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Outsourcing VAT management

Managing VAT is a complicated and risky business because the tax is everywhere, but everywhere is different. Keith Anderson and Kelvin Mullock of KPMG in the UK argue that the growing complexity and risk of the compliance challenge strengthen the case for outsourcing

September 30 2005

New power for tax departments

Growing regulatory demands on companies and their tax departments are making tax automation essential. Stephen James of KPMG in the US and Tom Birch of KPMG in the UK argue that new-generation tax engines are the answer, and explain how to install them

September 30 2005

European VAT - a US perspective

Time was when "someone in Europe" managed VAT for US multinationals. Mike Loten of KPMG in the UK and Tom Boniface of KPMG in the US explain how Sarbanes-Oxley and a recognition of the problems and opportunities associated with VAT have led many to abandon their policies of benign neglect

September 30 2005

China - Racing to catch up with global transfer pricing standards

By Jon Eichelberger, Marc Levey and Peng Tao, Baker & McKenzie

September 30 2005

Creating value in a changing regulatory environment

Tax systems are struggling to keep pace with the speed of business change. Graeme Ross and John Bain of KPMG in the UK argue that taxpayers and tax authorities have a common interest in developing and maintaining modern tax systems

September 30 2005

Definition of business purpose is central to Halifax decision

The impact of the ECJ decision in the Halifax case is likely to be different in different EU member states, according to Bob Jones and Luigi Lungarella of CLB Littlejohn Frazer

September 30 2005

Taj picks three new tax partners

Rachid Arras: property sector specialist Anne Madon-Brault: began at Ernst & Young Thomas Perrin: R&D tax credits experience Taj, the tax law firm which was once a part of Deloitte in France, has appointed three new corporate tax partners.

September 30 2005

KPMG installs new tax management

KPMG has made two senior management appointments in its tax practice as it bids to recover from a US Department of Justice investigation into tax-shelter sales.

September 30 2005

Feyten moves up to partnership at Nauta Dutilh

Frédéric Feyten: experience in Belgium, Netherlands and US Frédéric Feyten has become the newest tax partner of NautaDutilh, a Dutch law firm, in its Luxembourg office.

September 30 2005

The proposed cost-sharing regulations and Xilinx

The long-promised Proposed Cost Sharing Regulations (REG-144615-02) were finally released August 22 2005. The proposed regulations, if finalized in their current form, will represent a dramatic re-writing of the US rules governing qualified cost sharing arrangements (CSA).

September 30 2005

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