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David Cameron, UK Prime Minister, wants all British overseas territories to follow the UK in publishing a central registry of beneficial ownership information. Tax transparency is undoubtedly increasing, but this latest move has raised concerns that, if implemented, foreign investment into the UK would suffer.

Corporate taxpayers say tax is an influential factor when an international business is deciding where to locate itself.

A survey of chief executive officers about the global economy has produced a number of headline-grabbing figures about their attitudes to tax, such as a surprising high level of support for country-by-country reporting, which would require them to disclose their companies’ income, profit and tax in each country in which they operate.

In a move that could bring the political discussion to a head much sooner than expected, The European Court of Justice has brought forward its ruling on the UK’s challenge to the proposed EU financial transaction tax (FTT). The decision is now expected next Wednesday, April 30.

The European Commission has told the Netherlands to end the biased taxation of Dutch-sourced dividends paid to EU/EEA insurance companies.

EY's chairman and chief executive officer, Mark Weinberger, who has worked for two US presidents, will lead the efforts of his fellow business leaders in the US to ensure Congress passes legislation on tax extenders and tax reform.

Mike Danilack has been snapped up by PwC as a principal in the firm's Washington National Tax Services' transfer pricing practice.

Indian law firm Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan has confirmed that H Raghavendra Rao is joining the firm as the country head and leader of the direct tax practice. Rao spent nine years working for BMR Advisors as a legal senior advisor, following work at the Income Tax Department as a standing counsel before the Karnataka High Court.

Christian Chéruy has been appointed chairman of Loyens & Loeff’s executive board. He advises clients on corporation tax and international tax and was previously head of the firm’s tax practice in Brussels and was also country managing partner of the Brussels office.

Kate Habershon and Bakhytzhan Kadyrov of Morgan Lewis in Kazakhstan examine the potential impact on business of the country’s draft tax code.