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  • Ernst & Young's US business confirmed on May 24 2004 that federal prosecutors are again investigating its tax services. The investigation follows a $15 million civil settlement in 2003 between the big-four firm and the US Internal Revenue Service. The US attorney for the southern district of New York, the Manhattan branch of the Department of Justice, has a grand jury looking at allegations that Ernst & Young improperly sold tax products to clients.
  • US law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy on May 12 2004 hired two tax lawyers from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to start up a new office in Munich. Rolf Füger specializes on tax and finance structuring for private equity firms. Norbert Rieger, the other hire, has a corporate tax background.
  • The UK Chartered Institute of Taxation appointed John Beattie as its new president on May 21 2004. Beattie served at the Inland Revenue before joining KPMG in 1979. Peter Kempster, a tax consultant at Nabarro Nathanson in London, was appointed deputy president. John Cullinane, a tax partner at Deloitte in London, was appointed vice president.
  • Sed Crest finds out why tax executives are under increasing pressure in the region, which firm they think has the best brand and whether law firms or professional services firms are winning more of the tax-services dollar
  • 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 rules will focus initially on employment tax planning, use of financial products and VAT planning.
  • Dominated by the big four, professional services firms won more than half of the outsourced, tax-services dollar in Europe according to International Tax Review’s survey, leaving law firms with a 47% share
  • Stephen Millman, a former senior partner at Shearman & Sterling, defected to US rival Watson Farley, & Williams on May 24 2004. Millman specializes in leveraged leasing and taxation of partnerships and real estate.
  • The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released its annual report on the US advance pricing agreement (APA) programme covering calendar year 2003 (See Announcement 2004-36)
  • The Finnish government unveiled a corporate tax reform package on May 19 2004 that will reduce the corporate tax rate from 29% to 26% and abolish the imputation credit system
  • The government of Argentina announced on May 27 2004 that it will impose a 20% tax on natural gas exports as part of President Nestor Kirchner's efforts to ease the country's energy crisis. The tax will surpass what most industry analysts expected to be a 15% tax after an energy plan unveiled on May 11 2004 indicated the tax was imminent.