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  • Shearman & Sterling is losing two tax partners just months after securing lateral partner hires to strengthen its London, Munich and New York practices
  • A ruling by the German tax authorities may force law firms to pay up to 25% tax on their income, pushing them to set up separate entities to carry out insolvency work
  • Germany has been working on its rules for private equity and venture capital funds. Assessing whether asset managing or trading funds is the activity at hand is one of the key distinctions in this often cumbersome and controversial area. By Christian Ehlermann Deloitte & Touche, Munich
  • Under an agreement reached by Japan's ruling coalition parties on December 14 2001, a consolidated tax regime will enter into effect as from April 1 2002. The introduction of a consolidated return system is intended to promote spin-offs and group management through effective utilization of stock exchanges and transfers, and ultimately improve the competitive position of Japanese companies in the global economy.
  • The French Administrative Supreme Court rendered a decision on July 27 2001 (SA Golay Buchel France) relating to the taxation of interest on arrears under the France-Switzerland tax treaty.
  • The Bahamian government has signed an information exchange agreement with the US authorities, making it easier for the two countries to pursue tax evaders and money launderers
  • Foreign investors should identify the best M&A strategies to reap the benefits of WTO China. By Ryan Chang, Brendan Kelly and Annalie Hampton, Deloitte & Touche, Shanghai, Beijing and New Zealand
  • After several years of aggressive action against corporate tax shelters by the IRS, the future could be looking bright for corporate taxpayers. With a December 28 ruling in favour of Compaq, the IRS lost its fourth tax shelter case in a row and with two of the cases almost identical in structure it seems certain that the government will have to readdress the way that it looks at transactions.
  • In December EU finance ministers agreed to impose a tax on digital products downloaded from outside the EU by European citizens. The tax, which will be in place for three years, will cover music, software and computer games downloaded on the internet. The EU claims that it will remove a competitive handicap but it could prompt complaints from US companies, which are currently exempt from levying the VAT on digital products. Detailed rules will be decided upon in February.