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Investments in information technology can make all the difference to a company’s returns. Integrating tax strategies into these investments can supercharge their returns and lead to further competative advantages. By Jacqueline Doonan, Keith Reams and Cristina Magalhães, of Deloitte & Touche, San Francisco

Private individuals holding a variety of financial products are subject to new capital gains rules following a recent letter from Germany’s Ministry of Finance. By Dr Marcus Mick, Flick Gocke Schaumburg, Frankfurt

Ernst & Young is back on its recruitment drive and this time it is Pricewaterhouse-Coopers in Mexico that has suffered. The firm has poached Manuel Solano and colleague Alberto Lopez to join its Latin American tax group. The pair, who officially resigned mid-March, join the firm on April 15 2002.

Following the departure of Tim Sanders for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and not long after taking a multidisciplinary approach in London with the recruitment of Pricewaterhouse- Coopers partner, Guy Madewell, McDermott has expanded its tax group in the UK and the US. The firm has gained an in-house tax partner in London and has poached a team of four Fenwick & West tax lawyers for its Palo Alto practice. Jonathon Ivinson is joining the firm's London office on April 29 2002 from telecoms provider Carrier1. He was vice president of taxes at the company and prior to working in-house was a tax lawyer at Macfarlanes, where he practised with the head of McDermott's London tax group, Peter Nias.

The UK is to introduce a new tax regime for intangibles, including goodwill and intellectual property.

Budget 2002/03

Article 8 of the India – UK tax treaty governs the taxation of profits derived from the operations of aircraft. A recent ruling of the Appellate Tribunal gives a detailed interpretation of key tax treaty provisions. By K R Girish, RSM & Co, Bangalore

Acquirers of German property-owning companies are obliged to notify the authorities of any transactions that may trigger German real estate transfer tax. The consequences for investors and their advisers who fail to do so may be serious. By Hans-Jörg Fischer, Deloitte & Touche, Frankfurt and Martin Paul Wassmer, University of Freiburg

By Luca Dezzani and Nicola Spadafora of Zini & Associates, Milan

An overview of the taxation of Mexican capital markets by Alejandro Solano Gonzalez and Zsuzsanna Kádár, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mexico City