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Lee Kelley, who has had senior roles in the US Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), has joined Covington & Burling as a partner in the firm’s tax practice. She will focus on corporate tax matters, including structural and transactional planning.

Only a few weeks to go before the start of the new year. This is the time to check whether taking action before January 1 2014 could give you a tax advantage. Here are 11 tax tips and points to note for international companies covering various Dutch tax areas.

In the second of a two-part series, Radoslaw Szczech and Dorota Pokrop of EY look at the major VAT changes that will come into effect next year.

The Cayman Islands and Costa Rica have become the 11th and 12th jurisdictions to sign bilateral intergovernmental agreements (IGA) with the US for the implementation of the Foreign Account Compliance Act (FATCA). And soon there could be at least 28, which are being used as the mechanism to clamp down on undeclared assets held by US citizens with foreign financial institutions (FFIs).

Oliver Wehnert and Ivo Tankov of EY provide analysis of the OECD’s memorandum on transfer pricing documentation and country by country reporting and what it will mean for German regulations and requirements.

The annual pre-Autumn Statement rumour mill for the UK has been churning furiously and issues such as avoidance, business rates, capital gains tax and employment taxes will all probably get at least a mention in Chancellor George Osborne’s speech. However, many advisers are expecting few changes and are hoping instead for stability and certainty to be the two overriding themes of the statement.

Palaniappan Chidambaram, India’s Minister of Finance, spoke exclusively to International Tax Review about India’s increasingly non-adversarial approach to taxation and reducing uncertainty in the corporate tax environment.

Speaking exclusively with International Tax Review, Palaniappan Chidambaram, India’s Minister of Finance, revealed the long-awaited Direct Taxes Code (DTC) is ready and that he hopes to pass the DTC Bill before the end of this parliamentary term.

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