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  • After the March 1999 parliamentary elections, the new government of Finland was appointed on April 15 1999. The government consists of the same political parties as the preceding government. The most influential parties in the government are the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the conservative National Coalition Party (KOK). Paavo Lipponen (SDP) continues as prime minister and Sauli Niinisto (KOK) as minister of finance.
  • Mexico’s two year old transfer pricing regime has been running smoothly, but uncertainties remain, particularly over documentation rules and secret comparables. Miguel Valdés, William Hahn and Nicolás Muñiz of Ernst & Young, New York and Mexico City explain
  • Wong Ho-Sang, head of Hong Kong's Inland Revenue Department, is being investigated for possible breaches of taxation law and civil service rules.
  • Gerhard Schroder, the German Chancellor, has revealed a package of tax cuts worth at least Dm 8 billion ($4.2 billion) to business. But industry figures think the Chancellor has not gone far enough.
  • France’s CFC rules were originally modelled on the US regime but revised tax treaties and EU directives have caused extra problems for French companies with CFCs. Patrick Dibout of Jeantet et Associés in Paris explains how government and taxpayers have reacted
  • Ernst & Young and Simmons & Simmons are advising Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, on its £6.7 billion (S10.8 billion) bid for UK supermarket group Asda.
  • New York firm Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel is advising Bermuda company Tyco on its acquisition of Raychem. Tyco is the world's biggest underwater communications firm, and Raychem designs, manufactures, and distributes electronic components. Tyco will pay $1.4billion in cash and will issue 16 million new shares based on the remainder of the Raychem shares.
  • Weil Gotshal & Manges is advising Hicks Muse Tate & Furst on its £822 million ($1.3 billion)bid for UK foods comapny Hillsdown Holdings. Hillsdown's brands include Typhoo tea, Cadbury's biscuits and HP canned foods.
  • McDermott Will & Emery is advising RAG International Mining on its acquisition of Cyprus Amax coal company. The deal is valued at $1.1 billion in cash and debt. Cyprus Amax Coal is one of the biggest coal mining companies in the US and has properties in Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and Illinois. RAG is a subsidiary of the German energy and technology company RAG Aktiengesellschaft.
  • The Australian government has passed a goods and services tax (GST) deal which may place an additional compliance burden on business.