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Neil Sidorak is joining Jenne, a value-added distributor of IP telephony, audio and video conferencing, unified communications, data networking and security and surveillance products, in Avon, Ohio as its controller, making him responsible for the company's financial and tax reporting. In a 16-year career at Maloney + Novotny, a Cleveland accounting firm, Sidorak was responsible for the supervision, review and tax planning of about 65 tax engagements, including corporate, partnership, personal, state and local, and benefit plan returns.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has hired Jon Hanifan to lead its European hedge fund tax advisory team.

Tax heads of multinational companies say the UK Supreme Court's decision in the Prudential case, which said legal advice privilege (LAP) only protects communications between taxpayers and lawyers, will not make them choose lawyers above accountants for tax legal advice.

If a pilot programme goes as planned, Russian taxpayers will have a new way of engaging with the tax authorities, explains Alexandra Lobova of Ernst & Young

The new tax regime for patents in the UK may not offer a lower rate than similar rules in other countries, but, for reputational reasons, it may have more advantages, writes Mary Ashley.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has named David Haworth as the new head of its tax practice in London, succeeding Sarah Folk. Haworth, a former investment banker, works with UK and foreign clients, primarily in the financial services sector. He specialises in advising on the tax aspects of complex financing transactions, derivatives, debt and equity capital markets work and disputes with tax authorities.

Arantxa De Luis The Spanish legislation exercising the powers granted by article 199 of Directive 2006/112 on the common system of VAT has included, with effect from October 31 2012, three new cases on which the VAT reverse charge mechanism applies for certain real estate transactions. With this amendment, the legislation intends to avoid the detriment that arises for the public purse in these transactions if the VAT is not paid over to the Treasury (or is paid late – deferrals, insolvency situations) but is already deducted by the recipient of the goods and/or services. These three new cases of reverse charge come to sum up to that introduced in 2011 as a result of the reform of the Insolvency Law, in connection to supplies of properties made as a result of an insolvency proceeding.

Daniel Harrison In an effort to avoid the double taxation of international income and thus promote foreign direct investment, Laos has concluded double taxation agreements (DTAs) with 12 countries to date – the most recent of which was with Luxembourg on November 4 2012, the first EU member to do so. The Laos-Luxembourg DTA is pending ratification, but it is understood that it will offer a maximum dividend withholding tax rate of 5% where at least 10% of the shares are directly held.

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Cynthia Herman The Myanmar government announced a new round of bids on January 17 2013, giving oil and gas companies two months in which to submit their expression of interest.