurings and tax havens have been just three issues that have dominated tax coverage in 2009. But as the world enters a new year, deal numbers have begun to rise, companies are making acquisitions and governments are targeting those making money. Jack Grocott and David Stevenson ask some of the world's leading tax personalities what 2009 meant to them and what the future holds for tax in 2010.
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