April 2004

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Challenges facing tax executives in North America

Ashurst and McKee Nelson go global with structured finance

Supreme Court dismisses petition to review its decision allowing treaty benefits to Mauritian residents

What the new Finance Bill will mean

When the anti-elusive provision applies

Diet's US treaty ratification to bring new benefits

Decree introduces maquiladora holding companies

Research and development credits expand

Tax implementation of the Swiss merger law with a pro-fiscal touch

Tax implications of international accounting standards

New rules give greater flexibility after a tax-free stock acquisition

IRS withdraws foreign tax credits notice

Marks & Spencer picks new tax head from Deloitte

Bush nominates next IRS chief counsel

Dorsey & Whitney beefs up tax litigation in London

KPMG appoints new leader in Europe

Ceteris continues Ernst & Young transfer pricing raid

Bryan Cave expands US tax presence

IFA elects new executive vice president in US

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan takes tax talent from DoJ

In-house counsel moves to Winston & Strawn

Paul Hastings expands international tax group

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Fenwick & West LLP

Goodmans LLP

Deloitte

FTI

Alston & Bird LLP

Thorsteinssons, Tax Lawyers

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Ernst & Young

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

Torys LLP

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Draft law will increase tax on leasing

China gives tax amnesty to foreign residents

Japan approves tax treaty

US state gives tax breaks to car manufacturers

Putin announces sweeping tax reforms

Australia-Mexico tax treaty enters into force

European Commission investigates Italian tax breaks

Singapore considers further corporate tax cut

ECJ rules in taxpayer's favour over exit taxes

US complains to WTO over China's tax help for semiconductors

New tax breaks for UK films

Australia to change tax exemptions

Time runs down for accession

Chancellor introduces disclosure for certain tax transactions

Who's worked on the biggest deals

The transformation of the German tax system

EU accession countries struggle towards VAT harmonization

Irish government introduces R&D credit to bring in more investors

Speed of change taxes director

Ways to maximize your tax position

How California is cracking down on tax shelters

DTA opens up tax-efficient opportunities to the east and west

After the acquisition: tax planning for business integration

Spanish thin cap reform: a partial improvement

Capital gains on the sale of unlisted shares

ATO commissioner warning over corporate governance and tax

New decisions on social contributions PIS and COFINS

What the new foreign affiliate changes will offer

French exit tax incompatible with EC Treaty

New withholding tax exemption case

High Court raises the bar for subject-to-tax clauses

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