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  • If accounting standards change and a company’s debts are marked to market, will tax systems be forced to change their approach? By Roger Muray of Ernst & Young, London
  • The European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down its decision last month on part of the UK's corporate tax regime and found in favour of two German groups, Hoechst (now Aventis) and Metallgesellschaft. The decision could prove costly for the UK government, since it paves the way for UK subsidiaries of parent companies resident in the European Economic Area (EEA) to claim compensation for cash flow disadvantages suffered under the now-defunct advance corporation tax (ACT) regime.
  • Business in Singapore looks set to benefit from a reduction in the corporation tax rate. The budget announced a series of tax cuts for both individuals and corporations, and included a reduction in the basic corporate tax rate from 25.5% to 24.5%. They will be effective from year of assessment 2002.
  • Paul Sleurink has resigned from his London tax partnership role with Netherlands-based firm Loyens & Loeff to join Merrill Lynch's corporate finance team as managing partner of the global product development group. His move comes after 15 years with the tax and corporate specialist law firm. Sleurink, who will continue to be based in London, will be handling European corporate and M&A tax matters for the investment bank.
  • UK law firm DLA has boosted its London tax team to four partners, with the recruitment of Jasmine Shah.
  • The newly elected global CEO of professional services firm Arthur Andersen has announced a series of changes. Joseph Berardino, elected in January, has announced the rebranding of the firm from Arthur Andersen to Andersen and a series of management changes. The rebranding became effective in early March.
  • Cooley Godward has increased its tax department with the recruitment of two tax partners. Glen Kohl, a former treasury department official, has joined the firm's Palo Alto office, while Mark Hrenya has joined the Denver office.
  • Structured finance lawyers in Italy are swamped with securitizations, as originators rush to close deals before a favourable accounting benefit comes to an end in May
  • The new beneficial tax regime of the Canary Islands Special Zone (ZEC) has been in force since summer 2000. The EU authorities previously authorized the regime, so it is not subject to their review of regimes listed as harmful.
  • On October 20 2000, the French Administrative Supreme Court (Conseil d'Etat) reversed a decision by the Paris Court of Appeals for error of law regarding the notion of permanent establishment under the France-Switzerland tax treaty.