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Raj Tanden has joined Proskauer Rose's Los Angeles office. He was formerly a partner at Morrison & Foerster. His practice covers state and local tax matters, tax controversies, executive compensation and general tax planning.

By Alexander Vögele, Wolf Witt and Stuart Harshbarger of NERA Economic Consulting

Germany's future holding company rules should appeal to taxpayers, says Dieter Endres, Christoph Schreiber and Pia Dorfmueller of PricewaterhouseCoopers

By John Hatch and Bob Alltop of the Ballentine Barbera Group, a CRA International Company

Samantha Nonnenkamp As announced by the Luxembourg government following the recent decision of the European Commission on 1929 holding companies, Luxembourg is introducing a new investment vehicle for private wealth investment. A draft law was put before the Luxembourg Parliament on November 20 2006, defining the characteristics and conditions of the Société de Gestion de Patrimoine Familial (or SPF).

Nélio B Weiss Philippe Jeffrey The presidential election is over and the President Lula's government will remain in power for the next four years for a second mandate. Important tax and social problems remain and will need to be quickly addressed by the government. Some of the main issues that have to be dealt with are; the anticipated reform of the 27 state VAT (ICMS) laws into one federal rule, to reduce the number of applicable ICMS rates from 44 to much fewer, and a reduction of the high tax burden. The task will be onerous, but change is needed to maintain the country as an important player in the worldwide economy and an attractive market for foreign investors.

Andrés Edelstein Ignacio Rodríguez Argentine government has enacted Law 26,154 which expedites VAT refunds and grants other attractive benefits to the oil and gas sector to encourage the exploration of the nation's hydrocarbons reserves.

DLA Piper's Carlos Rodríguez Barrigüete in Madrid and Eric Ryan and Bernhard von Thaden in California explain how taxpayers should prepare for the new rules

The increased certainty of an advance pricing arrangement will make them more popular in China, believe Steven Tseng, Julian Hong, Steven Harris and Fred Johnson of KPMG

Tax professionals say diplomacy led the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to give incorrect and convoluted verdicts in the franked investment income (FII) and advance corporation tax (ACT) group litigation cases.