February 2000

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Repatriating reinsurance vehicle

Daimler - Chrysler merger

US and Mexican authorities agree on maquiladora taxation

Deduction of VAT borne before the start of activities

Uncertainty surrounding the permanent establishment

New tax act and budget amendments

The arbitration convention

Monsanto uses Arnold & Porter

Nabisco brings in Ashurst and Davis Polk

Cravath assists in record merger

Davis Polk puts Canadian merger on track

Carlton looks to Slaughter and May

Linklaters advises in Scandinavian bid

Cliffords arrange Medeva merger

Telewest turns to Weil, Gotshal in Microsoft deal

Shearmans sets up French food acquisition

Slaughter and May acts in record UK deal

Racal goes

Jacobs helps Haarmann set up in London

De Vos is the boss at Clifford Chance's

McKee Nelson taps tax at Miller & Chevalier

Slovakia slashes corporate tax

New powers for the Inland Revenue to demand information

Brazil tax package revived

Japanese consolidation delayed

Big five step cautiously into 2000

Germany stunned by corporate tax cuts

Foreign companies to lose tax breaks in China

EU deadlock gives OECD chance to show its teeth

Tax and loathing on the campaign trail

Estonian reforms tax dividend payouts

Mexico's balancing act

Fighting for balance, not harmony

India’s tax web catches foreigners

IRS blocks box options

ECJ opens window for tax credits

French APAs offer mixed blessings

Ralph extends debt definition

Corporation tax - local currency elections

Recent capital gains tax changes

CCRA issues final guidelines for regulation 105 waivers

Avoidance of double tax on dividends

Finance bills adopted at the end of December

Recent tax developments

Domestic life assurance and unitized funds - a new regime

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