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Arthur Sinodinos, Australia's Assistant Treasurer, has announced the appointment of Andrew Mills as a full-time second commissioner to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

Ryan Katz and Dan Paulos have become tax partners of Akin Gump in the firm's New York office.

Ajit Tolani has left Economic Laws Practice in Mumbai to set up his own tax, transfer pricing and international tax litigation practice called Ajit R Tolani. As well as appearing as tax and transfer pricing counsel in litigation throughout India, he will advise clients on all direct tax issues, domestic and international transfer pricing, and draft appeals for various tax forums. He has 13 years experience in tax and transfer pricing advisory and litigation matters, comprising 10 years at KPMG and three at ELP.

Linda Carlisle has joined Miller & Chevalier Chartered as a member in the tax department. She was formerly with White & Case, where she advised clients on the taxation of corporations and flow-through entities in a broad range of industries, including energy and financial services. Her experience covers international tax, partnerships, transfer pricing, corporate tax and financial products. She has also advised clients successfully in difficult administrative proceedings and has a significant legislative and regulatory practice.

Michelle Jewett has become a tax partner of Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco.

Scott Sontag has joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison as a tax partner based in New York. He advises clients on a wide range of domestic and international transactions.

Patrick Connolly is an experienced senior in-house tax adviser who has spent the past 10 years in in-house regional tax roles covering Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia/Pacific regions as well as head office tax responsibilities. He shares his views on getting the most value from the client/adviser relationship. Paul Dunne, national managing tax partner for KPMG New Zealand and the tax lead on a number of multinational clients, provides his response and comments.

The basic job of a tax authority is to collect tax. In many countries, where multinational corporations are concerned, they are failing at that job. Salman Shaheen finds out why.

Fewer private letter rulings given by the US tax authorities and a desire for liquidity are two of the reasons why insurance is becoming a popular protection against tax risks, explain James Gray and Alexios Hadji of Squire Sanders.

There is a new executive chairman at Steptoe & Johnson. Phil West, who heads the firm's tax group, took over on January 1 2014 from Roger Warin, who now becomes chair emeritus. The Steptoe partners also re-elected Phil Malet as vice-chairman of the executive committee.