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Landmark judgment in Littlewoods: taxpayer did not receive “adequate indemnity” after unlawful VAT payments

UK VAT legislation did not give Littlewoods an effective remedy for paying tax which was not due.

April 08 2014

EU to scrap customs duties on Ukrainian imports

The European Commission plans to slash customs duties on Ukrainian agricultural produce, steel, iron, and machinery imports by more than 98%.

Aaran Fronda, April 08 2014

German Federal Fiscal Court refers questions on input VAT deduction of holding companies to ECJ

With two decisions of December 11 2013, the Federal Fiscal Court has referred questions for a preliminary ruling on the scope of input VAT deduction by holding companies and several questions regarding VAT groups to the European Court of Justice (C-108/14 and C-109/14). Hendrik Marchal of KÜFFNER MAUNZ LANGER ZUGMAIER reports.

April 08 2014

Malaysian Parliament approves GST Bill

The lower house of the Malaysian Parliament has passed the GST Bill, with only the approval of the upper chamber now needed for its implementation.

Aaran Fronda, April 08 2014

Russia: First hard-line draft law on CFC rules and corporate tax residency is out

On March 18, a few months after Putin’s address on the ’de-offshorisation’ of the Russian economy, the Finance Ministry published the first draft law on anti-avoidance rules. Artem Toropov of Goltsblat BLP explains how the draft law has already sent ripples through the Russian business community.

April 08 2014

Mühl becomes Luther partner in Stuttgart

Axel Mühl joined Luther in Stuttgart as a partner on April 1. He specialises in corporate and corporate-related tax law and advises cross-border medium-sized enterprises and groups on M&A, complex restructurings and succession planning. These include German clients on foreign investments and also foreign investors, from, for example, Russia, China, the UAE or Switzerland, on investments in Germany.

April 08 2014

Reform erodes benefits of Mexican tax consolidation regime

The 2014 tax reform has abolished the previously-generous consolidation regime.

April 08 2014

What the new IRS transfer pricing audit roadmap means for multinationals

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released its Transfer Pricing Audit Roadmap, in February, which is a 26 page document advertised as a “practical, user-friendly toolkit” for IRS transfer pricing specialists as well as other members of IRS Examination.

April 08 2014

BMR hires indirect tax expert Rao

BMR Legal has hired indirect tax specialist Madhav Rao as of counsel, based in Delhi. He joins from Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, where he was senior partner and country head, leading their litigation practice in Delhi.

April 07 2014

Ehret moves up to partnership at Linklaters

Michael Ehret (left), a lawyer and tax adviser, has become a partner of Linklaters in Frankfurt. His main areas of practice include international and European tax law, M&A, the tax aspects of business restructurings; tax treaties and EC tax law.

April 07 2014

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