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After a six-year tussle, Google has emerged victorious after the Paris administrative court found in its favour over a PE dispute. But the French authorities have announced their intention to appeal.

It's been more than three years since I last had the privilege of writing the editorial in this fine magazine. But after something of a hiatus editing a current affairs magazine, covering such cheery topics as international terror, climate change, North Korean nukes and Donald Trump, I have returned to the world of tax. And what a time it is to be back.

Andersen Global has expanded its global presence by collaborating with NAZALI Tax & Legal in Turkey.

The UK Courts and Tribunals Judiciary has appointed Gregory John Sinfield to president of the First-tier Tribunal’s Tac Chamber.

Tax work is being transformed by technology, and the role of the tax director is changing with it. Joe Stanley-Smith looks at the new tools on offer to businesses, the skills needed to use them properly, and why companies need to jump on the bandwagon sooner rather than later.

Under its tax regime, Germany grants a tax exemption only for domestic funds but not for foreign funds. The Fiscal Court Münster (20/04/2017,10 K 3059/14 K) ruled that this is in line with the EU freedoms because the situation of German funds is not comparable to that of foreign funds.

The Tax Act of 2015 set forth a new centralised partnership audit regime that goes into effect for partnership tax years beginning on and after January 1 2018. A number of issues raised by the new partnership rules affect foreign partners.

TozziniFreire has hired a new head of oil and gas, Leonardo Miranda, who has 20 years of experience within these fields. Miranda is well-practiced in dealing with mergers and acquisitions, project development and project finance.

Duff & Phelps has appointed Yann Magnan as its EMEA leader. Magnan joined the firm 2007, where he served as managing director and the city leader for Duff & Phelps’ Paris office. Before then, he Southwest Europe leader for EY’s valuation and business modelling practice.

Panamanian Minister of Economy and Finance Dulcidio De La Guardia talks to Anjana Haines about his country’s progress on tax transparency, his views on the Panama Papers scandal and problems with the BEPS Project.