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The structures and operations of international taxpayers are coming under increased attention from officials. International Tax Review publishes its 2011 Tax Planning Survey results and sees that companies need to think twice about undertaking traditional planning strategies.

The long-running dispute was settled by an APA

International tax specialist Ayzo van Eysinga has joined Stibbe. He has been appointed to the position of head of tax in the firm's Luxembourg office, which was opened six months ago.

A decision of the Supreme Court will give taxpayers involved in contentious matters in India the chance to deal with specialists in the future.

From April 1, companies had to pay more tax to China for the production of rare earth minerals. China supplies more than 97% of the world's rare earths; and now taxpayers that operate in the sector are readying themselves for the impact of a tax increase.

Matthew Houchens will become a principal in KPMG's international corporate services practice in Chicago. Houchens was formerly a partner at Mayer Brown.

The nominations for the inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group European Women in Business Law Awards have been announced. For the nominees in the individual practice areas and firm awards, please see below. Categories include Tax and Transfer Pricing.

Slobodan Mihajlovic At the beginning of the 21st century, with the tax reforms in place, Serbia was the leader in the incentives granted to the expatriates. However, as the years progressed, expatriate's benefits were slowly but steadily diminished and now expatriates and Serbian residents are equalised. Therefore, for those who earns more than RSD1,708,200 ($24,000) in and from Serbia, it is obligatory to submit an annual income tax return.

Keith O’Donnell Samantha Nonnenkamp On April 8 2011 the Luxembourg direct tax authorities issued Circular LIR 164/2 bis (Circular Bis), which clarifies the conditions for application of a previous circular of January 28 2011 (the initial circular) relating to the tax treatment of intra-group financing transactions. This development can be seen in the light of the desire of the Luxembourg tax authorities to reiterate the alignment of their advance pricing agreement (APA) practice with OECD transfer pricing principles.

David Cuéllar Cesar Salagaray Scarpa Many multinational groups centralise their administration, management, research and development (R&D), and other services. This centralisation is generally based on pure business reasons, such as costs, management, concentrating a qualified workforce and taking advantage of synergies derived from common procedures.