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  • Under an amendment to the Sweden-Japan tax treaty, no withholding tax will be imposed on dividends paid to a Swedish/Japanese company, as long as the beneficial owner holds at least 25% of the voting shares issued by the company in the other contracting state. Withholding tax can also be avoided if the shares issued by the beneficial owner are either:
  • Stock option schemes have traditionally caused tax problems in India, but the 1999 Finance Act has clarified the situation. Mohan Monteiro and Keyur Shah of Arthur Andersen in Mumbai explain how multinationals can benefit and examine a worrying ruling
  • The Virgin Entertainment Group has sold its cinema chain, Virgin Cinema Holdings, to the French company UGC for £215 million ($344 million).
  • Four partners from the Munich office of German law firm Boesebeck Droste are to open a new office for Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Lober in the city, on January 1 2000. In doing so, they will miss out on Bosebeck's recently-announced merger with UK firm Lovell White Durrant.
  • In the June 1999 International Tax Review, we reported on tax discrimination of non-Austrian investment funds. The Tax Reform Act 2000, which has already been adopted, will not provide a level playing field for the tax treatment of Austrian and non-Austrian investment funds.
  • The policy making processes of the OECD committee of fiscal affairs can seem like a secretive world.
  • The use of entrepreneur and principal structures is becoming more popular in Latin America, but multinationals must watch out for the potential pitfalls.
  • Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries of the UK has launched a £253 million ($405 million) takeover of its rival, Mansfield Brewery.
  • Dutch set for taxation by boxes
  • The British energy group National Power has sold off two of its power stations for a combined value of £1 billion ($1.6 billion).The move comes as the group announced plans to demerge its British and international operations.