June 2010

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Teamwork relieves demands on tax directors

Fifa demands tax concessions from World Cup hosts

Australian government introduces mining super tax

Congress looks to international tax to raise revenue

Commission targets venture capital for action

Alliance wins top European tax award

India moves anti-avoidance campaign offshore

Official body established for Singapore tax professionals

Controversy and litigation dominate tax forum

Why tax has a role in curbing effects of climate change

Zimmer wins French decision on permanent establishment

Atmosphere is changing for exchange of information

Taxation and the trading of carbon credits

Proposals for new financial taxes split opinion

Review undermines transfer tax on Spanish real estate

New treaty on income and capital between Albania and Kuwait

Refining taxation of financial arrangements

Belgian tax treaties – circular published on the exemption of foreign-source income

Delocalisation of freight transport services outside the EU due to implementation of VAT rule

Brazilian thin capitalisation rules – proposed bill of law

Transfer pricing regulations in Bulgaria

Tax Court of Canada calls into question CRA's position on LLCs

Securitisation of future payment flows

The new Cyprus Tonnage Tax Scheme

Proposal for EU directive on CCCTB may be tabled in early 2011

Amendments to Finnish tax treaties

Major reform of real estate VAT regime

New corporate tax legislation causes ambiguity in Greece

Tribunal rules on construction PE

New VAT law

Japan introduces bond exemption

How non-residents can invest in FYR Macedonia

New protocols signed by Mexico

Government defers payment of VAT

ESA issues formal notice about exit tax

Indirect rebates decrease taxable amount

Stability and Growth Programme – retrospective repeal of personal capital gains exemption applicable to resident shareholders

Changes to taxation of legal entities in Serbia

Law changes for cross-border transactions

Supreme Court rules on consistency between valuation for customs duty and corporate income tax

Cross-border tax consolidation and withholding tax exemption for dividends to investment funds

Dividend season passes by

R&D tax incentives in Turkey

Long-awaited State Budget

US House passes tax bill with anti-treaty-shopping provision

US signs new tax treaties with Chile and Hungary

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New tax angers miners

Tax authorities keep tight lipped

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