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  • Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli finance minister, has promised further tax cuts to value-added tax and corporate tax rates if the country's GDP growth continues. The June 9 2004 parliamentary statement follows the announcement of a cut in corporate tax rates from 36% to 30% over four years.
  • The tax practice at UK law firm Irwin Mitchell has broken away to set up independently. The new tax service provider will be called 4 Eyes and will specialize in VAT and customs duties. Phillip Henwood will lead the group.
  • Lee Yong-sup, the commissioner of Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) promised on June 4 2004 that he will revise the country’s tax laws to align them more closely with global standards
  • In March 2004 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) invalidated a French statute that taxed the unrealized appreciation inherent in corporate stock held by long-term French resident individuals upon transfer of their tax residence from France to another country (Hughes de Lasteyrie du Saillant - Case C-9/02)
  • The former assistant secretary for tax policy in the US Department of the Treasury, Pamela Olson, rejoined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom's Washington, DC office on June 2 2004. Olson had supervisory responsibility for policy analysis, advice and recommendations relating to all aspects of domestic and international taxation at Treasury.
  • The House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to release changes today on the American Jobs Creation Act (AJC bill)
  • The Dutch finance minister, who will oversee the EU's finance policy when the Netherlands takes over the presidency of the EU on July 1 2004, has backed calls for a minimum corporate tax rate. Gerrit Zalm agrees with France and Germany that member states should impose a minimum corporate tax rate in the newly-expanded EU. On June 8 Ireland's finance minister, Charlie McCreevy, whose country holds the presidency until the end of June, rejected the idea.
  • The Canadian Supreme Court decision last year in Markevich v. The Queen affirmed that federal limitation periods may limit collection of long-outstanding tax debts
  • The European Commission (EC) has begun a consultation on the possibility of a so-called one-stop-shop VAT system for the EU
  • The council of EU finance ministers (ECOFIN) delayed a final decision on the timing of the Savings Tax Directive at a June 2 2004 meeting in Luxembourg