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OECD's Battiau and ATAF swap notes on African VAT

Piet Battiau, head of consumption taxes at the OECD, met with senior officials from the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) last week to discuss the challenges they are facing in formulating VAT/GST policy.

Salman Shaheen, June 06 2012

Calculating deferred income tax under the Mexican consolidation regime

The Mexican Income Tax Law (MITL) allows certain holding companies to file a consolidated income tax return with their majority-owned subsidiaries (group taxation).

June 06 2012

Traub leaves House of Representatives for Deloitte

Deloitte has hired Jonathan Traub, former staff director for the Committee on Ways and Means of the US House of Representatives, for its Washington National Tax practice.

June 06 2012

Non-US entities get first sight of beneficial ownership form for FATCA

The Internal Revenue Service has published a draft Form W-8BEN-E, which overseas entities must use to certify beneficial ownership status for US withholding tax purposes under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).

June 06 2012

ECJ quashes Commission’s appeal over EDF state aid tax benefit

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) overturned the European Commission’s ruling that a tax benefit obtained by electricity company EDF constituted improper state aid on Tuesday, saving the company €889 million ($1.1 billion).

Joe Dalton, June 06 2012

Why Russian taxpayers seeking BVI-Cyprus treaty benefits are at risk

Russian companies undertaking so-called BVI-Cyprus sandwich structures to gain tax treaty benefits on royalty income are taking a serious risk according to advisers, despite a recent taxpayer victory in the Federal Arbitration Court of the Ural's Circuit.

Joe Dalton, June 06 2012

EFRAG meeting calls for IAS 12 evolution not revolution

The majority of participants in a meeting organised by the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) want the IAS 12 accounting standard, which describes how income taxes should be treated for accounting purposes, to be improved rather than replaced.

Ralph Cunningham, June 06 2012

McDermott Will & Emery hires Antoine Vergnat

Antoine Vergnat is joining McDermott Will & Emery in Paris as a partner in the firm’s US and international tax practice group.

June 06 2012

Miller & Chevalier nabs Downing for criminal tax practice

Kevin Downing, one of the key prosecutors in the US government’s fight against offshore tax evasion, is joining Miller & Chevalier as a member on June 11. Since 2004, he has been senior litigation counsel with the Department of Justice’s Tax Division, which he joined 15 years ago.

June 06 2012

Tax Controversy Leaders Guide: have you made the grade?

International Tax Review is publishing its second annual guide to the world’s leading specialists in tax controversy. Find out if you have been included.

June 06 2012

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