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Robert Lulo According to amendments to the Law on Foreign Investments (Law no 7764, November 2 1993), foreign investments in Albania will be protected by the government, in regard to the problems faced with real estate properties.

Ian Farmer On October 27, the Australian Commissioner of Taxation's issued the long-awaited Taxation Ruling (TR 2010/7) on how the thin capitalisation provisions interact with the transfer pricing provisions. TR 2010/7 formalises and expands on the views that the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) had put forward in its previous draft ruling, TR 2009/D6.

Development agencies have been lobbying governments and international bodies for years on the harmful effects of tax avoidance in the developing world. Now, as they turn their attention to the companies themselves, Salman Shaheen looks at their chances of convincing corporations that reputation is more important than a lower tax bill.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has uncovered thousands of suspected tax cheats through their long investigation into UBS. Between similar probes into other international banks, a new disclosure programme, and increased international cooperation, the agency is continuing its aggressive pursuit of those that hide assets offshore. Erin Kelechava investigates.

An Indian Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has ruled that a charge for services or intangibles must meet certain requirements to satisfy the arm’s length standard.

Russia's new draft law has many of the features of international systems, such as contemporaneous documentation, guidance on the use of new methods and advance pricing agreements, explain Svetlana Stroykova and Evgenia Veter of PricewaterhouseCoopers

AGL Resources, an energy company headquartered in Atlanta, has appointed a new vice president of tax.

Two organisations have offered different perspectives on simplifying the UK tax system in November.

Bob van der Made On October 27 2010, the European Commission finally adopted its comprehensive strategic policy paper (communication) on a proposed re-launch of Europe's internal or single market, which is in existence since 1993. The strategy paper is called: "Towards a Single Market Act For a highly competitive social market economy – 50 proposals for improving our work, business and exchanges with one another". The document with formal reference number COM(2010) 608 final/2) forms the Commission's belated response to the Monti report which was presented to Jose Manuel Barroso, the Commission President, in May 2010.

Chinapat Visuttipat In October the Thai government announced that its total income for the 2010 fiscal year (October 2009 – September 2010) reached Bt2 trillion ($69 billion). This is 22.7% over the government prediction. In this regard, the Thai tax authorities (Revenue, Excise, Customs) were able to collect their taxes of $60 million or 20.8% higher than the estimated budget.