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Ian Farmer With less than six months to go until the Henry Review must submit its recommendations to the government, the tax reform process is at a very interesting point.

Brenda Coleman Weil, Gotshal & Manges has boosted its international tax practice with the appointments of partners Brenda Coleman and Patrick Jackman.

Eric Solomon The two most senior officials for tax policy at the US Treasury in the last administration have joined Ernst & Young

Tim Wach, senior tax partner of Gowling Lafleur Henderson-Taxand, has joined Finance Canada for a 20-month assignment as director of legislative development and chief legislative counsel.

Herbert Buzanich and Andreas Baumann Central European law firm Schoenherr has boosted its tax practice with two new junior partners.

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand in the US has appointed Doug Wibbing as managing director at the firm's San Francisco office.

Caitriona McGonagle has joined William Fry Tax Advisors - Taxand in Ireland as a consultant. She was formerly a partner at Matheson Ormsby Prentice, which she left in April.

The Brazilian government has introduced a two per cent financial transaction tax on foreign investments in Brazilian stocks and fixed-income securities.

Yet another large multinational company has relocated its operations to Ireland, citing the country's low corporate tax rate as "not the primary reason behind the move".

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