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A formal programme of joint audits by tax administrations may be on the way.

The European Council of Finance Ministers (Ecofin) meeting in Brussels last week failed to make progress in discussions on a financial transactions tax.

The new assistant director of taxation at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) will be responsible for corporate and international tax policy, including UK competitiveness and simplification.

Peter Chrenko has been appointed leading partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers' tax controversy and tax policy & administration practices in the Czech Republic.

President Obama has proposed to expand and make permanent the popular research and development (R&D) tax credit for businesses as part of plan to sustain America's economic recovery.

India's Supreme Court has overturned an earlier decision and ruled that withholding tax is applicable only where income is chargeable to tax and not otherwise.

Ecuador's president Rafael Correa agreed to a government proposal on August 31 2010 that would cut the corporate income tax rate by three percentage points in an effort to bolster what tax lawyers say is a see-sawing economy.

In a TPWeek roundtable, tax disputes specialists discuss alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and whether there is a place for a formal mediation process in the UK.

The Federal Tax Court in Germany has confirmed that debts waived because of a restructuring, can be offset against tax losses.