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  • Koen van't Hek, who left Ernst & Young for the international law firm Baker & McKenzie in July 2004, has rejoined the big-four firm. The u-turn comes after the departure of 10 other Ernst & Young tax partners to Baker & McKenzie, many of them transfer-pricing specialists. Koen van't Hek specializes in international tax.
  • The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Notice 2004-68 adding several European business entities to the list of per se corporations.
  • The new UK tax disclosure rules, which oblige promoters and in some cases users of tax planning arrangements involving financial products or related to employment to notify details of the arrangements to the Inland Revenue, came into effect on September 30 2004. The notification must include an explanation of each element of the arrangements, its expected tax effect and its legal basis.
  • The tax authorities have sent the Congress a tax bill including proposed legislation concerning additional interest deductibility restriction to be effected through a series of thin capitalization rules that would enter into force on January 1 2005.
  • In the midst of campaigning for re-election, President Bush signed the American Jobs Creation Act on October 22 2004 to end the five-year trade row with the EU over the foreign sales corporation (FSC) and extra-territorial income (ETI) schemes.
  • On September 19 2004, the ruler of Dubai enacted the laws of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a recent addition to the several free-trade zones already existing in the UAE. The DIFC aims to benefit the region as a whole by acting as a catalyst for the region's economic development in the same way that similar centres in the US and Hong Kong have contributed to their respective regional development.
  • At the heart of discussions within the EU about excessive transfer-pricing documentation requirements being imposed on European multinational enterprises (MNEs), in recent times there has been an increase within the member states of reporting obligations set forth for regulatory purposes, which also include information among related parties.
  • Faced with pressure from the OECD and the EU, many low-tax jurisdictions have fulfilled their outstanding international tax responsibilities. Now they want everyone to know about it. Simon Briault uncovers the changing face of the international tax haven
  • Eric Overman, a former member of Deloitte's New York tax practice, has moved to US law firm Pillsbury Winthrop. Overman advises on the tax aspects of asset finance in the manufacturing, mining, telecommunications, real estate and financial services industries. He joined Pillsbury Winthrop's Orange County, California, office on October 10 2004.
  • Heather Devine, head of UK and cross-border taxation at Hanson, the multinational concrete producer, will join Barclays as group tax director in January 2005.