May 2012

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Perfect planning prevents poor performance

Mayer Brown strengthens Houston tax practice

Gert Müller-Gatermann joins WTS

Foster leaves Olswang

Tuerff gets bigger Deloitte role

Holtze is Ernst & Young’s new global tax leader

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand expands in New York

Tax Partner Taxand hires new partner

McKesson’s former head of tax joins Vertex

Two new partners for Latham & Watkins in US

Squire Sanders promotes UK partner

Grant Thornton names new US leader

Dewey loses tax partners

Freshfields names new tax partner

BMR expands partnership

KPMG Singapore hires leading tax lawyer

Ashurst promotes in London

Deals Table

Taxpayers must review trusts after Canadian SC ruling

TJN and ICC demand improvements to peer review process

Companies must use German PEs for business restructuring

Clients use survey to air opinions about services from advisers

Battle lines drawn between OECD and Tax Justice Network

Leading forces in global transfer pricing revealed

Tax reforms set to change real estate in Spain

Changes to UK controlled foreign company legislation

Transfer pricing adjustments can trigger withholding taxes

Changes to German transfer pricing regulations affect PEs

Ireland: always open for business

Risky business: How bad tax planning could get your company into trouble

How to effectively manage new mining taxes

The taxation of German offshore wind farms

UK tax and North Sea decommissioning

The consequences of Brazil’s ICMS tax war

Why Germany’s new supply rules are bad news for business

Shifting tax responsibility from civil to criminal

UK rules on stamp duty reserve tax

Albania: Albania needs new transfer pricing guidelines

Bosnia & Herzegovina: VAT refund for foreign companies

Brazil: Important changes to transfer pricing rules

Bulgaria: A decisive step against tax evasion

Canada: Velcro Canada: The latest word on beneficial ownership

Chile: New R&D law

China: Advance ruling system being explored

Cyprus: Protocol to the income and capital tax treaty of Cyprus-Poland finally signed

European Union: Commission proposal for FTT in Europe shot down by member states alternatives sought

Finland: Finnish tax framework for 2013-2014

France: New changes on share transfer tax and creation of financial related taxes

Hong Kong: APA and Li & Fung case

Ireland: Tax regime for investment funds enhanced

Luxembourg: Upcoming changes for real estate investment structures in France

FYR Macedonia: More capital investments and increase in tax revenue in 2012

Mexico: Tax treaty between Mexico and Ukraine

Montenegro: New immovable property tax rates in capital

Norway: Consequences of leasing tangible assets

Romania: Transfers of funds into and from a distraint bank account

Russia: Court accepts a tax challenge based on the conduit company doctrine

Spain: Recovery of input VAT by holding companies

US Inbound: Section 871(m) dividend equivalents: NPC issues

US Outbound: IRS releases final cost-sharing regulations

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