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WHA Ltd & Anr v HM Revenue and Customs

effect of minimising overall liability to VAT; schemes whose purpose was to avoid or mitigate liability to VAT; concept of normal commercial operations ; abusive scheme; if taken at face value, achieved its tax-saving aim and that Viscount was entitled to claim payment of the input tax paid by WHA;

July 16 2007

UK tax strategy set for October

Alistair Darling, the chancellor of the exchequer in the UK, is set to announce his plans for the taxation system in 2008-2009 and beyond almost two months earlier than usual, the Financial Times reported on July 14.

July 15 2007

Transfer Pricing Forum comes back to Berlin

Leading tax executives, officials and advisers from all over the world will gather in Berlin on September 25 and September 26 for International Tax Review's seventh annual Global Transfer Pricing Forum

July 11 2007

German tax changes get green light

Germany's business tax reforms are on track to become law at the beginning of next year after they were passed by the Bundesrat, the upper house of Parliament, on July 6. The Bundestag, the lower house, voted for the changes on May 25

July 11 2007

Senate begins hearings on carried interest

The US Senate is in no hurry to make a decision about the taxation of private equity ventures and hedge fund managers

July 11 2007

Morgan Stanley comes out on top

The Supreme Court of India verdict in a transfer pricing case concerning the status of a Morgan Stanley unit had something for the taxpayer and the tax authorities

July 11 2007

Treasury secretary takes lead on business taxes

Henry Paulson, the US secretary of the Treasury, has convened a one-day conference on July 26 to examine the impact America's domestic business taxes have on the country's competitiveness in a global economy

July 11 2007

Finanzamt Oschatz v Zweckverband zur Trinkwasserversorgung und Abwasserbeseitigung Torgau-Westelbien

Taxation – Sixth VAT Directive – Article 4(5) – Annex D(2) – ‘Supply of water’ – Article 12(3)(a) – Reduced rate – Annex H, Category 2 – ‘Water supplies’.

July 09 2007

New Irish partners for PwC

PricewaterhouseCoopers in Ireland have appointed four tax advisers to the partnership.

July 08 2007

Hogan & Hartson gets new Paris partner

James Vaudoyer has joined Hogan & Hartson as a partner in the firm's Paris office. He specialises in advising French and multinational corporations on M&A, the structuring of property acquisitions and developments projects, and real estate, and on corporate investments by hedge funds. He joins from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he was a member of the tax and real estate practices and managing partner of the Paris office from 1997 to 2000.

July 08 2007

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