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Shri Justice Altamas Kabir will take over as Chief Justice of India on September 29 following the departure of Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia.

Karsten Randt Jörg Schauf Flick Gocke Schaumburg is extending its services beyond Germany for the first time by starting operations in Zurich and Vienna. The Zurich office will be led by Karsten Randt and Jörg Schauf, two of the firm's Bonn partners, and will advise clients on German tax law issues, such as voluntary disclosure, related to assets in Switzerland and on the double tax treaty that is planned between Switzerland and Germany. Randt and Schauf are tax crime specialists, as well as having practices that deal with white-collar and regulatory matters. They will divide their time between Bonn and Zurich. The firm is also hiring Daniel Holenstein, a Swiss lawyer and certified tax expert from Umbricht Attorneys at Law, who has extensive experience in matters of mutual legal and administrative assistance.

José Manuel Vázquez and Juan Luís Zayas, Garrigues This year Spain has seen new legislation bringing in a new voluntary tax disclosure programme, which was completed with the approval of the Special Tax Return Form and the setting out of other features.

The Canadian government looks set to implement new foreign affiliate dumping rules, but the proposals go further than expected and, if enacted without alterations, would impose severe limitations on Canadian taxpayers, explain Ian Crosbie and Raj Juneja, of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP.

Israel has introduced a number of indirect tax changes recently. Tal Hamdi of Herzog Fox & Neeman looks at where they are going.

Thomas Durham, Brian Kittle and William Schmalzl of Mayer Brown explain why section 6676, the recently enacted refund penalty that imposes a penalty on the filing of certain refund claims, is hitting taxpayers hard.

Boris Lazic and Panayiotis Diallinas, Eurofast Taxand The Finance and Commerce Minister of Serbia, Mladjan Dinkic, has announced the increase of the VAT and corporate income tax (CIT) rates in Serbia as part of measures designed to increase the revenue of the Government and drive Serbia out of the financial crisis.

Andrew Watt Rebecca Busfield The former leaders of Taxand UK's tax investigation team have established a new consultancy service, Watt Busfield Tax Investigations, to help UK taxpayers take full advantage of voluntary disclosure opportunities provided by HMRC. Andrew Watt and Rebecca Busfield will lead the practice, which aims to assist taxpayers in making voluntary disclosures, or full disclosures when they have already been challenged by HMRC, in a bid to avoid tax litigation.

Deloitte has added to its team in Wales by hiring Rhianne Cox as a director in its tax service line. She will be based in Cardiff.

There are two important taxes in Brazil used to finance the country's social security system: the Contribution Over Income (COFINS) and the Contribution to the Social Integration Program (PIS). These taxes must be paid by all legal entities and are imposed on their revenues resulting from the sale of goods, the provision of services, or both, explains Glaucia Lauletta, of Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga.