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Ashurst hires new tax partner in Frankfurt

International law firm Ashurst has announced the appointment of tax partner Matthias Kuhn in its Frankfurt office. Kuhn joins the firm from the Frankfurt office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

September 30 2007

German tax man challenges white income tax rules

Christian Brodersen and Marc Scheunemann of Baker & McKenzie examine the German tax authority's determination to tax white income

September 30 2007

Editorial

I asked a group of eminent tax professionals recently what were the most pressing tax issues on their desks at present. As you might expect, transfer pricing emerged as the consistent number one. The sheer complexity of transfer pricing issues and the unpredictability of outcomes was a familiar theme.

September 30 2007

EU tool for VAT on exports introduced

Agnieszka Marciniuk From August 31 2007 Polish exporters could take advantage of the export control system (ECS), an EU tool for handling electronically, customs documentation used for export procedures.

September 30 2007

New regime provides new way to calculate taxes

Nélio B. Weiss Philippe Jeffrey On August 1 2007, tax authorities issued normative instructions 761, 762 and 763 which regulate the simplified tax regime (super simples) announced by the Brazilian Government through Complementary Law n° 123/2006. The measure authorises companies under this regime – those with annual gross revenues of up to R$ 2,400,000 (approx. US$ 1,224,500) – to pay a single tax in place of the following federal, state and municipal taxes:

September 30 2007

Norwegian shipping industry condemns tax plans

Bergen harbour: shipping companies protest The Norwegian shipping industry has attacked government plans to change the tonnage tax regime.

September 30 2007

Prowse joins transfer pricing specialist

Ceteris has announced that energy specialist David Prowse has joined the Calgary office as a managing director. Ceteris a economic consulting firm specialising in transfer pricing, litigation support, and valuation services. Its market focus is corporate tax and finance departments.

September 30 2007

International companies slam India's dual tax rate

Mumbai: dual tax International businesses have challenged the Indian government to defend its policy of charging foreign companies higher taxes than domestic firms.

September 30 2007

Coombes returns to Deloitte

Richard Coombes Deloitte has hired Richard Coombes from the Revenue & Customs as a director in its rapidly expanding UK transfer pricing team.

September 30 2007

Public hearing on detailed regulations on the documentation of inter-company transactions

Aleksander Grydeland In a white paper published on May 15 2007, the Ministry of Finance indicated that more detailed regulations and further guidance on the documentation of inter-company transactions would be subject to a public hearing this fall. The ministry has recently subjected the following documents to a public hearing (deadline: October 8 2007):

September 30 2007

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