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  • The National Tax Service of Korea (NTS) is set to formally announce taxation policies designed to ease tax audits on foreign companies doing business in the country
  • The IRS announced the latest results of its offshore voluntary compliance initiative (OVCI) on February 10 2003. The OVCI is tax amnesty that allows taxpayers involved in illegal tax shelters to pay previously undeclared tax liabilities to avoid criminal prosecution and some penalties. The scheme, which ran from January 14 2003 to April 15 2003, produced more than $170 million in taxes, interest and penalties.
  • The oil company Chevron Texaco filed a petition in a North California court demanding over $118 million in tax refunds from the US government. The company says it is owed tax rebates for 1988, 1990, 1991 and 1992.
  • On December 22 2003 the European Council formally adopted a Directive amending the Parent-Subsidiary Directive
  • The Portuguese government on January 23 2004 enacted a new investment tax credit targeted at capital and R&D expenditures in the industrial and tourism sectors. Under the new rules, resident companies and permanent establishments of non-resident companies may withhold and set aside up to 20% of their 2003 and 2004 corporate tax liability for certain qualifying investment purposes.
  • The Czech Republic's coalition government on has agreed to cut the top VAT rate from 22% to 19% percent beginning May 1, the day the country is scheduled to join the EU. The bottom rate of VAT will remain at 5%.
  • President George Bush released his budget proposals for 2005 on February 2 2004. The proposals include suggestions to replace the Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act, reform corporate tax law to benefit US-based companies and crack down on abusive tax transactions.
  • 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.
  • Philip Stoffregen was appointed to the newly-created position of international tax leader for industrial business at KPMG on February 4 2004. Stoffregen will focus on providing tax services to global manufacturers and automotive industries from the firm's Detroit office.