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This content is from: Australia

Taxand adds two firms
July 30 2008
This content is from: China

New transfer pricing rules in China will put pressure on companies

Companies doing business in China are expecting scrutiny from the country's tax authority to increase, following the release of highly anticipated new transfer pricing regulations, expected in September.
July 30 2008
This content is from: Canada

Carbon taxes cause strife in Canada

The New Brunswick Business Council has blasted the idea of introducing a carbon tax in the province.
July 28 2008
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E&Y promotes 76
July 28 2008
This content is from: United States

Tax changes for companies buried in housing bill

Buried in a drastic housing bill designed to rescue the failing US housing market are a number of corporate tax provisions that will provide relief to the struggling US economy.
July 28 2008
This content is from: United States

KPMG launches climate solutions and energy sustainability practice
July 28 2008
This content is from: United States

Former IRS economist joins Gardere
July 28 2008
This content is from: Direct Tax

UK consults on asset management taxation

The UK treasury has issued three consultation papers on asset management taxation. The consultations are part of a package of measures announced by the government in the 2008 budget to make the country a more competit...
July 28 2008
This content is from: United States

Chadbourne hires renewables specialist
July 23 2008
This content is from: Australia

Australia and New Zealand edge closer to mutual recognition of credits

Australia and New Zealand's finance ministers expect negotiations on a new tax treaty between the two countries to conclude successfully by the end of this year
July 22 2008
This content is from: United States

Gimigliano leaves Congress
July 22 2008
This content is from: Australia

Australian company hit with $21 million excise fine
July 22 2008
This content is from: France

OECD says transfer pricing guidelines should be applied to permanent establishments

The OECD's transfer pricing guidelines for application to separate but associated enterprises should apply in the attribution of profits to permanent establishments (PEs), said a report by the organisation
July 22 2008
This content is from: United States

Senate committee goes after tax evaders

US senators attacked companies' use of offshore banks at a Senate committee hearing on tax evasion on July 17
July 22 2008
This content is from: United States

Becker & Poliakoff partner to run Bahamas office
July 21 2008
This content is from: Direct Tax

UK government to rethink foreign profits plans

The UK government has put off plans to change the taxation of foreign profits regime
July 21 2008
This content is from: United States

Fletcher joins Morrison & Foerster
July 15 2008
This content is from: Canada

Canada's plans for income trusts revealed

The Canadian government has published proposals to help income trusts become corporations without tax repercussions
July 14 2008
This content is from: Hong Kong SAR

Hong Kong waives taxes to encourage Islamic finance

The Hong Kong government will offer tax breaks to boost the development of the city's first Islamic bond, Ceajar Chan Ka-keung, secretary for financial services and the treasury has told a banking conference.
July 14 2008
This content is from: Belgium

European Commission battles with member states over infringement

In June the European Commission issued an infringement procedure against Spain regarding violations in its rules governing the right to deduct VAT on imports. This was the second request for the country to remove the ...
July 14 2008
This content is from: United States

Ford sues IRS for $445.3 million

The Ford Motor Company is suing the Internal Revenue Service in the US because it believes it paid too much income tax in nine years between 1983 and 1994
July 14 2008
This content is from: Mexico

Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes elects new partner
July 09 2008
This content is from: Russia

Baker & McKenzie promotes one in Moscow
July 09 2008
This content is from: Direct Tax

Deloitte picks new R&D chief
July 07 2008
This content is from: Portugal

New partner for Vieira De Almeida
July 07 2008
This content is from: United States

Expatriate group urges support for Voinovich's bill

American Citizens Abroad, a global non-profit, non-partisan association based in Geneva, Switzerland, is calling for all Americans living overseas to support the draft legislation George Voinovich introduced in the Se...
July 07 2008
This content is from: Direct Tax

Vodafone wins CFC verdict but case is not over

The UK tax authorities will press on with defending the country's controlled foreign company rules even though a High Court judge decided on July 4 that they should be scrapped in their current form
July 07 2008
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Ballentine Barbera hires transfer pricing specialist in Hong Kong
July 07 2008
This content is from: Direct Tax

UK Conservatives propose ways to simplify tax laws

The opposition Conservative Party in the UK will create an office of tax simplification (OTS) that "will systematically examine the existing tax code and make proposals for simplification" if it wins the next general ...
July 06 2008
This content is from: European Union

Statistics show tax rates remain high in EU

The EU remains a high tax area compared to the rest of the world with the tax ratio of the 27 EU member states 12 percentage points more than those of the USA and Japan.
July 06 2008
This content is from: Mexico

Baker & McKenzie elects new partner in Juárez
July 01 2008

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