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  • The US IRS has hit Symantec, a US software security firm, with a demand for $1 billion. The tax bill came to $900 million with an extra $100 million in interest and penalties. Most of the charges relate to Veritas, a software company that Symantec bought in December 2004.
  • Are special arrangements applied in Austria to international passenger transport providers not established in that member state, who provide only occasional services there and whose turnover there is less than EUR22,000 per annum, contrary to the Sixth VAT Directive?
  • Sixth VAT Directive – Article 13A(1)(c) – Exemptions – Provision of medical care in the exercise of the medical and paramedical professions – Therapeutic treatments given by a physiotherapist and a psychotherapist – Definition by the member state concerned of paramedical professions – Discretion – Limits.
  • Tax legislation – Tax on distributed dividends – Exemption for distributed dividends – Possibility of crediting tax against tax due in another member state.
  • HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) published 'Working with large business – operating model' on April 18. The paper sets out the model for communication between business and the authorities.
  • Michaela Klar has joined Wolf Theiss' tax practice in the firm's Vienna office. As well as corporate tax law and international tax law, she specializes in the taxation of financial instruments. She previously worked for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
  • Former HMRC tax adviser, Gavin Bate, joined KPMG on April 20. Bate moves to the research and development tax team from his public sector role as senior technical adviser.
  • Matthew O'Laughlin is the new head of corporate tax at VNU, a global media company. O' Laughlin, who is based in New York, replaces Bart Kuper. Kuper has joined TNT, a mail delivery company, as group tax director.
  • Jim Flaherty, the Canadian finance minister, has said that lowering goods and services tax would be a priority in the forthcoming May budget. Flaherty said that he had polled businesses and individuals and found that there was widespread support for a cut in GST.
  • Lone Star, a US investment fund, has donated W100 billion ($106 million) to Korea from the profits of the sale of Korea Exchange Bank. The Korean authorities are investigating Lone Star as part of a tax probe into offshore funds, which began on April 24.