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  • EU denies tax on life assurance
    A recent ruling by the European Court of Justice (Safir v Skattemyndigheten, Case C-118/96) has failed to give a clear principle on the subject of the taxation of pension funds. The case related to taxes on life assurance, but some companies had hoped that it would lead to a more general ruling that could apply to pension funds. Multinationals are keen to establish pan-European pension funds to make savings and ease cross-border personnel movements.
    May 31 1998
  • Vickers looks to Lovell White Durrant
    Vickers, the UK-based defence group, is considering rival bids from German car manufacturers for its Rolls Royce Motor Cars business. BMW appeared to have secured the deal with a £340 million ($554 million) bid in April this year. However, the bid was topped in May when Volkswagen offered £430 million for the business. Vickers recommended the Volkswagen bid to shareholders.
    May 31 1998
  • Robeco Groep consults Schulte Roth & Zabel
    Robeco Groep of the Netherlands is to acquire the New York investment house Weiss Peck & Greer for $575 million.
    May 31 1998
  • SBC Communications looks to Sullivan & Cromwell
    US communications group SBC Communications has agreed to a $57 billion merger with Chicago telephone group Ameritech. The stock acquisition of Ameritech will increase SBC's market share in 13 states.
    May 31 1998
  • Investec calls on Cameron McKenna
    Hambros, the UK investment bank has accepted a £428 million ($685 million) bid from Investec, the South African financial services group. Investec will take Hambros' stake in two fund management companies, a private equity business, a varied collection of investment stakes and more than £200 million in cash. The deal sets up a fight for Guinness Flight Hambro, the fund management company. Investec wants to buy the company but Hambros' management is reluctant to sell.
    May 31 1998
  • Switzerland and Luxembourg rebuff OECD tax haven proposals
    Switzerland and Luxembourg have refused to give their assent to an OECD agreement on tax havens. The two governments abstained in a vote on the proposals at the OECD ministerial meeting in Paris in April this year.
    May 31 1998
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    VAT: where are you coming from?
    Determining place of supply is a critical issue for VAT purposes. Richard Iferenta and Victoria Nelson of Simmons & Simmons, London look at how to navigate a logical path through areas of uncertainty, using the guidance offered by ECJ rulings
    May 31 1998
  • The twist in the stock option tale
    Stock options are gaining favour in Germany as an incentive for boards of directors and managerial employees. Wolfgang Oho and Oliver Neumann of Pünder, Volhard, Weber & Axster, Frankfurt am Main look at the tax implications
    May 31 1998
  • Exploring the taxation of oil and gas (part three)
    The third part of our survey of oil and gas taxation, highlights substantial changes which have opened Venezuela’s energy industry to foreign investment, and which have given rise to new tax challenges. By Nelson Rincón, Deloitte & Touche, Caracas
    May 31 1998
  • Reasons to revisit Czech investment
    The Czech Republic’s new package of investment incentives offers corporate tax holidays, accelerated depreciation allowances and duty-free import of some hi-tech machinery and equipment. By Dana Trezziová and Tomas Seidl, Deloitte & Touche, Prague
    May 31 1998
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