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  • The biggest surprise in the UK’s 2000 budget came in the form of the abolition of offshore mixers. This is just one aspect of a toughening of the Inland Revenue’s stance across the board. Helen Lethaby and Susan Bell of Freshfields, London outline the aggressive new regime
  • Saudi Arabia has introduced a new set of tax incentives for foreign investors. The new regulations, which were announced on April 11, will lower profits tax from 45% to 30%, with foreign profits below $26,670 being taxed at 25%. The carry-forward of losses will be allowed for the first time.
  • The classic concept of a Swiss finance branch has been experiencing an impressive revival. Stefan Widmer and Matthias Blom of Arthur Andersen, Zurich advise on how to expand the concept to a wide range of treasury functions and adapt it to a group's intangible properties
  • Opportunity to be creative attracts new recruit Dolan
  • Indonesia has shocked foreign companies based on the island of Batam by scrapping exemptions from luxury goods tax and value-added tax (VAT).
  • India has backtracked on threats to end capital gains exemptions for foreign institutional investors.
  • On February 3 2000, the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament adopted two bills relating to the new 2001 Personal Income Tax Act and amendments to several other tax acts. Amendments have been made to these bills on several points since they were initially proposed on September 14 1999.
  • Successfully buying into a Japanese business turns on a complex interaction of acquirer, target and seller considerations. Dean Yoost, Takuro Tagai and Al Zencak of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tokyo detail the most important issues
  • Deloitte & Touche has recruited John Lyons, formerly a top executive at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as global director of its Competent Authority Practice based in Washington. One of Lyons' principal responsibilities is to expand the Competent Authority Practice by recruiting tax treaty and transfer pricing professionals around the world.
  • The German Tax Supreme Court has just published two landmark decisions strictly limiting the application of general anti-abuse or substance over form provisions.