February 2014

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In with the new

Ajit Tolani leaves ELP to set up own practice

Miller & Chevalier takes Linda Carlisle from White & Case

Hogan Lovells adds Basuk and Giordano to US tax partners

Katz and Paulos join Akin Gump partnership

Paul Weiss adds Sontag and Karsnitz as partners

Alan Granwell leaves DLA Piper for Sharp Partners

Andrew Mills named second commissioner to the Australian Taxation Office

Jewett becomes new Morrison & Foerster tax partner

VMW rebrand creates Taxand Netherlands

Berwick moves to Irwin Mitchell

VDB Loi expands presence in Myanmar

Milnes strengthens Grant Thornton’s UK financial services tax practice

Tax partner West takes Steptoe leadership

Three reach partnership at P+P Pöllath

Boehm steps up to partnership at Cadwalader

Sutherland promotes Pauls to tax partnership

Deals of the month

National Taxpayer Advocate points out flaws in FATCA implementation

Polish proposals prompt double taxation concerns

Tax authorities failing at their basic job

The dark side of transparency

ITIC moves forward with long game approach

Special features - February 2014

The Robin Hood tax rides forth

Indirect tax traps: Selling goods cross-border

Getting value from advisers: An in-house perspective

India: The importance and evolution of substance

Tax, development and the new Millennium Development Goals

Tax insurance: Another tool for your transaction toolbox?

Albania: Double tax treaty between Albania and India enters into force

Australia: Thin capitalisation and other international tax changes

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Excise duty rates increased for 2014

Brazil: Provisional Measure No. 627 repeals the Transitional Tax Regime and brings significant changes to Brazilian tax legislation

Bulgaria: Bulgaria passes the First Offshore Companies Act

Canada: Government’s mandate to improve integrity of Canadian tax system continues with enactment of Bill C-4

Chile: The correlation between deductible expenses and taxable income

Chile: Main tax novelties introduced by the Chilean sole law on funds

China: Clarification on non-resident enterprises electing for special tax treatment of Chinese equity interest transfers

Cyprus: VAT: Increase of standard rates and related inventory counts

EU: EU leaders reach conclusions on EU tax policy

Hong Kong: Tax concessions to captive insurance companies

India: Ruling on eligibility of fiscally transparent entity for tax treaty benefits

Luxembourg: Government reveals business friendly programme

FYR Macedonia: Government adopts law on public disclosure of tax debtors

Malta: The new Malta-Ukraine and Malta-Russia double tax agreements

Mexico: 2014 tax reform rules for Maquiladoras (IMMEX) are relaxed

Montenegro: Employment of persons with disability and tax incentives

New Zealand: New Zealand Court of Appeal rules on reinsurance arrangements

Romania: Participation exemption regime applicable

Serbia: Electronic certified signatures

South Africa: Exchange control and tax dispensation for domestic treasury management companies

Spain: Spanish court makes favourable decisions on tax reimbursement to a foreign foundation deriving from EU law

Switzerland: Use of a Swiss company’s tax losses after a change of tax status

Ukraine: Recent tax changes in Ukraine

US inbound: Outbound liquidation

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