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Squire Patton Boggs promotes two

Lindsay Fainé and John Hutchinson have both been promoted from associate to partner in Squire Patton Boggs’s global tax strategy and benefits practice group.

Amelia Schwanke, March 11 2016

Blank Rome adds tax partner to its tax team

Cynthia Gausvik has joined Blank Rome as a partner in the tax benefits and private client group.

Amelia Schwanke, March 11 2016

Tax whistleblowers: A change in the wind

Two recent tax dispute cases in the US have granted whistleblowers significant award payments for the first time, revealing a change in the way whistleblowing is seen by both the government and the public.

Amelia Schwanke, March 11 2016

International updates - March 2016

The latest international updates from our correspondents around the world.

March 11 2016

Stack and Saint-Amans agree: US tax reform driven by BEPS process

Pascal Saint-Amans, director at the OECD, and Robert Stack, deputy assistant secretary at the US Treasury have acknowledged the role the BEPS process has held in pushing the US to reform its tax system.

Joelle Jefferis, March 10 2016

Final phase of China VAT reform to be implemented

China’s Premier Li Keqiang announced during the fourth session of the 12th National People's Congress on March 5 2016 that the final phase of the country’s value added tax (VAT) reform will be rolled out starting from May 1 2016. From that date, property developers, and construction, financial and consumer services will fall within the scope of VAT and the reform project will be complete.

March 10 2016

Ruling impacts collective investment undertakings from third-party countries

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Depreciation of Mexican peso vs US dollar - income tax considerations

EY Mexico analyse income tax considerations related to the foreign exchange effect of the Mexican Peso versus the US Dollar, looking at non-monetary assets, deferred taxes and the impact in the effective tax rate under US-GAAP, IFRS or Mexican Financial Reporting Standards.

March 10 2016

Key takeaways from the revised US tax treaty model

The revised US tax treaty model, which is the baseline text used by the US for treaty negotiations, places special consideration on bilateral treaties, as well as adding a number of benefits for cross-border transactions.

Amelia Schwanke, March 09 2016

PoEM – Changing the Indian tax landscape

Pinky Mehta, CFO of Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited and Rajeshree Sabnavis, partner at BMR & Associates, analyse recent developments around the constitution of a place of effective management (PoEM) in India, looking at how these developments tie in with global discussions on the theme of substance-over-form.

March 09 2016

Switzerland delays revised VAT Act

Laurent Lattmann and Patrick Imgrüth of Tax Partner AG – Taxand Switzerland outline proposed changes to the Swiss VAT Act, assess developments in the aviation industry and look at why implementation of the revised Act has been delayed.

March 09 2016

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