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  • The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled that a German engineering company had a permanent establishment in the Netherlands, and therefore the Netherlands was entitled to levy wages tax on the wages of German employees who worked occasionally in the Netherlands.
  • China has announced that it intends to scale down its preferential tax policies for foreign companies.
  • BT's £1.5 billion ($XX) bid included an offer of $100 for each American depository share. This exceeded the $85 offered as part of Newtel's $1.6 billion hostile takeover bid. Newtel was formed out of the recent merger between Telia and Telenor. Newtel consulted Linklaters & Alliance, with partner Charles Hellier leading the tax team.
  • Effective January 1 2000, a new Norwegian Tax Act came into force. The new act replaces both the old General Tax Act and Company Tax Act as well as several other special acts and provisions, including parts of the parliament's annual tax resolution. The new Tax Act is a technical revision of the old legislation and involves, in principle, no material changes. Budget amendments for 2000 have also been announced, and are described below.
  • The parliament has accepted that Sweden is subject to the arbitration convention in force between the member states of the European Union. Under the convention, transfer pricing disputes between EU member states should be settled by an arbitration board if the member states concerned cannot reach an agreement.
  • Haarmann is the latest German practice to strengthen its presence in the UK marketplace. The announcement comes a month after the merger between Lovell White Durrant and Boesebeck Droste, though Haarmann is keen to point out that, unlike Boesebeck, it has maintained its independence.
  • Following six months of negotiations, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Mexican Hacienda released a joint press release in October 29 1999 announcing a three-year agreement on the taxation of maquiladora companies.
  • Foreign companies that trade in the UK may wish to peruse two recent cases in the ECJ that cast doubt on the legality of restrictions on foreign tax credits. Murray Clayson of Freshfields, London advises companies that may have a claim to act swiftly
  • The German government has announced sweeping tax cuts which include full tax exemption on capital gains.
  • Brave man, that Andrew Jones. Ernst & Young's vice chairman of international tax and legal avoids the usual superlatives and gives a candid verdict on his firm's 1999 performance: "It's been a bit lumpy."