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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.

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.

Paul Stepak When a Canadian subsidiary of a multinational business borrows money from third parties, the borrowing is often guaranteed by a foreign parent (or another affiliate). Certainly there are good commercial reasons why such guarantees are provided, namely to improve the credit quality of the indebtedness thereby reducing the third-party financing costs for the Canadian subsidiary. It seems reasonable to expect that the parent might charge a guarantee fee in such circumstances and that under the domestic transfer pricing rules in the parent's jurisdiction such a fee (set at arm's length terms) might be required (or deemed to be paid).

Andrés Edelstein Ignacio Rodríguez After Congress approval, on August 10 2007 the Argentine Executive Branch has enacted an amendment protocol signed six years ago between Argentina and France to their 1979 double tax treaty (Law 26,276).

Global risk management in relation to tax and transfer pricing is becoming a top priority for both CFOs and heads of tax of multinational corporations. Michel Sijmonsbergen, Steven Carey and Carsten Schmid of Transfer Pricing Associates look at the key trends

Dublin financial centre: OECD target Ireland's low corporate tax rates are expected to come under attack from the tax intermediaries group of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The group, which is expected to report in December, is believed to be critical of Ireland's tax policy which is central to its inward investment regime.

Bernard Moens and Gerard Cops of PwC argue that the Belgian notional interest deduction would prove attractive for companies looking for tax planning opportunities

Lazslo Kovacs A majority of pan-European businesses support the common consolidated corporate tax base, says a major new survey from KPMG.

Chinese manufacturing gets tax cut China's State Administration of Taxation (SAT) has announced that corporate taxes will be cut for companies in eight industry sectors, as part of its ongoing efforts to standardise the country's corporate tax system.

The Malaysian prime minister has announced further corporate tax cuts. Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi original said that an immediate cut to 27% would be followed by a further reduction to 26% next year.