Lynne Patmore, the long-standing Head of Tax of Vodafone has resigned and is expected to join a Big 4 firm in London. An interim tax director has been hired to bridge the gap – Malcolm [...]
The Israeli government has drafted legislation that paves the way for holding companies to be exempt from capital gains arising from the sale of shares and tax on dividends. It also proposes a [...]
Scott Antel, tax partner for EY Law in the CIS is joining DLA Piper as of June 2005. This is part of an entire shift of EY Law’s practice in Russia to DLA, including over 100 lawyers and [...]
The Revenue have for a long time been unhappy with family run businesses where the shares are held by a husband and wife, on the basis that there is a suspicion that one of the spouses is not in [...]
For those of you with clients who make use of Swiss bank accounts but keep you (as their advisor) in the dark, the following might be worth mentioning to them: Switzerland has signed a deal with [...]
There seems to be a general feeling in the US and Europe that demand for Transfer Pricing services will be growing. Evidence for this comes from recent senior hires that have taken place on both [...]
I am currently doing some work for one of the Big 4 firms in Moscow, recruiting a tax manager for them. It has been some years since I have actively worked in the Russian market and in the course [...]
A recent survey undertaken by Forbes magazine assessed that relative attractiveness of countries for capital investment and talent, using tax rates. Taking into account both direct and indirect [...]
