June 1999

Main

Irish tax rate: a phantom menace?

UK seeks to end tax privilege

IRS Proposal Allows for Taxpayer Initiated Conforming Adjustments

Ernst & Young aids China Clays deal

Davis Polk handles Indian joint venture

Jones Day gets car deal rolling

Cravath Swaine & Moore advises GEC

Skadden Arps in ICI/Huntsman deal

Ford calls on Baker & McKenzie

Davis Polk advises on Nabisco tender offers

Thommesson Krefting sparks petroleum offer

HSBC turns to Cleary Gottleib

Carter Ledyard in media merger

Brobeck Phleger in Internet deal

Simpson Thacher consulted on cable deal

Baker & McKenzie loses out in US

Austria proposes extensive cuts

KPMG announces UK legal move

France proposes tax change to fund shorter hours

Canada to allow branches for foreign banks

China tightens grip on processing trade

New tax threat to bond market

News in Brief

Taxfax

Japanese vehicle faces uneasy start

Singapore widens fiscal incentives

Cyprus-Russia treaty creates new harmony

IRS extends grouping opportunity

ECJ casts doubt over Bachmann

Corporates revolt at CFC expansion

UK CFCs leave room for manoeuvre

Australian review spurs CFC rethink

Recent court decision sows confusion

Tax Reform Proposals

Defining “TECHNICIANS”

Ireland as a holding company regime

Date of withholding regulations postponed

International Correspondents

Features

New Analysis

Tax Relief

Special Features

Editorial

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