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  • Mexico is now in negotiations with several countries to sign tax treaties
  • The prime minister of Iceland, David Oddsson, last Monday, on June 14 2004, called for a cut in the country's corporate tax rate from 18% to 15%. Speaking at an event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC, Oddsson said the cut would further increase Iceland's economic competitiveness.
  • European leaders on June 18 2004 finalized a new constitution with the UK holding firm to its veto on tax matters, one of the so-called red line issues for UK prime minister Tony Blair. The EU's 25 member states need to ratify the constitution within two years.
  • The government of Romania plans to reduce the country's corporate tax rate from 25% to 19% in 2005 according to a June 15 2004 announcement by finance minister Mihai Tanasescu. Parliament is expected to approve the cuts in September and they would then be effective from January 1 2005.
  • Recovery of sums paid though not due – Period of 90 days for the bringing of an action – Principle of effectiveness.
  • The finance ministry in India is considering supporting the proposal to scrap the dividend tax levied on companies and cutting the corporate tax rate to 30% in the 2004-5 Budget
  • Advocate General Kokott issued her non-binding opinion in the Manninen case (C-319/02) on March 18 2004 regarding the compatibility of the Finnish tax credit system with the EC Treaty
  • The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has hinted it will recommend a change in the law regarding taxes on banking profits for foreign and local banks
  • The government has finally published, in draft, details of the types of arrangement that will be subject to the new tax planning reporting requirements announced in the March 2004 Budget
  • The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has delivered a ruling in a Portuguese value-added tax (VAT) case that favours sellers of shares and securities. The ECJ ruled that the sale of shares and other securities by a Portuguese holding company did not constitute economic activities according to an article in the EC Sixth VAT Directive and, therefore, were not subject to VAT. The ruling affects all EU member states.