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  • Ekaterina Emelianova, formerly with Mitsubishi, joined Deloitte & Touche in Moscow on January 5 2004. Emelianova focuses on tax planning and international tax in an increasingly competitive Russian tax services market.
  • The US IRS on February 27 2004 appointed Bert DuMars, an electronic commerce expert and veteran of the information technology industry, as director, electronic tax administration. DuMars joins Nicholas DeNovio that the IRS hired as deputy chief counsel (technical) in the office of chief counsel the day before.
  • The new tax consolidation regime was to deliver simplicity and flexibility for business but a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia last year found that the environment for corporate transactions has become more, rather than less, complex
  • A federal grand jury in New York is investigating the big-four firm KPMG on the alleged sale of tax shelters. KPMG disclosed the inquiry on February 19 2004 and announced, through its lawyers, that it would cooperate fully with the investigation.
  • EU taxation commissioner Frits Bolkestein has called for a handful of member states to press ahead with harmonizing their corporate tax base. The proposals are designed to increase fiscal transparency and to allow for easier comparison of company performance throughout the EU.
  • The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has warned that it will hunt down Australians using havens such as Switzerland and the Channel Islands to avoid tax. The ATO said it has greater powers to detect offshore tax evasion using technology which monitors banking transactions to and from Australia.
  • The US and Japanese governments need to ratify the double tax treaty the two countries by April 1 2004, to allow provisions on reduced withholding tax on dividends, interest and royalties to take effect from July 1 2004 rather than next year
  • The US IRS has begun an audit into Intel's 2001 and 2002 tax returns. The dispute centres on whether the microchip manufacturer is eligible for a tax credit designed to encourage manufacturing. While most of Intel's manufacturing operations are in the US, the company sends chips overseas for testing and assembly. The IRS argues that the overseas work constitutes manufacturing and makes Intel ineligible for the tax credit.
  • Tax advisers in the UK will be personally liable for failing to report to the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) suspicions of financial irregularities
  • The French government has introduced incentives in the 2003 Supplementary Finance Bill to promote the French business environment for executives of multinationals