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With VAT fraud in the EU taking on forms never envisaged by the original legislators, concerted action to tackle the issue is urgently required. By Stephen Dale and Hélène Percie du Sert, Landwell – the correspondent law firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Paris, and Christine Sonneleitner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Vienna

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Ernest Mazansky, (standing) and team, Werksmans South African law firm Werksmans has boosted its tax group with three lateral hires including the former national chairman of Grant Thornton Kessel Feinstein in South Africa.

Sed Crest speaks to the leading tax advisers in North America at a time when creative tax advice is under increasing threat from the media, lawmakers and the IRS

On June 13 2002, just one day after approval by the Brazilian Congress, President Fernando Henrique Cardoso signed an amendment to the Brazilian Constitution. As set out under Constitutional Amendment Number 37, the application of the temporary contribution on financial activities (CPMF) was extended until December 31 2004. The CPMF was first created in 1997 as a temporary tax on financial transactions and is charged on every debit (a withdrawal or transfer for example) from a bank account. The following CPMF rates apply until the end of 2004:

As the EU gets serious about tax harmonization, investors need to give serious consideration to alternative tax scenarios. By S Alan Hamburger, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Brussels

The Supreme Court agrees to review the Boeing decision, a new information agreement is signed with Netherlands Antilles, and the IRS denies APAs to check-the-box taxpayers. By Hal Hicks, David Benson and Peg O'Conner, Ernst & Young, Washington