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  • Spain has introduced a new tax and regulatory regime to deal with foreign capital movement. Carlos Albiñana of Allen & Overy believes the law could be strengthened
  • The government of Brazil has added a section to its provisional measure 135 that increased the rate from 15% to 25% on capital gains earned by a resident or a party domiciled in a low-tax jurisdiction. The rate increase took effect on 1 January 2004
  • The regulations published on October 17 2003 in the Official Gazette for Mexico contained new regulations to the Mexican Income Tax Law (MITL) which repealed and replaced the regulations previously published in 1984
  • President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a Decree on January 15 2004, cutting excise tax on capital goods, including machinery and equipment by up to 33%
  • A UN meeting of tax experts has proposed setting up a new body covering international tax called the UN Fiscal Committee
  • The government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has approved a new income tax bill which cuts the corporate tax rate on foreign investors from 30% to 20%
  • Tax leasing fiddles are costing the US almost $34 billion over 10 years, according to Pamela Olson, assistant treasury secretary for tax policy
  • On November 7 2003 (Japan time), the Japanese ambassador to the US and the US secretary of the treasury signed a new income tax treaty
  • The UK film industry enjoyed a record year of growth in 2003, thanks to the section 48 tax incentives. The tax break, introduced in 1997, allows 100% tax relief on production costs and script development. But the present system is to be scrapped in 2005, leaving an uncertain future for the industry.
  • The government of Vietnam plans to exempt foreign investors from paying taxes on profits transferred abroad. The plans announced on January 8 2004 are designed to encourage more foreign direct investment into the country and could be submitted to parliament for approval by the end of 2004.