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Scott Young, a tax compliance specialist, has joined Ryan as a principal in its Philadelphia office.

Peter Barnes, a well known speaker on the international tax circuit, has stepped down as senior international tax counsel at GE, to join Caplin & Drysdale as of counsel. He will advise multinational corporations on global tax planning, including matters related to transfer pricing, trademark licensing, and dispute resolution. He will also teach in Duke University's international tax programme.

Ingrid Simler QC, the head of Devereux Chambers, has been appointed to the High Court's Queen's Bench Division.

Robert Rizzi has joined Steptoe's tax practice as a partner. He specialises in the federal and state income tax aspects of corporate and partnership business transactions, including M&A, reorganisations and joint ventures.

Five members of Dentons' tax practice, including David Hryck, the US head of international tax, are leaving the firm to join Reed Smith, which will start a transfer pricing practice as a result of the move.

With many big indirect reforms being announced in the last year, 2014 is set to be a year of continuing evolution, reports Salman Shaheen.

Dorina Asllani Ndreka, Eurofast Global According to the Law on Tax Procedures, the non-resident taxpayer has the right to assign a representative in Albania. Non-resident taxpayers are all those who do not meet at least one of the required criteria, provided by Article 8 of the law, that defines the resident taxpayers. According to the law, resident taxpayers are all the individuals that: are resident in Albania; have Albanian citizenship despite working abroad as diplomatic representatives; stay in Albania at least 183 days during a year; and all juridical persons who are registered in Albania and have their headquarters in Albania. The Law on Tax Procedures and the relevant bylaws provide that the tax representative is appointed to secure the fulfilment of tax obligations for those entities that are not obliged to register as resident taxpayers but have tax obligations in Albania. The Ministry of Finance made some changes in this respect to improve the implementation in June 2013.

New Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey has put certainty and stability at the top of his agenda Joe Hockey, Australian Treasurer, told the American Australian Association last month in New York that Australia is open for business and open for investment as he announced a "new era" of tax reform. The title of the Treasurer's speech – Australia: Open for Business – had echoes of the UK coalition government's corporate tax agenda, suggesting that the new Australian government might be looking to follow the UK's lead of cutting corporation tax and introducing incentives to attract foreign investment.

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