This content is from: United Kingdom Baker & McKenzie wins tax firm of the year at International Tax Review's European awards The best international tax advisers in Europe gathered at Claridge's in London last Wednesday night to celebrate the best in tax work done over the past year and to receive awards for excellence in tax services By ITR Correspondent May 30 2005
This content is from: Austria ECJ allows value-added tax deduction on share issues The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a company may deduct input tax on supplies received in connection with a new share issue provided that its economic activities are subject to value-added tax (VAT) May 30 2005
This content is from: Direct Tax Survey exposes tax directors’ fears The cover story of the June issue of International Tax Review, the annual survey of tax directors in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, reveals who rules the tax roost in Europe and how tax directors are reacting May 30 2005
This content is from: Direct Tax LECG hires BNP Paribas’ transfer pricing head Martin Zetter, former head of global transfer pricing at BNP Paribas, has moved to LECG, the economics and transfer pricing firm May 30 2005
This content is from: Direct Tax Ballentine Barbera hires KPMG European transfer pricing head Ballentine Barbera Group (BBG), the US-based transfer pricing boutique, is expanding into Europe with the hire of Ted Keen, KPMG's partner in charge of transfer pricing economics for Europe, the Middle East and Africa May 22 2005
This content is from: Direct Tax HMRC claims avoidance rules are working HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the UK tax authority, said that the country's tax avoidance measures, first announced in the Budget of March 2004, are working May 22 2005
This content is from: Direct Tax UK government gives business tax assurance Gordon Brown, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, has assured business leaders that his government shares their objective of making the UK's tax regime internationally competitive May 22 2005
This content is from: United States Treasury and IRS revise rules for US tax advisers The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department on May 18 issued revisions to the standards for written tax advice that were released at the end of last year May 22 2005
This content is from: Direct Tax Investment bank raids EY to boost transfer pricing arm Los Angeles-based international investment bank, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, released its transfer pricing growth strategy today, after aggressively hiring transfer pricing professionals from the big-four professio... May 15 2005
This content is from: United States MCI settles tax bill in Mississippi The US state of Mississippi has settled a tax case with MCI, formerly WorldCom, costing the company over $125 million May 15 2005
This content is from: United States Herbalife hires new tax vice president Kenneth Simon, former vice president of taxes at Avon Products, has moved to a similar position at Herbalife, a global network marketing company that sells nutritional supplement and personal care products May 15 2005
This content is from: United Arab Emirates Tax boutique opens in the Middle East A former tax director of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Dubai is to head the UAE office of the ILS Group, a provider of tax-efficient international corporate services May 15 2005
This content is from: United States Coudert Brothers loses global tax head Edmund Cohen, former head of Coudert Brothers' global tax practice, has left the firm for Winston & Strawn (W&S) May 15 2005
This content is from: Direct Tax European Tax Awards launch International Tax Review's European Tax Awards will take place on Wednesday, May 25 at Claridge's Hotel in London's Mayfair May 08 2005
This content is from: United States French law firm sets up US tax practice Gide Loyrette Nouel, a French international law firm, has launched a US tax practice with the hire of Robert MacDonald in its New York office May 08 2005
This content is from: United States Deutsche Bank tax counsel joins Greenberg Traurig in New York Mark Leeds, senior tax counsel at Deutsche Bank in New York, has left the investment bank to join Greenberg Traurig, an international law firm, as a shareholding partner May 08 2005
This content is from: Direct Tax Fried Frank lures Jones Day tax head for European launch The US law firm Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has started a European tax practice in London by hiring three senior tax lawyers from Jones Day May 08 2005
This content is from: Netherlands Netherlands to overhaul corporate tax The government of the Netherlands has proposed sweeping tax changes that would lower the country's corporate tax rate and align its international tax rules more closely with EU law May 08 2005
