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Russell Young has joined Baker & McKenzie in Chicago as a partner.

Justin Whitehouse is moving from London to the Middle East to launch Deloitte's indirect tax practice in the region. He will run the team from Deloitte's international tax centre of excellence in Dubai. He was responsible for the London VAT group and real estate VAT services.

Vladimir Kotenko On July 8 2010 the Ukrainian Parliament adopted a resolution obliging the cabinet of ministers to pass the draft tax code for public discussion.

Marta Szafarowska Since a VAT was introduced in Poland in 1993 all goods and services subject to reduced VAT rates as well as exemptions have been defined through their statistical classification.

Ugo Cannavale Transfer pricing documentation provisions have been included in Law number 122 published in the Official Gazette on July 30 2010.

Kathleen Penny Josh Jones Non-residents of Canada that dispose of taxable Canadian property (TCP) are taxable in Canada, subject to treaty relief. Before March 5 2010, all private Canadian corporations' shares were TCP. As of March 5 2010, Canadian shares are generally not TCP unless, at any time in the 60-month period preceding disposition, they derived more than 50% of their value directly or indirectly from Canadian real or resource property. On July 12 2010, the legislation implementing this change became law.

Eiki Kawakami of Kojima Law Offices-Taxand looks back at a busy few months for the Japanese tax system. Politics and disputes have been keeping taxpayers busier than ever with a number of important decisions making many think twice about how they structure their work.

Ronald Evans and Gustavo Sánchez discuss Venezuela's complex rules and explain that taxpayers must strive to comply with the legislation or face heavy penalties.

Taxpayers need to pay special attention to the structures and value-added approaches to their sourcing operations, a group of leading tax professionals has said.

The Danish tax authorities have caused a stir among corporate taxpayers by releasing an action plan which will probably lead to a crack down on transfer pricing.