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The US House of Representatives has passed legislation that will insert into the Internal Revenue Code what tax advisers are calling a significant treaty override that could affect cross-border trade.

The Portuguese government announced last week that it will raise VAT by two percentage points to 23%.

The Policy Transition group, the Australian government's taskforce for new taxes, released a paper on Friday detailing some of the design elements of the Minerals Resources Rent Tax (MRRT) and the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT).

One of the leading tax officials in the US is leaving the government.

Tax is one of the practice areas Baker & McKenzie's newest office will focus on.

Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed Double Tax Agreement Cyprus Kuwait September 28 2010 Double Tax Agreement Cyprus Slovenia September 28 2010 Tax Information Exchange Agreement Denmark Marshall Islands September 28 2010

The commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service in the US has announced the final instructions for tax reporting under Schedule Uncertain Tax Positions (UTPs).

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition $4.8 billion Prudential Financial AIG Star Life Insurance Co and AIG Edison Life Insurance Company Debevoise & Plimpton Gary Friedman Joint investment $480 million Isolux Corsán Concesiones Wind Energy Transmission Texas Uría Menéndez Jesús López Tello Strategic partnership Undisclosed TPG Capital Creative Artists Agency Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Jodi Schwartz Acquisition Undisclosed AOL Thing Labs Fenwick & West Ron Schrotenboer & Matthew Noerper Acquisition Undisclosed Capcom Blue Castle Games Fenwick & West - Tim Fitzgibbon Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead managers/arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) Bond offering $400 million Rhodia Shearman & Sterling Iain Scoon & Simon Letherman

The first peer reviews held under the direction of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes have been released.

Wolseley, the world's largest distributor of plumbing and heating products, is re-domiciling to Switzerland for tax reasons in a move that has drawn sharp criticism from campaigners and trade unions.