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Tax Planning International Review and ForumTax Planning International Review and Forum provides you with global tax planning analysis, news reports and treaty updates. A leading source in its field, it delivers two services in one - the monthly Review and the quarterly Forum.

Sign up for your free trial to Tax Planning International Review and Forum today and access the latest issue of the Review which contains:

    * Fable and fallacy of transfer pricing
    Sakura Shiga Nishimura & Asahi Law Offices, Japan

    * Land use rights in China
    Cam Brockie and Charlotte Doerr McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP

    * Reclassification of Danish transparent entities
    Nikolaj Bjørnholm and Arne Riis, Bech-Bruun, Denmark

    * The tax advantage of building on land
    Julie Butler F.C.A. Butler & Co, United Kingdom

    * US Senate ratifies Fifth Protocol to treaty with Canada
    Elinore Richardson and Stephanie Wong, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Canada

In brief articles include:

    * Albania Two key issues of the new Tax Procedure Law Piercing the corporate veil

    * Finland: Amendments proposed to the act on the taxation of shareholders in CFCs

    * France: Tax measures included in 2009 Budget

    * Greece: Parliament adopts the Tax Bill: Significant changes as of 2009

    * India: Payment of ALP to dependent agent PE would extinguish tax liability of foreign enterprise

    * Ireland: Budget 2009 and Bank Guarantee Scheme

    * Isle of Man: Tax information exchange

    * Italy: Loss of tax exemption for stock options has a silver lining

    * Luxembourg: Withholding tax on its way out and other attractive new tax measures

    * Mexico: Research and development tax incentive

    * South Africa: Big business, SARS and uncertainty in the tax system

    * Sweden: Budget cuts taxes

    * Switzerland: Tax treaty update

    * The Netherlands: New MAP Decree issued

Your free trial to Tax Planning International Review and Forum gives you:
  • Online access for 30 days to the latest issue of the monthly briefing - the Review. PLUS access to every single back issue dating to 2000.
  • Online access to over 30 issues of the quarterly Forum. Provides you with a detailed case study of how a topical tax question is handled in key jurisdictions.
  • Email alerts briefing you on the latest additions to each issue, as soon as they are online.
Tax Planning International Review delivers two services in one - the monthly Review and the quarterly Forum.

1) The Review Gives you detailed analysis of key tax planning developments, country specific news and treaty updates world-wide.

Use the Review to gain insights into what solutions are available to current tax problems. Obtain expert guidance on tax legislation, rulings, cases and policies. Practical and authoritative, it keeps you up-to-date on all the important international tax issues.

Gain solutions with the guidance provided from local experts with hands-on knowledge. Stay informed on international tax issues while reducing the time of doing research.

2) The Forum Provides an expert comparative global discussion, of a vital international tax issue. Each issue focuses on a single question in the form of a case study. Leading practitioners from up to 17 countries explain how they would deal with the question.

The solutions, comments and analysis provided, give you a detailed view of tax solutions in different countries. This allows you to compare and contrast each regime with ease. For local detail, it's one of the most efficient, practical ways to get what you need.

Countries covered: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA.

Latest Issue of the Forum: The viability of treaty shopping

The latest issue of the Forum examines Treaty Shopping from the perspective of 16 key countries. Leading practitioners explain how they would deal with the case study "The Viability of Treaty Shopping" in their host country.

Practitioner responses to the latest issue "The Viability of Treaty Shopping" are:

  • Argentina: Alejandro E. Messineo, M. & M. Bomchil, Buenos Aires
  • Belgium: Howard M. Liebman and Olivier Rousselle, Jones Day, Brussels
  • Canada: Jay Niederhoffer and David Bunn, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Toronto
  • China: Peng Tao and Alan Winston Granwell, Washington D.C. & New York
  • Denmark: Christian Emmeluth, Copenhagen
  • France: Stéphane Austry, Stéphane Gelin and David Sorel, CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre, Paris
  • Germany: Dr Rosemarie Portner, LL.M., PricewaterhouseCoopers, Düsseldorf
  • India: Rakesh Dharawat and Vishal Shah, PwC India, Mumbai
  • Ireland: M. Joan O'Connor and Gerard Feeney, Deloitte, Dublin
  • Italy: Carlo Galli, Maisto e Associati, Milan and London
  • Japan: Masatami Otsuka, Jones Day, Tokyo
  • Netherlands: Carola van den Bruinhorst and Sander Hekscher, Loyens & Loeff N.V., Amsterdam
  • Spain: Javier Martín and Montserrat Turrado Alonso, Ernst & Young, Madrid
  • Switzerland: Walter H. Boss and Stefanie Monge, Poledna Boss Kurer AG, Zurich
  • UK: Peter Nias and Amy Manchia, McDermott Will & Emery, London
  • USA: Herman B. Bouma, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Washington, D.C
Topics covered in Tax Planning International Review and Forum include:
  • Regular features: Tax Treaty updates; Country specific updates
  • Holding companies
  • Transfer pricing
  • Withholding tax
  • Treatment of stock options and shares
  • Tax treaty analysis
  • Tax consolidation rules
  • Thin capitalisation
  • Tax information exchange
  • Debt restructuring
  • Budget reviews
  • Compliance regulation analysis
  • Anti-avoidance rules
  • Cross-border secondments
Recent Case Studies include
  • The Viability of Treaty Shopping
  • Basic Tax Planning for Private Equity Funds and Hedge Funds
  • The Definition and Taxation of Dividends Imputation to a Foreign Corporation of the Activities of its Employee,
  • Agent or Independent Contractor in Host Country
  • The Definition and Taxation of Dividends
  • Additional Adjustments to be Made in the Wake of a Transfer Pricing Adjustment
  • Tax Consequences of Investment in Life Insurance and/or Annuity Contracts
  • Tax Treatment of Supplemental Retirement Plans
  • The Income Tax Treatment of an R&D Project Funded by Related Parties
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