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  • In a shock move, Latvia has announced draft proposals to drop its corporate income tax rate from 25% to 15% by 2004. The proposal, entails reducing the corporate tax rate down to 22% in 2002, 19% in 2003 and 15% in 2004, in a bid to attract foreign investors.
  • The debate over the possibility of the Tobin tax ? a proposed tax on cross-border capital flows, in particular speculative currency transactions ? is widening. Following French prime minister Lionel Jospin's support for the tax, UK foreign secretary Jack Straw has denounced the idea's viability, stating that it is unlikely to work in practice.
  • EU regimes are tightening up on their transfer pricing rules and regulations. The following provides a practical guide to some of the most recent changes. By Eduard Sporken, KPMG Global Transfer Pricing Services, Amstelveen; Alexander Vögele and William Bader, KPMG Frankfurt; Pascal Luquet and Sébastien Laisney, KPMG, Fidal Paris et International, Paris; and Elizabeth Musgrave, KPMG, Manchester
  • Japan is holding industry-wide consultation on the implementation of a consolidated tax system to help boost its ailing domestic economy. Corporates should keep a close eye on the proceedings. By Yumiko Arai and Ken Huang, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tokyo
  • A recent ECJ ruling has thrown insurance tax into the limelight. This article examines issues from a UK perspective. By David Raistrick and Martin Ruffles, Andersen’s Indirect Tax Practice, Leeds and Manchester
  • International law firm McDermott, Will & Emery has recruited ex-PricewaterhouseCoopers senior tax partner, Guy Madewell, into its London tax practice. Madewell's appointment gives McDermott what it believes is the first multidisciplinary tax group of its kind in a London City legal practice.
  • The US is likely to take up proposed legislation to extend the moratorium on certain internet-related state and local taxes, despite opposition from a number of state governors. The existing three-year moratorium, imposed by the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) of 1998, is scheduled to expire on October 21 2001. However, a number of bills have been introduced that would extend the moratorium for varying lengths of time, including up to five years or maybe even permanently.
  • Tim Branston, the former head of tax for the gas and power division of Shell has joined Andersen's Energy and Utilities Group in London as a tax partner.
  • The first International Tax Review Transfer Pricing Forum took place in Amsterdam in September. The key message – transfer pricing is more about risk management than tax avoidance. By Georgina Stanley