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The Deutsche Bank opinion has raised concerns among Europe’s investment managers In an opinion released last month, an Advocate General of the ECJ said discretionary investment management services should be subject to VAT, raising some serious concerns for investment managers.

Richard Stephens International law firm Watson, Farley & Williams has promoted one of its London tax lawyers, Richard Stephens, to partner.

Hewlett-Packard had hoped for tax-free deductions

PwC has just hired a well-connected tax specialist in London to spearhead its work with governments to improve how tax authorities operate

See who has done the tax work on this month’s biggest deals. Promote your tax practice, send deal information to Joe Dalton at jdalton@euromoneyplc.com; +44 207 779 8142

Malaysia’s taxpayers are now likely to use Hong Kong as a gateway to investments in China Hong Kong and Malaysia have entered into a new double taxation agreement (DTA), pending ratification, with provisions to clarify that a tax liability on business profits only arises if the company has a permanent establishment (PE) in the other jurisdiction, as well as reducing withholding tax rates and increasing investment opportunities.

US taxpayers breathed a collective sigh of relief in April when the Supreme Court delivered its verdict in Home Concrete which stated that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was not permitted to use an extended six-year statute of limitations period to investigate overstatements of basis. But there was a broader issue at stake in the case – the IRS’s ability to issue regulations and apply them retroactively. Joe Dalton explores the wider implications of Home Concrete and why US taxpayers will be hopeful the ruling will diminish the IRS’s arsenal in avoidance cases.

The eighth European Tax Awards were notable for the in-house awards that went to companies with media and entertainment roots