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  • Germany could face proceedings in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) if it fails to respond to a European Commission (EC) demand to end its exit tax on unrealized capital gains of persons who leave the country
  • A parliamentary vote on the Czech Republic’s controversial value added tax (VAT) bill went ahead on April 22 2004 despite one of the key proponents of the bill being involved in a car crash
  • It is common in the US to acquire companies in tax-free stock acquisitions
  • Russian tax officials stepped up pressure on Yukos by raiding the oil company's headquarters on April 22 2004 in search of evidence of tax evasion. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the company's former chief executive and main shareholder, has been in detention since his arrest in October 2003 on charges of fraud and tax evasion.
  • The Saudi Arabian cabinet on April 23 2004 approved in principle the Saudi Arabian Income Tax Law of 2004 that would reduce the rate of corporate income tax for large foreign investors from 30% to 20%. The law will take effect when it is published in the Saudi Gazette.
  • The country's lower house of parliament on April 23 2004 approved a package of amendments to the country's tax code that increases taxes on oil exports and oil production. The Bill, part of the government's tax reform efforts planned for this year and next, would increase oil export duties from August 1 2004 and implement a new unified mineral extraction tax from January 1 2005.
  • The increasing complexity and range of tax rules affecting international business require sophisticated and dynamic tax infrastructures in order to deliver global tax objectives
  • UK telecommunications company BT Group is facing a complaint by network provider Vtesse Networks that it received illegal state aid. The European Commission confirmed on April 15 2004 that it had received a complaint about allegedly unfair tax rebates on the property tax due for BT's telecommunications premises.
  • The Japanese Diet is expected to ratify the new treaty by the end of March 2004, allowing the treaty to become effective on January 1 2005 in general, except for the provisions relating to withholding tax on dividends, interest, and royalties, which will become effective on July 1 2004
  • The French energy company Electricite de France (EdF) will file a lawsuit with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to resolve a tax dispute with the European Commission. The European Commission ruled on February 17 2004 that the French government had broken EU state aid rules in the form of tax breaks for EdF and ordered the company to repay €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) in unpaid tax and interest.