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  • New Administrative Principles on transfer pricing documentation will mean substantial exposure for taxpayers lacking an appropriate defence strategy. Gianmarco Monsellato of Deloitte & Touche, Paris advises taxpayers on how to survive in a harsh climate
  • US-based multinationals represent the largest proportion of companies investing in the UK. How will substantial changes to the UK advance corporation tax system affect these companies? By Lawrence Pollack, David Porter, and Frances Corrie, KPMG New York and London
  • UK firm British Petroleum is to merge with US oil company Amoco in the world's largest industrial merger. The new company will be known as BP Amoco and will be worth around $110 billion. The equity split will be 60% to BP shareholders and 40% to Amoco shareholders.
  • Inco of Canada, the world's largest nickel producer, has agreed to sell its alloys operation to Special Metals of the US for around $408 million. The deal is part of Inco's sale of non-core assets to pay debts.
  • US leveraged buy-out company Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst is to sell LIN Television to affiliate company Chancellor Media. The deal is valued at $900 million and involves Chancellor issuing 17.7 million shares to Hicks Muse, doubling Hicks' stake in the company from 9% to 18%. Hicks Muse bought LIN Television in March 1998.
  • To encourage businesses in Hong Kong to repatriate their funds from overseas, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government announced on June 22 1998 that interest on local bank deposits will be exempt from profits tax. This is good news to those companies with surplus cash. Several listed companies have responded positively to the announcement already, saying they will move their offshore bank deposits back to Hong Kong.
  • American Bottling Company has acquired Beverage America and Select Beverage of the US. American Bottling Company is a joint venture between Cadbury Schweppes and the Carlyle Group.
  • As Russia continues to struggle with tax collection, a package of tax bills was presented to the Russian Duma in June. While some of the new laws were passed, the failure of the Duma to approve the entire package of laws before the summer recess resulted in the introduction of additional measures by government resolution. Some important recent additions and changes follow.
  • TAX LEGISLATION; TREATY DEVELOPMENTS; INTERNET TAXATION
  • In March 1998, Argentina's Executive signed a tax reform proposal containing several provisions.