March 2011

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Now is the time to be open

Owens foresees the end of tax havens

CHINA: Resource tax to go nationwide

US: IRS to extend CAP to all large businesses

TP provisions not applicable if not subject to tax in India

China/UK: Possible APA in the works

OECD: Intangibles scoping document released

Korea to get more aggressive on offshore tax abuse

ITALY: Merger leveraged buyouts not abusive

US: IRS launches second disclosure programme

Tax partners start new firm in Mexico

Baker & McKenzie adds three partners

Jones Day strengthens German tax practice

Redlink hires new partner

New head of Peruvian tax agency sworn in

Hemmelrath and team join WTS Group

KPMG adds indirect tax partner

SKP appoints head of indirect tax

Chapman Tripp adds new disputes partner

Baker & McKenzie appoints tax controversy partner

Miller & Chevalier adds criminal tax partner

Athanasiou appointed partner at Thomsons Lawyers

KPMG adds three in Washington

Ni joins Zhong Lun

Learning to share in China

US tax laws cross state lines for revenue

2011 Tax Transactional Survey

China VAT reform faces uphill battle

Luxembourg issues guidance on transfer pricing

Tax dominates Middle East developments

Peru’s tax system to boost economic growth

The UK’s changing views on disclosure and anti-avoidance

Albania and Singapore sign double tax treaty

Natural disasters take their toll on business sector

Real estate challenges

New changes in the IOF rates

Amendments to VAT law

Services provided between a branch and its head office

Reduced VAT rates introduced

Commission proposes CCCTB directive by end of March 2011

Ruling on arm’s-length interest in group financing

Changes to the thin capitalisation regime

Commission objects to enhanced loss relief for troubled companies

Luxembourg tax authorities clarify the tax treatment of financing companies

Capital gains taxation from financial instruments

The Maltese foundation

New Mexican tax treaties and their effects on capital gains

Montenegro: Taxation in tourism sector and recent developments

Transfer tax and capital gains in real estate sales

South Africa: Taxes on capital inflows

Turkey: Tax amnesty to be enacted

Ukraine-Cyprus tax treaty

US Inbound: Treaty-shopping provision dropped from 9/11 bill but resurfaces

Vietnam: Tax policy amendments on repatriation

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