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  • The government of Latvia plans to cut corporate income tax (now 19%) by four percentage points. The government detailed the plans in a draft budget bill for 2004 and presented them to the Latvian parliament on September 30 2003.
  • The first draft of the new 2004 State Budget Bill that has been made public contains a couple of relevant changes to the rules on thin capitalization and controlled foreign corporations (CFCs). The changes are the direct consequence of recent European Court of Justice case Lankhorst-Hohorst (thin capitalization) and European Commission actions (CFCs).
  • The Russian Taxes and Levies Ministry has detailed plans to improve corporate income tax collections. The ministry has prepared modifications to chapter 25 (corporate income tax) of the Russian Tax Code, which include changes to securities transactions, financial instruments and trust and other fixed-term transactions.
  • Philippe Lion, a corporate tax director at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Brussels, will join Baker & McKenzie. Lion will focus on corporate and international tax at the firm from November 1 2003.
  • The US law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has hired Hans-Georg Berg from Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner to head up its new tax practice in Frankfurt.
  • In a landmark judgment (Union of India v Azadi Bachao Andolan), the Supreme Court of India has upheld the validity of Circular 789 dated April 13 2000 issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) clarifying that a Certificate of Residence issued by the Mauritian authorities would constitute sufficient evidence for accepting the status of residence as well as beneficial ownership for claiming benefits under Indo-Mauritian Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA).
  • Much attention has been focused on the issuance of new regulations such as the final regulations regarding stock-based compensation and proposed new regulations governing services. But there has been no lack of development in the IRS's advance-pricing agreement (APA) programme.
  • Ireland now has double taxation agreements (DTAs) with 41 countries. A complete list of these DTAs can be seen at www.mop.ie.
  • Gerald Kafka and Rita Cavanagh joined Latham & Watkins' tax controversy practice in Washington DC on September 9 2003. Both partners left McKee Nelson to make the move and will concentrate on tax controversy litigation.
  • Cynthia Mattson was promoted to division counsel, large and mid-size business, within the IRS. The move leaves the position of deputy open.