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  • The government of Austria plans to cut its corporate tax rate from 34% to 25% next year to attract foreign investment into the country. The move mirrors similar rate cuts by Eastern European countries preparing to join the EU on May 1 2004.
  • The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has settled a dispute with Coca-Cola Amatil over the demerger of the company's European operations in 1998. Coca-Cola Amatil, the principal Coca-Cola licensee in Australia and a maker of its own soft drinks and mineral water, paid A$50 million ($38 million) to the ATO to resolve the issue.
  • One of the first measures announced by the new administration elected in 2003 was a tax reform package mainly intended to combat tax evasion
  • Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) has published a legal criteria article that requires arrangers of structured finance transactions to provide written confirmation that such transactions will not be subject to withholding taxes
  • The government of Hong Kong has said it intends to set up a network of double-taxation avoidance agreements with its major trading partners
  • The ATO (Australian Taxation Office) is planning to collect up to A$52 million ($39 million) from Bridgestone Australia over an issue dating back 14 years. The tax charges relate to two sale and leaseback transactions made in 1990 and are expected to be contested in the Federal Court this year.
  • Australian law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth has hired former KPMG tax partner Kevin Reilly. Reilly joins as a senior consultant with the firm and will focus on international and domestic tax planning.
  • The Ministry of Finance announced the tax reform plan for 2004 on December 19 2003
  • US multinationals will pay less tax this year, despite increasing profits and a concerted effort by the IRS to eradicate sophisticated tax avoidance schemes. International expansion, outsourcing of back-office services and manufacturing in countries with lighter tax burdens are thought to have contributed to the projected savings.
  • The OECD has reached a compromise with Switzerland over tax practices deemed harmful by the organization in meetings held in Paris on January 27 and 28 2004