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Eleonora Briolini, the head of tax for Bird & Bird in Milan, has become a partner of the firm, which she joined in January 2012 from Studio Tributario e Societario Deloitte.

In-house tax departments, both big and small, have extra chances at recognition at International Tax Review’s European Tax Awards 2013 presentation at the Dorchester hotel in London on May 15.

The head of Vietnam’s transfer pricing department, within the General Department of Taxation (DGT), speaks to TPWeek about developments in the country’s legislation including the status of advance pricing agreements (APA), thin capitalisation and permanent establishment (PE) guidance and the potential for safe harbours.

The South African National Treasury has released the final discussion paper detailing proposals for the country’s carbon tax. However advisers say a more thorough analysis of the indirect impact of the carbon tax on businesses is needed.

Daniel McGrath has joined Hilco Real Estate Appraisals as managing director of its new fixed asset tax optimisation services practice within the firm’s property tax division. He will lead a team in building a fixed asset services practice, principally focused on helping real estate owners throughout the US understand and devise strategies to improve their federal tax position.

Costa Rica has become the first country in Central America to ratify the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, the multilateral agreement set up to boost tax cooperation and exchange of information, and the fight against tax evasion. It will enter into force in Costa Rica on August 1 2013.

Robert Waterson, senior associate at Hage Aaronson, explains why the further judgment in Investment Trust Companies (In Liquidation) v HMRC (ITC) is good news for taxpayers who suffered unlawfully levied VAT but had no direct right of action against HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) under section 80 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (VATA).

A Milan tax court has dismissed an appeal by Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana in a dispute over the transfer of the company's brands to Luxembourg. The ruling shows the Italian tax authorities are particularly suspicious of reorganisations involving certain jurisdictions, advisers say.