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Ken Brewer joins Alvarez & Marsal Taxand

Ken Brewer has been appointed as a senior advisor at Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, working with their international tax team in Miami.

Amelia Schwanke, October 29 2015

Mind your own business: The importance of knowing what we really do

Steven Ouwerkerk, global head of tax at APM Terminals, argues that to deal with the corporate challenges of operating in an increasingly borderless world, multinationals must learn to operate in a department-less manner, sharing experiences across functions and understanding issues from a variety of perspectives. He also brings a new meaning to the phrase ‘mind your own business’.

October 29 2015

Kenya to reinstate VAT on oil products

The Kenyan government wants to raise more revenue by reinstating VAT on all oil products, but the proposal would cause a fuel price rise and could reduce the attractiveness of the country as an investment location.

Joe Stanley-Smith, October 29 2015

Castleton controversy over MAT concluded

Castleton appears to finally be free of the case The Indian government's decision not to apply the minimum alternate tax (MAT) to foreign investors has translated into a positive Supreme Court decision for Castleton Investment.

Joe Stanley-Smith, October 29 2015

Deals of the month

See who has done the tax work on this month’s biggest deals.

October 29 2015

Pascal Saint-Amans and Raffaele Russo discuss part 2 of BEPS

Russo: “A comprehensive package of measures has been agreed.” Pascal Saint-Amans, Raffaele Russo and their tax colleagues at the OECD are happy people after the publication of the second and final set of proposals to tackle base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), following two years of intensive talks.

Ralph Cunningham, October 29 2015

Brand management centres in the age of BEPS

In the third of a series on intangibles, Philip de Homont and Alexander Voegele, both of NERA Frankfurt, look at brand management centres in the age of BEPS.

October 29 2015

German banks sweat over cum-ex trades after Maple raided

Maple Bank has been raided in connection with serious tax evasion connected to a dividend-stripping method which has left German banks and investors in turmoil.

Joe Stanley-Smith, October 29 2015

Starbucks and Fiat hit with €30m state aid bill

Source: Wikimedia Commons licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Starbucks and Fiat Chrysler face repayments of up to €30 million ($34 million) to Luxembourg and the Netherlands after the European Commission (EC) ruled that both companies were recipients of state aid.

Joe Stanley-Smith, October 29 2015

The Brockman brief: Tax transparency: Is it a one-way street?

The envisaged ideals of ‘tax transparency’ are being proposed, and legislated, by tax administrations worldwide. This month’s Brockman brief focuses on the fact that mutual and reciprocal tax transparency with multinational entities (MNEs) remains somewhat elusive. It is now time to briefly assess some of these initiatives to fairly gauge the mutuality of such initiatives.

October 29 2015

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