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Some of the most controversial parts of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation may undergo change this week.

Finance ministers from the G8 countries met in Potsdam in Germany over the weekend, and discussed some explosive tax matters.

The Swiss government has ruled out formal negotiations with the EU to resolve the controversy over the country's corporate tax system.

Euromoney Institutional Investor is looking for a senior professional to head up a new institute for heads of taxation.

Members of Illinois' House of Representatives voted 107-0 against plans to tax businesses by an extra $7.6 billion.

Vadim Mahmoudov joins the global law firm's partnership. Mahmoudov deals with the tax aspects of M&A, bankruptcies and restructurings, and private equity fund formation.

David Butler has joined the OECD as head of the tax administration and consumption taxes division of its Centre for Tax Policy and Administration. He moves from being chief executive and commissioner of the Inland Revenue Department of New Zealand. At the OECD Butler will be responsible for leading the work on issues including compliance and risk management, relationships between tax administrations and tax intermediaries, the development of services for taxpayers and comparative analysis of tax administration bodies across the OECD and the application of consumption taxes to cross-border transactions.

David Stevens, has joined Gowlings in Toronto as a partner in the firm's national tax practice group.

The Australian government has announced new laws to regulate the tax profession.

Japan's tax deferral for triangular mergers is expected to encourage cross-border M&A.