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  • Bernard du Plessis: Appreciates working in a strong transactional practice South African law firm Sonnenberg Hoffman Galombik (SHG) picked up four senior PricewaterhouseCoopers tax specialists on December 1 2003. Their arrival follows a move to SHG by a 17-strong KPMG tax team in September 2002.
  • Spain only needs minor changes in its tax law to carry out Directives on taxation of savings income (2003/48/EC) and of interest and royalty payments (2003/49/EC).
  • The Hong Kong SAR government is making agreements to avoid double taxation on income from international transportation operations with other countries and is developing Hong Kong as an international logistic centre. The latest agreement, on shipping operations, was signed with Norway in October 2003. It was the fifth of its kind and the second this year. Another was made with Germany earlier this year.
  • On October 31 2003 the Brazilian government issued Provisional Measure (PM) 135/2003, promoting changes to the COFINS tax regulations.
  • In November 2003 the European Commission issued its latest comprehensive monitoring report on the state of preparedness for EU membership. Most acceding countries should have no particular difficulty in meeting the taxation requirements upon accession on May 1 2004, but the European Commission requires enhanced efforts on the part of Estonia, Malta and Slovenia to meet their obligations as far as direct taxation in general is concerned.
  • Ton Kemp of Linklaters outlines how taxpayers can take advantage of the new reforms
  • Vispi T Patel of Deloitte Haskins & Sells explains how expatriates are taxed after a key decision and legislative change
  • Hong Kong signed an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation with Belgium on December 10 2003 in Hong Kong. The pact is the first income tax treaty Hong Kong has signed with a country other than the People's Republic of China.
  • The Korean National Tax Service (NTS) announced on December 10 2003 it will only conduct transfer pricing audits of foreign-owned companies when there is a clear indication of transfer pricing manipulation. The NTS plans to ease its tax audits on foreign companies to provide a more favourable environment for foreign investors.
  • The Treasury announced that Robert Carroll was appointed deputy assistant secretary for tax analysis on November 28 2003. Carroll will provide economic advice and analysis for the office of tax policy with regard to all aspects of the economics of federal taxation.