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Dajana Topic On November 12 2013, a new decision on the rate of specific excise duty and an overall minimum excise duty on cigarettes for the year 2014, levied by the governing board of the Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA), was published in the Official Gazette. The decision is applicable from January 1 2014. Therefore, the manufacturers and distributors of cigarettes were required to, by November 30 2013, submit to the ITA the new retail prices of cigarettes which will be effective from the beginning of 2014.

Former European tax commissioner

Tax justice campaign group

EU competition commissioner

HMRC's tax assurance commissioner and second permanent secretary

US deputy assistant secretary for international tax affairs

These are turbulent times in Europe. State aid investigations over unfair tax competition rumble on, meaning uncertainty lingers over company arrangements and national policies alike. And as the volume of LuxLeaks data is sifted through, more and more corporate taxpayers fear being drawn into this net. In her first public comments on the investigations, Margrethe Vestager, the new European Competition Commissioner, this month suggested there are doubts over the legality of Apple's tax deals with Ireland.

ECJ judgement

Adam Kestenbaum Maj Vaseghi Latham & Watkins in the US has announced the promotion of tax associates Adam Kestenbaum and Maj Vaseghi. Kestenbaum will be a partner in the firm's Washington, DC office, and specialises in executive compensation and employee benefits. He works with private companies, private equity sponsors and executives on a range of benefit plans and compensation arrangements.

Elizabeth Bradley Elizabeth Bradley has been promoted to head of corporate tax at Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP). She assumed the position on November 1, taking over from John Overs, who has reprised the role to focus on client work.